0 a county in southeastern England, west of London, that was divided into six unitary authorities (= areas with a particular type of local government) in 1998. The county is also known as the Royal County of Berkshire:
He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Reading in Berkshire, England.
Last week, police searched their apartment in the village of Colnbrook, Berkshire, near London's Heathrow airport.
In the old royal county of Berkshire, Paul Bettison, leader of Bracknell Forest district, a new unitary authority, is well on the way to making his council the first electronic borough.
Reading borough council had in 1998 taken over the responsibilities of the former Berkshire county council.
The Thames slices through the ridge at Goring Gap, which marks the transition from the wooded valleys of the Chilterns to the more open Berkshire Downs.
