词条 | Sonning Hill |
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Sonning Hill is a hill near the village of Sonning in Berkshire, England, close to the River Thames. Local areaThe Sonning Cutting takes the Great Western Railway through part of the hill between Twyford and Reading. There was an early railway accident at Sonning Cutting on 24 December 1841.[1] 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. IslandAt this point in the River Thames, towards the Oxfordshire side of the main river channel, there is a long thin island creating two branches of the river.[4] See also
References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=1638 | title=Accident at Sonning Hill Cutting on 24th December 1841 | publisher=Railways Archives, United Kingdom | accessdate=5 September 2011}} {{S-start}}{{River island start|River=River Thames}}{{River item line|upstream=Heron Island2. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/outdoors/berkshire_way/part10.shtml | title=Berkshire Way — Reading Bridge to Ashenbury Park | publisher=BBC Berkshire | date=March 2006 | accessdate=5 September 2011}} 3. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.sonning-pc.gov.uk/Village/Amenities/LNR/LNR.html | title=Ali's Pond Local Nature Reserve | publisher=Sonning Parish Council, United Kingdom | date=23 February 2009 | accessdate=5 September 2011 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004131819/http://www.sonning-pc.gov.uk/Village/Amenities/LNR/LNR.html | archivedate=4 October 2011 | df=dmy-all }} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/outdoors/berkshire_way/images/part10/map2.pdf | title=Map 2 | work=Berkshire Way — Reading Bridge to Ashenbury Park | publisher=BBC Berkshire | date=March 2006 |accessdate=5 September 2011}} |downstream=Sonning Eye}}{{S-end}}{{coord|51.470|-0.907|region:GB-RDG_type:mountain|display=title}}{{Berkshire-geo-stub}} 4 : Sonning|Hills of Berkshire|Islands of the River Thames|Islands of Oxfordshire |
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