Wokingham is a compact market town and civil parish in Berkshire, set between Reading and Bracknell on the edge of the London commuter belt. It retains a charming historic core of timber‑framed and Georgian buildings around the market place, with the River Loddon and nearby country parks providing attractive green space for walking and boating; the town’s roots as a market settlement go back several centuries.
Today Wokingham combines a lively local high street of independent shops, a community theatre and regular festivals and a well‑known summer carnival with strong commuter links via Wokingham railway station, making it popular with families and professionals. The area is generally seen as prosperous with good schools, easy access to surrounding business centres and plenty of countryside on the doorstep, such as Dinton Pastures and other local reserves.
Postcode districts covering Wokingham
Most populated places nearby
- Reading 7 miles11.2 km
- Slough 12.4 miles19.9 km
- Harrow 25 miles40.2 km
- High Wycombe 15.7 miles25.3 km
- Basingstoke 15.1 miles24.3 km
- Woking 12.9 miles20.7 km
- Bracknell 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Guildford 16 miles25.8 km
- Maidenhead 8.8 miles14.2 km
- Hounslow 21.1 miles34 km
- Aldershot 11.7 miles18.8 km
- Farnborough 8.5 miles13.7 km
Neighbouring places
- Chapel Green Built-up area 0.6 miles1 km
- Wescott Ward 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Wokingham Built-up area 0.7 miles1.2 km
- Norreys Ward 0.7 miles1.2 km
- Evendons Ward 1 mile1.6 km
- Holme Green Built-up area 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Emmbrook Ward 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Gardeners Green Built-up area 1.3 miles2.2 km
- Wokingham Without Parish 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Barkham Parish 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Binfield South & Jennett's Park Ward 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Sindlesham Built-up area 2.4 miles3.8 km
Example postcodes in Wokingham
RG41 1NJ, RG41 1EJ, RG40 2BZ, RG40 5AP, RG41 1LE, RG40 9SG, RG41 2YB, RG41 4BL, RG41 2TN … See all
Transport links
- London Heathrow Airport 16.8 miles27.1 km
- London Gatwick Airport 33.2 miles53.5 km
- Wokingham Railway Station 0.5 miles0.7 km
- Winnersh Railway Station 2.4 miles3.9 km
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Schools in Wokingham
- All Saints C of E Primary School Primary
- Emmbrook Infant School Primary
- Emmbrook Junior School Primary
- Evendons Primary School Primary
- High Close School Special
- Keep Hatch Primary School Primary
- St Crispin's School Secondary
- St Paul's C of E Junior School Primary
- St Teresa's Catholic Academy Primary
- The Emmbrook School Secondary
- The Hawthorns Primary School Primary
- The Holt School Secondary
- Walter Infant School Primary
- Wescott Infant School Primary
- Westende Junior School Primary
- Windmill Primary School and Nursery Primary
Local points of interest
- University of Reading University 5.3 miles8.5 km
- Madejski Stadium Stadium 6.5 miles10.5 km
- Ascot Racecourse Recreation 6.7 miles10.8 km
- Sunninghill Park Estate 7.9 miles12.8 km
- Sunningdale Park Estate 8.7 miles13.9 km
- Crowsley Park Estate 9 miles14.5 km
- Mortimer House Estate 9.1 miles14.6 km
- Farnborough Air Sciences Trust Museum Museum 9.4 miles15 km
- Medmenham Abbey Historic site 9.7 miles15.5 km
- Mortimer Lodge Estate 9.8 miles15.7 km
- Sulhampstead House Estate 10.1 miles16.2 km
- Aldershot Military Museum Museum 10.2 miles16.4 km