Windsor and Maidenhead
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district of Berkshire, England
Key facts
- Sovereign state
- United Kingdom
- Constituent country
- England
- Region
- South East England
- Ceremonial county
- Berkshire
- Status
- Unitary authority
- Incorporated
- 1 April 1974
- Admin hq
- Maidenhead
- Type
- Unitary authority
- Body
- Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council
- Mps
- Jack Rankin ( Windsor ) Joshua Reynolds ( Maidenhead )
- Total
- 76.61 sq mi (198.43 km )
- Rank
- 146th (of 296)
- Density
- 2,074.6/sq mi (801.00/km )
- Ethnic groups
- List 79.8% White 13.1% Asian 3.4% Mixed 2.1% other 1.5% Black
- Religion
- List 49.8% Christianity 31% no religion 13.6% other 5.6% Islam
- Time zone
- UTC0 ( GMT )
- Summer dst
- UTC+1 ( BST )
- Iso 3166
- GB-WNM
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- borough in the United Kingdom
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Berkshire
- Capital
- Maidenhead
- Population
- 154738
- Area
- 196.5017
- Official website
- www.rbwm.gov.uk
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- twinned administrative body
- Kortrijk
- Commons category
- Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
- topic's main category
- Category:Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
- category of associated people
- Category:People from the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
- inception
- 1974-04-01
- P12749
- Telnice
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Encyclopedic overview
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is a unitary authority area with royal borough status in Berkshire, England. The borough is named after its two largest towns of Maidenhead (where the council is based) and Windsor. The borough also includes the towns of Ascot and Eton, plus numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. It is home to Windsor Castle, Eton College, Legoland Windsor and Ascot Racecourse. It is one of only four boroughs in England entitled to be prefixed royal, and the only one of them which is not a London borough.
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