Reading is a large, historic market town in Berkshire, South East England. It is in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway. Reading is 70 mi east of Bristol, 24 mi south of Oxford, 40 mi west of London, 14 mi north of Basingstoke, 12 mi south-west of Maidenhead and 15 mi east of Newbury.