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Best places to live in Greater Reading

6 municipalities with 842,137 residents within about 25 km of Reading, ranked for 29 household profiles. Local data: official statistics on affordability, education and family, health and elderly, jobs and economy, lifestyle and amenities, mobility and connectivity, safety and community and taxes and wealth (local or regional figures, sources on every place page) plus population and geography.

A greater area here means every municipality whose nearest big-city core is Reading, within a radius that grows with the size of the city (20 to 60 km). It is a practical commuting belt, not an official region.

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For young families

  1. 1South Oxfordshire
    Oxfordshire, 139,767 residents    71
  2. 2Wokingham
    Berkshire, 164,980 residents    67
  3. 3West Berkshire
    Berkshire, 158,473 residents    65
  4. 4Bracknell Forest
    Berkshire, 120,377 residents    65
  5. 5Hart
    North Hampshire, 95,465 residents    59
  6. 6Reading
    Berkshire, 163,075 residents    58

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For retired couples

  1. 1Bracknell Forest
    Berkshire, 120,377 residents    74
  2. 2South Oxfordshire
    Oxfordshire, 139,767 residents    71
  3. 3West Berkshire
    Berkshire, 158,473 residents    70
  4. 4Hart
    North Hampshire, 95,465 residents    69
  5. 5Wokingham
    Berkshire, 164,980 residents    68
  6. 6Reading
    Berkshire, 163,075 residents    56

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For remote workers

  1. 1Bracknell Forest
    Berkshire, 120,377 residents    64
  2. 2West Berkshire
    Berkshire, 158,473 residents    60
  3. 3Reading
    Berkshire, 163,075 residents    57
  4. 4South Oxfordshire
    Oxfordshire, 139,767 residents    56
  5. 5Wokingham
    Berkshire, 164,980 residents    54
  6. 6Hart
    North Hampshire, 95,465 residents    53

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For commuters

  1. 1Wokingham
    Berkshire, 164,980 residents    84
  2. 2Bracknell Forest
    Berkshire, 120,377 residents    82
  3. 3West Berkshire
    Berkshire, 158,473 residents    80
  4. 4South Oxfordshire
    Oxfordshire, 139,767 residents    77
  5. 5Reading
    Berkshire, 163,075 residents    73
  6. 6Hart
    North Hampshire, 95,465 residents    71

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For single professionals

  1. 1West Berkshire
    Berkshire, 158,473 residents    69
  2. 2Bracknell Forest
    Berkshire, 120,377 residents    69
  3. 3Wokingham
    Berkshire, 164,980 residents    67
  4. 4South Oxfordshire
    Oxfordshire, 139,767 residents    65
  5. 5Hart
    North Hampshire, 95,465 residents    61
  6. 6Reading
    Berkshire, 163,075 residents    56

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For movers on a budget

  1. 1Bracknell Forest
    Berkshire, 120,377 residents    45
  2. 2West Berkshire
    Berkshire, 158,473 residents    40
  3. 3Wokingham
    Berkshire, 164,980 residents    39
  4. 4Reading
    Berkshire, 163,075 residents    37
  5. 5Hart
    North Hampshire, 95,465 residents    34
  6. 6South Oxfordshire
    Oxfordshire, 139,767 residents    32

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Towns in Greater Reading