Sonning, Civil parish on River Thames in Berkshire, England
The triangular-shaped village occupies both banks of the River Thames, featuring a collection of Georgian buildings and traditional English cottages along narrow streets.
The settlement appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Soninges, deriving from an Old English personal name Sunna combined with ingas, meaning followers of Sunna.
St Andrew's Church contains preserved Anglo-Saxon stone carvings and serves as the central religious gathering point for the local community since medieval times.
The B478 road provides access to the village, while residents rely on Reading or Twyford stations for rail connections, as Sonning has no railway station.
A railway accident in 1841 near Sonning caused nine passenger deaths and led to significant changes in British railway safety regulations.
Location: Wokingham
GPS coordinates: 51.47300,-0.91100
Latest update: May 27, 2025 07:03
The Deanery
165 m
The Mill at Sonning
462 m
Museum of Berkshire Aviation
3.2 km
St Andrew's Church, Sonning
192 m
Sonning Bridge
366 m
Bull Inn
102 m
Sonning Lock
534 m
St John the Evangelist Church, Woodley
2.1 km
Sonning Backwater Bridges
528 m
Lodge Wood and Sandford Mill
3.3 km
Phillimore Island
3.1 km
The Lynch
2.6 km
Buck Ait
2 km
Alder Moors
2.3 km
Hallsmead Ait
2.3 km
Ali's Pond Local Nature Reserve
294 m
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Shiplake
3 km
United Reformed Church
2.7 km
Church of St Mary
3.1 km
Milestone, On Grass Verge Back Of Pavement 500 Metres East Of Junction With Sonning Lane
799 m
Milestone On Grass Verge,100 Metres East Of Junction With Bath Road
1.5 km
Milestone At Ngr 7850 7605
2.8 km
Shiplake College, Water Tower Approximately 90 Metres North West
3 km
Pump, South End Of Deanery Wall
87 m
Shiplake Rise Farmhouse
3 km
The Flame by Neil and Auriol Lawson Baker (Reading)
1.4 km
Milestone, London Road; Earley Court, half way up hill near electrical power compound
2 km
Milestone, Thames Street; opp. the Deanery
225 mReviews
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