Aldermaston Wharf
Aldermaston Wharf is a small village centred 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-northwest of Aldermaston in West Berkshire, England.
Aldermaston Wharf is a small village centred 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-northwest of Aldermaston in West Berkshire, England. The Kennet and Avon Canal passes through the settlement with Aldermaston Lock near the centre while the Great Western Railway passes at the northern side where Aldermaston railway station is also located. The A340 from Basingstoke passes through the village crossing the canal over a single file lift bridge and joins the A4 which runs just north of the village.
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Worth seeing in and around Aldermaston Wharf
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Church of St Mary the Virgin, Aldermaston
The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Aldermaston, is the Church of England parish church of Aldermaston in Berkshire. The church, which is dedicated to St Mary, dates from the mid-12th century and has examples of Norman and Jacobean architecture.
2.2 km · church in Aldermaston, West Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Ufton Lock
Ufton Lock is a degated lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, between Padworth and Sulhamstead, Berkshire, England.
2.1 km · canal lock in Berkshire, England · Wikipedia - 03Tyle Mill Lock
Tyle Mill Lock is a lock situated near Tyle Mill and the village of Sulhamstead on the Kennet and Avon Canal, England. Tyle Mill Lock was built between 1718 and 1723 under the supervision of the engineer John Hore of Newbury, and this stretch of the river is now administered by the Canal & River Trust as part of the Kennet Navigation.
3.1 km · lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal in Sulhamstead, Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Douai Abbey
Douai Abbey is a Benedictine Abbey at Upper Woolhampton, near Thatcham, in the English county of Berkshire, situated within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth. Monks from the monastery of St.
2.7 km · church in Berkshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Aldermaston Lock
Aldermaston Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Aldermaston Wharf in the English county of Berkshire. It stands at the junction of the civil parishes of Padworth, Beenham and Aldermaston.
100 m · lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal in Aldermaston, Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Padworth Lock
Padworth Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Aldermaston Wharf in the civil parish of Padworth in the English county of Berkshire. Padworth Lock was built between 1718 and 1723 under the supervision of the engineer John Hore of Newbury, and was originally a turf-sided lock.
400 m · lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal in Padworth, Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Paices Wood Country Parkland
Paices Wood Country Parkland is a country park on the edge of the village of Aldermaston in Berkshire, England. The parkland is under the management of the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.
3.6 km · country park in Berkshire, England · Wikipedia - 08Aldermaston Court
Aldermaston Court is a country house and private park built in the Victorian era for Daniel Higford Davall Burr with incorporations from a Stuart house. It is south-east of the village nucleus of Aldermaston in the English county of Berkshire.
2.4 km · country house in Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Old Copse, Beenham
Old Copse, Beenham is an 8-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Beenham in Berkshire. The site is private land with no public access.
1.9 km · scientific research site in Berkshire · Wikipedia - 10Padworth Common Local Nature Reserve
Padworth Common Local Nature Reserve is a 28-hectare Local Nature Reserve on the edge of the hamlet of Padworth Common, between Reading and Newbury in Berkshire. It is owned by West Berkshire Council and managed by Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.
3 km · park · Wikipedia
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Getting to Aldermaston Wharf
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 48 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 72 km · London Luton (LTN), 75 km
- Stations
- Midgham railway station, 3 km · Aldermaston railway station, 300 m · Brimpton Airfield, 2.9 km
- London → Aldermaston Wharf71 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · £7–10
- Luton, Luton → Aldermaston Wharf73 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · £9–12
- London, Essex → Aldermaston Wharf71 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · £7–10
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Aldermaston Wharf
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Aldermaston Wharf. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThe local authority has published a cycle map, which shows off-road and low-traffic routes around the town.
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Next door to Aldermaston Wharf
Aldermaston Wharf is 13 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Aldermastonvillage and civil parish in West Berkshire in England, UK2.1 km
- Beenhamvillage and civil parish in Berkshire, England, UK2 km
- Woolhamptonvillage and civil parish in Berkshire, UK2.9 km
- Sulhamsteadvillage in Berkshire, England, UK3.5 km
- Ufton Nervetvillage in Berkshire, England, UK3.3 km
- Padworthvillage in Berkshire, England, UK1.7 km