Thames Valley

The area is a major tourist destination and economic hub on the M4 corridor, with a high concentration of technology companies.

The area east of Reading is defined by Natural England as the Thames Valley National Character Area, while Thames Valley Police cover the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.

As a National Character Area, the Thames Valley is bounded to the west by Reading, fanning out roughly in a wedge shape towards the fringes of London.

[1] The Thames Valley is a technology hub centred around Reading, and stretching as far out as Swindon, Oxford and Slough.

Thames Valley Police cover the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.