Sonning

Sonning
Village and civil parish
The River Thames, Sonning
Sonning is located in Berkshire
Sonning
Sonning
Location within Berkshire
Population1,445 (2001)
1,631 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSU757755
Civil parish
  • Sonning
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townREADING
Postcode districtRG4
Dialling code0118
PoliceThames Valley
FireRoyal Berkshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Berkshire
51°28′23″N 0°54′40″W / 51.473°N 0.911°W / 51.473; -0.911

Sonning (traditional: /ˈsʌnɪŋ/;[2] modern: /ˈsɒnɪŋ/) is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England, on the River Thames, east of Reading. The village was described by Jerome K. Jerome in his book Three Men in a Boat as "the most fairy-like little nook on the whole river".[3]

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  2. ^ Myres, J.N.L. The English Settlements. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198217190.
  3. ^ Jerome, Jerome K (1889). Three Men in a Boat (1964 ed.). London: Folio Society. p. 141.