Upper Basildon
Upper Basildon is a small village in the civil parish of Basildon, near to Pangbourne, in the English county of Berkshire.

Upper Basildon is a small village in the civil parish of Basildon, near to Pangbourne, in the English county of Berkshire. It has a church, dedicated to St. Stephen, built in 1964 in the shape of the Christian secret symbol of a fish. Basildon Church of England Primary School is located in School Lane.
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Worth seeing in and around Upper Basildon
6 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.
- 01Basildon Park
Basildon Park is a country house situated 2 miles south of Goring-on-Thames and Streatley in Berkshire, between the villages of Upper Basildon and Lower Basildon. It is owned by the National Trust and is a Grade I listed building.
2.4 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in West Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Gatehampton Railway Bridge
Gatehampton Railway Bridge, otherwise referred to as Gatehampton Viaduct, is a railway bridge carrying the Great Western Main Line over the River Thames in Lower Basildon, Berkshire, England. It takes the line between the stations at Goring and Streatley and Pangbourne, and crosses the Thames on the reach between Whitchurch Lock and Goring Lock.
3.5 km · railway bridge in Lower Basildon, Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St Bartholomew's Church, Lower Basildon
St Bartholomew's Church is the redundant Church of England parish church of Lower Basildon in the county of Berkshire, England. Built in the late 13th century, the structure was substantially renovated in 1875–1876.
3.4 km · church in Lower Basildon, West Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Bere Court And Bere House
Bere Court is an English country house. It is a historic Grade I listed building.
2.1 km · listed building in Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Whitchurch Bridge
Whitchurch Bridge is a toll bridge that carries the B471 road over the River Thames in England. It links the villages of Pangbourne in Berkshire, and Whitchurch-on-Thames in Oxfordshire – crossing the river just downstream of Whitchurch Lock.
3.9 km · bridge between West Berkshire and South Oxfordshire, England,UK · Wikipedia - 06Holies Down
Holies Down is a 5.6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Streatley in Berkshire. It is in the North Wessex Downs, which is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and is part of the Holies section of the Lardon Chase, the Holies and Lough Down National Trust property.
3.7 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
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Getting to Upper Basildon
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 47 km · London Luton (LTN), 69 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 76 km
- Stations
- Pangbourne railway station, 3.5 km
- London → Upper Basildon70 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · £8–10
- Luton, Luton → Upper Basildon67 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · £10–13
- London, Essex → Upper Basildon70 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · £8–10
- 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 Upper Basildon
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 Upper Basildon. 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 Upper Basildon
Upper Basildon is 12 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Pangbournevillage in Berkshire, England, UK3.7 km
- Bradfieldvillage and civil parish in Berkshire, England3.6 km
- Ashampsteadvillage in Berkshire, England, UK3.6 km
- Basildoncivil parish in Berkshire, England, UK1.8 km
- Tidmarshvillage in Berkshire, England, UK4 km
- Whitchurch-on-Thamesvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England3.8 km