Purley on Thames is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England. Purley is centred 3 miles north-west of Reading, 1 mile east of Pangbourne, and 22 miles south-east of Oxford. Historically, Purley comprised three separate manors and associated settlements. In the centre there is an historic area named variously Lething or Burley which accommodate…Purley on Thames is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England. Purley is centred 3 miles north-west of Reading, 1 mile east of Pangbourne, and 22 miles south-east of Oxford. Historically, Purley comprised three separate manors and associated settlements. In the centre there is an historic area named variously Lething or Burley which accommodated traders and craftsmen alongside the main Reading to Oxford road.