Sonning Hill Explained

Sonning Hill is a hill near the village of Sonning in Berkshire, England, close to the River Thames. Towards the Oxfordshire side of the main river channel, there is a long thin island creating two branches of the river.[1] The Sonning Cutting takes the Great Western Railway through part of the hill between Twyford and Reading.

There are good walks by the river in this area.[2] At the foot of the hill by the Thames is Ali's Pond Local Nature Reserve, a nature reserve laid out with paths and large ponds in 1997.[3]

The UK headquarters of two major software companies, Microsoft and Oracle Corporation are also located here on the Thames Valley Park business park.

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51.47°N -0.907°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Map 2 . Berkshire Way — Reading Bridge to Ashenbury Park . . March 2006 . 5 September 2011.
  2. Web site: Berkshire Way — Reading Bridge to Ashenbury Park . . March 2006 . 5 September 2011.
  3. Web site: Ali's Pond Local Nature Reserve . Sonning Parish Council, United Kingdom . 23 February 2009 . 5 September 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111004131819/http://www.sonning-pc.gov.uk/Village/Amenities/LNR/LNR.html . 4 October 2011 . dmy-all .