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Sonning is a small village in Berkshire, England a few miles east of Reading. It is situated on the River Thames and was described by in the book Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome as "the most fairy-like little nook on the whole river".
Location
Sonning village is situated at a crossing point of the River Thames, where the narrow arched Sonning Bridge crosses the river to the hamlet of Sonning Eye on the Oxfordshire bank. Just upstream of the bridge is Sonning Lock.
The village is some three miles east of the major town of Reading; in other directions this would put it within the Reading suburban sprawl, but Sonning remains a clearly delineated small village.
Grid reference: SU756755 (http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm?mapAction=gaz&gazName=g&gazString=SU756755)
Nearby towns and cities: Reading, Woodley
Nearby villages: Twyford, Sonning Eye, Wargrave
Local government
Sonning is a civil parish with an elected parish council. It falls within the the area of the unitary authority of Wokingham. Both the parish council and the unitary authority are responsible for different aspects of local government.
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