Sonning

Sonning
Sonning
Village
	The River Thames, Sonning
	Sonning Location within Berkshire
Population	1,445 (2001); 1,631 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	SU757755
Civil parish	Sonning;
District	Wokingham;
Shire county	Berkshire;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	READING
Postcode district	RG4
Dialling code	0118
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Royal Berkshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Maidenhead;
	List of places UK England Berkshire 51°28′23″N 0°54′40″W / 51.473°N 0.911°W

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]

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

Sonning
Village
The River Thames, Sonning
Sonning Location within Berkshire
Population	1,445 (2001) 1,631 (2011 Census)^[1]
OS grid reference	SU757755
Civil parish	Sonning
District	Wokingham
Shire county	Berkshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	READING
Postcode district	RG4
Dialling code	0118

Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Royal Berkshire
Ambulance	South Central

UK Parliament	Maidenhead
List of places UK England Berkshire 51°28′23″N 0°54′40″W / 51.473°N 0.911°W / 51.473; -0.911