Theme Week Berkshire – Newbury
Thursday, 23 March 2023 - 12:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien General
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Newbury is a
market town in the county of
Berkshire , England, and is home to the administrative headquarters of
West Berkshire Council . The town centre around its large
market square retains a rare
medieval Cloth Hall , an adjoining half timbered
granary , and the 15th-century
St Nicolas Church , along with 17th- and 18th-century
listed buildings . As well as being home to
Newbury Racecourse , it is the headquarters of
Vodafone and software company
Micro Focus International . In the valley of the
River Kennet , 26 mi (42 km) south of
Oxford , 25 mi (40 km) north of
Winchester , 27 mi (43 km) southeast of
Swindon and 20 mi (32 km) west of
Reading .
Newbury lies on the edge of the Berkshire Downs ; part of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty , 3 mi (5 km) north of the Hampshire -Berkshire county boundary. In the suburban village of Donnington lies the part-ruined Donnington Castle and the surrounding hills are home to some of the country’s most famous racehorse training grounds (centred on nearby Lambourn ). To the south is a narrower range of hills including Walbury Hill and a few private landscape gardens and mansions, such as Highclere Castle . The local economy is inter-related to that of the eastern M4 corridor , which has most of its industrial, logistical and research businesses close to Newbury, mostly around Reading , Bracknell , Maidenhead and Slough . Together with the adjoining town of Thatcham , 3 mi (5 km) distant, Newbury forms the principal part of an urban area of approximately 70,000 people.
Church and Childs Almshouses © flickr.com - Tom Bastin/cc-by-2.0
Newbury and its immediate surroundings constitute the major commercial and retail centre of
West Berkshire . The local economy is inter-related to that of the eastern
M4 corridor which has most of its industrial, logistical and research businesses close to Newbury,
Reading and
Slough , with smaller industrial estates in the county at
Theale ,
Bracknell and
Maidenhead . Newbury is home to the
United Kingdoms headquarters of the
mobile network operator Vodafone , which is the town’s largest employer with over 6,000 workers. Before moving to their £129 million headquarters in the outskirts of the town in 2002, Vodafone used 64 buildings spread across the town centre. As well as
Vodafone , Newbury is also home to the
United Kingdom headquarters of
National Instruments ,
Micro Focus ,
Stryker Corporation ,
Grass Valley (formerly Snell Advanced Media which was formerly Quantel), Cognito,
EValue and
Newbury Building Society . The
pharmaceutical company Bayer AG are also headquartered in the town, although in October 2015 the company announced their intention to move to the
Green Park Business Park near
Reading .
Newbury is home to one of
England ‘s major racecourses,
Newbury Racecourse , which celebrated its centenary in 2005. The most prestigious race in the calendar is the
Hennessy Gold Cup which normally takes place in late November. Newbury has one of the last remaining
lidos in the United Kingdom. It was originally built in the 1890s, although the structure we see today was erected in the 1930s. The pool is still in use today and is capable of receiving more than 1000 visitors a day during peak times. It is owned and subsidised by
West Berkshire Council but is managed by an external contractor, Parkwood Leisure.
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Wikipedia Newbury . Learn more about the
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