Borough of Wokingham: Difference between revisions

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The '''Borough of Wokingham''' is a [[DistrictsUnitary authorities of England|localunitary governmentauthority]] districtarea with [[borough status]] in [[Berkshire]], United KingdomEngland. It is named after its main town, [[Wokingham]]. Other places in the district include [[Arborfield]], [[Barkham]], [[Charvil]], [[Earley]], [[Finchampstead]], [[Hurst, Berkshire|Hurst]], [[Sonning]], [[Remenham]], [[Ruscombe]], [[Shinfield]], [[Twyford, Berkshire|TwyfordSonning]], [[WargraveSpencers Wood]], [[Three Mile Cross]], [[WinnershTwyford, Berkshire|Twyford]], [[Spencers WoodWargrave]], [[Winnersh]] and [[Woodley, Berkshire|Woodley]]. The population of Wokingham is 177,500 according to 2021 census.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Berkshire Observatory – Wokingham – Population & Demographics |url=https://wokingham.berkshireobservatory.co.uk/population/#/view-report/63aeddf1d7fc44b8b4dffcd868e84eac/___iaFirstFeature/G3 |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=wokingham.berkshireobservatory.co.uk}}</ref>

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 as '''Wokingham District''', under the [[Local Government Act 1972]], by the merger of the [[Wokingham|Municipal Borough of Wokingham]] and [[Wokingham Rural District]]. It is governed by [[Wokingham Borough Council]] (formerly Wokingham District Council), which has been a [[unitary authority]] since 1 April 1998, following the abolition of Berkshire County Council under the [[Banham Review]].<ref>Berkshire (Structural Change) Order 1996 (SI 1996/1879), [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1879/article/3/made art.3]</ref> The district was granted [[borough status in the United Kingdom|borough status]] in 2007, following a petition to the Queen.<ref>"[http://www.wokingham.gov.uk/Easysite/lib/serveDocument.asp?doc=82479&pgid=38824&assetID=14415 Annual Monitoring Report December 2007]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}", p. 4 bottom, Wokingham Borough Council</ref>

State-funded schools in the Borough of Wokingham include nine [[secondary school]]s, two [[special school]]s and numerous [[primary school]]s. There are also a number of [[IndependentPrivate schoolschools in the (United Kingdom)|independentprivate schools]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}

[[Bracknell and Wokingham College]] is the main [[Further education|further]] and [[adult education]] provider for the borough, just outside the borough its headquarters is in [[Bracknell]]. The Borough's closest [[higher education]] provider is the main [[Whiteknights Park]] campus of the [[University of Reading]] immediately north-west,{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}} most of which in fact falls within the Wokingham Borough boundary.

Elevations range between 30 and 70 metres above sea level except higher in about 5% of the borough. The highest is an escarpment containing parts of the rural and wooded northern area, the hinterland of three Thames-side villages, facing the 30-mile long [[Chiltern Hills|Chilterns]] AONB, west and north.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chilternsaonb.org/explore-enjoy/interactive-map.html# |title=The Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - explore - enjoy. Retrieved 2015-01-28 |access-date=28 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206021145/http://www.chilternsaonb.org/explore-enjoy/interactive-map.html# |archive-date=6 February 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> A geological part of that range of hills, Bowsey Hill reaches 137m, in Wargrave civil parish, {{convert|1|mi}} from the river.<ref>[https://www.geograph.org.uk/showmap.php?gridref=SU778832 Geograph.org.uk map] retrieved 2015-01-28</ref>

The town in the district is Wokingham. The villages are Arborfield, Barkham, Charvil, Earley, Finchampstead, Hurst, Sonning, Remenham, Ruscombe, Shinfield, Twyford, Wargrave, Three Mile Cross, Winnersh, Spencers Wood, and Woodley. Two villages have a wide range of small retail and visitor facilities: Wargrave and Twyford. In major employment areas of trading and manufacturing Winnersh and Finchampstead are prominent. The village of Crowthorne is shared between Wokingham and the neighbouring borough of Bracknell Forest.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}

!colspan=6|Tenure in Berkshire compared<ref name=ons>{{Cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/# |title=Office for National Statistics |access-date=22 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030211201309/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/# |archive-date=11 February 2003 |url-status=live}}</ref>

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* [[Alderman]] Stanley Leonard Bowyer: 30 January 1973.

* Mr. Leonard Goddard Smalley: 30 January 1973.