Newbury, Berkshire

Newbury is the principal town in the west of the county of Berkshire in the United Kingdom. It is situated on the River Kennet and the Kennet and Avon Canal, and has a town centre containing many seventeenth century buildings.

Economy

Today, Newbury town has a population of about 32,000 (2004), and with adjacent towns such as Thatcham is the centre of a continuously built up area with an overall population of around 60,000.

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2004 - Thatcham

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Newbury is home to the world headquarters of the mobile phone company Vodafone, which is the town's largest employer with 4,000 people. Before building their £129 million headquarters in the outskirts of the town in 2003, Vodafone used 64 buildings spread across the town centre.

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Vodafone - 2003

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As well as Vodafone Newbury is also home to the UK headquarters of the pharmaceutical company Bayer AG, Newbury Racecourse, a major course on the British horse-racing calendar, Quantel, Micro Focus, and Genesys Video Conferencing. It also is home to Newbury Building Society which operates in the local region.

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Pharmaceutical company - Bayer AG - Newbury Racecourse - Quantel - Micro Focus - Genesys Video Conferencing - Newbury Building Society

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Newbury benefits from good road links, being close to a junction of the M4 motorway between London and Bristol/South Wales, and the A34 major road between Southampton and the Midlands. Newbury also has two railway stations, Newbury and Newbury Racecourse on the West of England Main Line line between London and the West Country.

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M4 motorway - London - Bristol - South Wales - A34 major road - Southampton - Midlands - Railway station - Newbury - Newbury Racecourse - West of England Main Line - West Country

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