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Sonning
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Also known as Sonning-on-Thames, Sonning, Berkshire

Sonning (traditional: ; modern: ) is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England, on the River Thames, east of Reading. The village was described by Jerome K. Jerome in his book Three Men in a Boat as "the most fairy-like little nook on the whole river".

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Place details

Locality
Sonning
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
1,631
Timezone
Europe/London

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Air quality

27US AQIGood
PM2.5
4.8 µg/m³
PM10
10.5 µg/m³
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Key facts

UK place.country
England
UK place.type
Village and civil parish
UK place.static_image_name
The River Thames, Sonning - geograph.org.uk - 578606.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
The River Thames, Sonning
UK place.official_name
Sonning
UK place.population
1,612
UK place.population_ref
(Parish, 2021)
UK place.civil_parish
Sonning
UK place.shire_district
Wokingham
UK place.shire_county
Berkshire
UK place.region
South East England
UK place.constituency_westminster
Earley and Woodley
UK place.post_town
READING
UK place.postcode_district
RG4
UK place.postcode_area
RG
UK place.dial_code
0118
UK place.os_grid_reference
SU757755

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
civil parish
Located in
Wokingham
Population
1631
Body of water
River Thames
Image
St Andrew's, Sonning - geograph.org.uk - 99292.jpg
Dialing code
0118
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Commons category
Sonning
topic's main category
Category:Sonning
postal code
RG4
OS grid reference
SU757755
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