Wokingham

Although I’m not Wokingham born and bred I do consider it to be my adopted hometown. We moved here when I was about 8 years old and over the past 13 years have lived in two different parts of the town. Most people it seems don’t actually know too much about Wokingham or even where it is so hopefully by the time you have read this you might be a little bit wiser. The town started live out as a very small village called Oakingham, deep in Windsor Great Park. That was until the turn of the last century, when a number of people from Woking (Surrey) moved to the village and changed the name. ...  Read the complete review

As there is only one other opinion on Dooyoo about Wokingham, and as it isn’t very complimentary, I decided to write this opinion. “Where is Wokingham?” I hear you ask. Well it is in between Reading and Bracknell, along the M4 corridor in the county of Berkshire. “What is special about Wokingham?” I hear you ask. Well it is an old market town dating back to the 13th Century. There are still some very attractive old buildings in the town, such as the 15th Century ‘Overhangs’ in Peach Street and Medieval houses in Rose Street. Therefore it is full of character. “And modern day Wokingham?” ...  Read the complete review

Wokingham (in Berkshire) is often a town confused with Woking (Surrey). In fact, just like the A329M which connects Bracknell and Reading and bypasses Wokingham – life and progress have tended to pass Wokingham by. So what, where and when is Wokingham? Well it’s the town after which Wokingham District Council is named. It’s a market town about 10 miles east of Reading and about 4 miles west of Bracknell. It has a population of about 30,000 people. If you think parts of Reading are expensive, you can add another 20% to a house price for the privilege of living in Wokingham. Its smack bang in the middle of the Thames (Silicon) Valley and it ...  Read the complete review