Trench Green
Trench Green is a hamlet in Oxfordshire about 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of the village of Mapledurham and about 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Reading in neighbouring Berkshire.
Trench Green is a hamlet in Oxfordshire about 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of the village of Mapledurham and about 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Reading in neighbouring Berkshire. It is situated on the rural road from Caversham to Goring Heath and Goring-on-Thames, at its junction with the access lane to Mapledurham village. For local government purposes Trench Green is in Mapledurham civil parish, which forms part of the district of South Oxfordshire within the county of Oxfordshire. It is within the Henley constituency of the United Kingdom Parliament. Prior to Brexit in 2020, the village was represented by the South East England constituency in the European Parliament. Although barely more than a few houses around the road junction, Trench Green does contain a former school, which is now a house, and the parish's parish hall.
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Worth seeing in and around Trench Green
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.
- 01McIlroy Park
McIlroy Park is a 12-hectare urban park and local nature reserve in Tilehurst, a suburb of Reading in Berkshire. Round Copse is an adjoining 1.7-hectare local nature reserve.
3.5 km · public park and local nature reserve in Tilehurst, Reading, UK · Wikipedia - 02Thameside Promenade
Thameside Promenade, or Thames Side Promenade, is a public park and promenade in Reading, Berkshire, England, located next to the River Thames. It stretches for some 1.4 kilometres along the south side of the river, to the west of Caversham Bridge, and forms part of the Thames Path long distance footpath.
3.6 km · riverside park and promenade in Reading, England · Wikipedia - 03
- 04Arthur Newbery Park
Arthur Newbery Park is a park in Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire. It is named after Arthur Newbery, who donated the land in 1932.
3.3 km · public park in Tilehurst, Reading, UK · Wikipedia - 05Hardwick House
Hardwick House is a Tudor house on the banks of the River Thames on a slight rise at Whitchurch-on-Thames in the English county of Oxfordshire. It is reputed to have been the inspiration for E. H. Shepard's illustrations of Toad Hall in the book The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, although this is also claimed by Mapledurham House, Fowey Hall Hotel, Foxwarren Park and Fawley Court.
2.5 km · Grade I listed English country house in South Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Reading Festival Bridge
The Reading Festival bridge is a temporary footbridge over the River Thames near Reading, Berkshire. First built in 2008, the bridge is installed annually for the Reading Festival to allow access to the main festival site from camping and parking on the north side of the river.
3.1 km · bridge in United Kingdom built for the final weekend in August most years and removed shortly afterwards. · Wikipedia - 07St Peter's Church, Caversham
St Peter's Church is a Church of England parish church in Caversham, a suburb of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. It is situated close to the River Thames in Caversham Heights.
3.8 km · church of England parish church in Caversham, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Balmore Walk
Balmore Walk, also known as Balmore Park, is a public park in the village and suburb of Caversham in the English town of Reading. The park runs from north to south along the brow of a bank, with good views over Caversham and Reading.
3.9 km · public park in Caversham, Reading, UK · Wikipedia - 09McIlroy Park and Round Copse
McIlroy Park is a 12-hectare urban park and local nature reserve in Tilehurst, a suburb of Reading in Berkshire. Round Copse is an adjoining 1.7-hectare local nature reserve.
3.5 km · public park and local nature reserve in Tilehurst, Reading, UK · Wikipedia - 10Kidmore House
Kidmore House is a Grade II* listed stately home in the village of Kidmore End, in Oxfordshire, England. It was built in 1680 and is described by Historic England as being "Late C17.
2.2 km · English Country House in Kidmore End, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Trench Green
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 39 km · London Luton (LTN), 61 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 69 km
- Stations
- Tilehurst railway station, 2.8 km
- London → Trench Green62 km · quickest by road, 1h 48m · £7–9
- Luton, Luton → Trench Green59 km · quickest by road, 1h 52m · £9–12
- London, Essex → Trench Green62 km · quickest by road, 1h 48m · £7–9
- 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 Trench Green
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 Trench Green. 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 Trench Green
Trench Green is 5 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Purley on Thamesvillage and civil parish in Berkshire, United Kingdom2.6 km
- Sonning Commonvillage and civil parish in Oxfordshire, UK3.3 km
- Mapledurhamvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England1.9 km
- Kidmore Endvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England2.1 km
- Emmer Greenvillage in Berkshire, England, UK3.9 km
- Caversham Heightssuburb of Reading, UK2.8 km