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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.
See also
References
- ^ "Map 2" (PDF). Berkshire Way — Reading Bridge to Ashenbury Park. BBC Berkshire. March 2006. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ^ "Berkshire Way — Reading Bridge to Ashenbury Park". BBC Berkshire. March 2006. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ^ "Ali's Pond Local Nature Reserve". Sonning Parish Council, United Kingdom. 23 February 2009. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
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