Is Reading in Berkshire a city?

[matt_london1]

I was there this morning and I saw a signpost for the City Centre. I laways thought Reading was a large town and that to be a city you had to have a cathedral.

[Sasha13]

I always thought Reading was a town, but there you go. Not all cities have cathedrals and not all towns with cathedrals are cities. It just requires that city status is given by a letters patent apparently.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City#United_Kingd om

[kempie]

Reading is indeed a large town which has applied for city status in both 2000 and 2002 but failed on both occasions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading%2C_Berksh ire

[bednobs]

i dont think there are ANY cities in berkshire

[dzug]

It depends on how picky you are on defining a city, whether by formal status or just a vaguely large town.

I suspect the local council jumped the gun on its city status application and hasn't bothered to change the signs....

[Panic Button]

What does it matter?

[bednobs]

idont suppose it "matters" in the grand scheme of the world, or when set against something like a war or famine but dont you just ever get those little annoying things that bug your brain till you get an answer, panic button?

[ibarrington]

I've always heard that you have to have a court house to be considered a city.