Beenham

Old Copse, Beenham is an 8-hectare (20-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Beenham in Berkshire. The site is private land with no public access.

Southend or Bradfield Southend is a small rural village in the west of the civil parish of Bradfield in the English county of Berkshire. Until the 1965 opening of its church it was a hamlet. In the 2011 census it had 738 residents, forming 33.9% of the civil parish's recorded population.

Aldermaston railway station serves the village of Aldermaston in Berkshire, England. The station is at nearby Aldermaston Wharf and about 2 miles (3 km) north of Aldermaston village. It is 44 miles 63 chains (44.79 miles, 72.08 km) measured from London Paddington. It was opened on 21 December 1847.

Lower Padworth is a hamlet in Berkshire, and part of the civil parishes of Padworth, Aldermaston and Beenham. According to the Post Office at the 2011 Census the majority of the population was included in the civil parish of Padworth. The settlement lies on the A4 road, and is located near to Aldermaston railway station.

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. Aldermaston Lock was built between 1718 and 1723 under the supervision of the engineer John Hore of Newbury. It was originally turf-sided, but enlarged in the mid-eighteenth century and given scalloped brick walls. It was altered in 1984 when the walls were raised to the full height of lock as part of its restoration. The original height of the scalloped walls is marked by a line of blue bricks. It was originally called Brewhouse Lock because Strange's Brewery stood beside it.Along with the length of the canal, the lock is the responsibility of the Canal & River Trust. It has a rise/fall of 8 feet 11 inches (2.72 m).It is a grade II listed building. Below the lock is Aldermaston Lift Bridge and Aldermaston Wharf, where the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust operate a tea room.

Aldermaston Gravel Pits is a 24.6-hectare (61-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Aldermaston in Berkshire. It was purchased by Natural England in 2003. This site consists of mature flooded gravel workings surrounded by dense fringing vegetation, trees and scrub, affording a variety of habitats for breeding birds and a refuge for wildfowl. The irregular shoreline, with islands, promontories, sheltered eutrophic pools and narrow lagoons provides undisturbed habitat for many water birds including surface feeding ducks such as teal (Anas crecca) and shoveler (Anas clypeata). The surrounding marsh and scrub are important for numerous birds including nine breeding species of warblers, water rails (Rallus aquaticus), kingfishers (Alcedoa atthis) and an important breeding colony of nightingales (Luscinia megarhynchos).

The Aldermaston Brewery (later known as Strange's Brewery) was a brewery located near Aldermaston in Berkshire, UK.

Aldermaston Wharf is a small multi-parish settlement centred 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-northwest of Aldermaston (where according to the Post Office the majority of the population taken at the 2011 Census was included) 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.

Tutts Clump is a small hamlet in the civil parish of Bradfield in the English county of Berkshire. It is 8 mi (13 km) from the centre of Reading. It lies about 1 mi (1.6 km) south-east of Stanford Dingley, close to the neighbouring villages of Bradfield Southend and Rotten Row. Legend has it that the name is derived from that of an English Civil War general. There is a Methodist chapel in the hamlet. The local post office closed in 1983.

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. The lock has a rise/fall of 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m)., and was totally rebuilt as a brick lock between 1982 and 1984. The canal is administered by the Canal & River Trust.

Towney Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, between Aldermaston Wharf and Sulhamstead, Berkshire, England. Towney Lock was built between 1718 and 1723 under the supervision of the engineer John Hore of Newbury. The canal is administered by the Canal & River Trust. The lock has a change in level of 9 ft 8 in (2.95 m).The lock was deepened during restoration work in the 1970s when Ufton Lock was removed.

Bradfield Hall is an English country house. It is a historic Grade II* listed building. The house is located southwest of Bradfield, Berkshire in the hamlet of Rotten Row.