Photo of Eton, a village in Berkshire, south east England.

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Villages & towns in BerkshireBerkshire, England

17 villages and towns in the Albion Guide across Berkshire — see the full villages and towns directory, or everything to explore in Berkshire.

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Eton

Thames town whose High Street of old shop fronts runs from Windsor Bridge to Henry VI's Eton College

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Sonning

Old Thames village of brick-and-timber houses, a many-arched medieval bridge and the Mill theatre set on its own island.

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Bray

Riverside village of flint cottages and a Norman church, better known now for two three-Michelin-star kitchens by the Thames.

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Cookham

Thames-side village of Stanley Spencer, who painted its riverbank and church and is remembered in a gallery on the high street.

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Hurley

Thames village grown up around a Benedictine priory, with a lock, riverside campsite and the ancient Olde Bell inn.

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Newbury

Market town on the Kennet & Avon, its restored canal wharf and old cloth-hall museum set beside a racecourse and the Downs.

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Streatley

Chalk-flanked village at the Goring Gap where the Thames cuts between the Chilterns and the Downs, below the NT slopes of Lardon Chase.

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Waltham St Lawrence

Old East-Berkshire village of timbered houses whose 15th-century Bell Inn is owned outright by the parish under a 1608 bequest.

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Hungerford

Kennet & Avon canal town of antiques shops and a broad high street, famous for its ancient Hocktide 'Tutti-men' custom.

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Aldworth

Quiet downland village whose small church holds the medieval stone 'Aldworth Giants', with the timeless Bell Inn on the green.

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Boxford

Riverside village on the Lambourn where timbered and thatched cottages line the ford and old mill leats.

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Lambourn

Downland 'Valley of the Racehorse', where strings of thoroughbreds cross the gallops and a great Norman church stands in the square.

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Pangbourne

Thames village at the mouth of the Pang, with a toll bridge, riverside meadow and links to 'The Wind in the Willows'.

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Bucklebury

Scattered village along a wooded common of ancient oaks and grazed heath, with a Norman church and old brick cottages.

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Kintbury

Canal village on the Kennet & Avon, its wharf and lock good for a towpath walk and a pint at the Dundas Arms.

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Eastbury

Small Lambourn-valley village of brick-and-flint cottages strung along the winding chalk stream below the Downs.

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Wargrave

Riverside village where the Loddon meets the Thames, with boatyards and the George & Dragon's terrace over the water.

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