Midgham Lock

Midgham is a village and civil parish occupying slopes and the flood plain on the north side of the River Kennet, which in summer months draws much of the water from the valley. It has smaller watercourses alongside. It is centred 6 miles (10 km) east of Newbury and 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Thatcham. The north of the parish is 4.5 miles (7 km) south of the M4 motorway.

Colthrop Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Thatcham, Berkshire, England. Colthrop 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 rise/fall of 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m).

Colthrop is a suburb of the town of Thatcham in the English county of Berkshire, England.

Hyde End is a small hamlet in Berkshire, England, and part of the civil parish of Brimpton. The settlement lies south of the A4 road and approximately 5.5 miles (8.9 km) south-east of Newbury. The nearest railway stations are Thatcham and Midgham, both around 3.5 mi (5.6 km) away on the Reading–Taunton line. Hyde End House is a Grade II listed building, built around 1800.

Brimpton is a mostly rural village and civil parish in West Berkshire, England. Brimpton is centred 4.5 miles (7.2 km) ESE of the town of Newbury.

Heale's Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, between Thatcham and Woolhampton, Berkshire, England. Heale's 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 rise/fall of 8 ft 11 in (2.72 m)., and was originally a turf lock, being rebuilt as a conventional lock in the late 1980s.

Shalford Preceptory was a preceptory of Knights Hospitaller at Shalford in the civil parish of Brimpton in the English county of Berkshire. It was established in the late 12th century. By 1338, it had merged with the preceptory at Greenham. The chapel survives, though it was converted into a barn before 1614. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Crookham is a dispersed hamlet in the English county of Berkshire, and part of the civil parish of Thatcham.

Brimpton Pit is a 1.6-hectare (4.0-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Aldermaston in Berkshire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.This former gravel pit contains fossil molluscs and pollen which were laid down during a warm phase 80,000 years ago which was first recognised at this site, and is called the Brimpton Interstadial (Marine Isotope Stage 5a). The pit is also important for helping to understand the development of the River Thames and its tributaries.A footpath runs along the side of this site, but no geology is visible. The western half is part of a field and the eastern half is a dip in an area of wood and scrub.

A.F.C. Aldermaston is a football club based in Aldermaston, Berkshire, England. Affiliated to the Berks & Bucks Football Association, the club are currently members of the Wessex League Division One and play at Waterside Park in Thatcham. The club motto, Facta Non Verba, comes from a Latin phrase meaning "deeds, not words".

Midgham Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Midgham in the English county of Berkshire. The settlement lies near to the A4 road and is located approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Thatcham.

Thatcham railway station serves the market town of Thatcham in Berkshire, England. It is 49 miles 45 chains (49.56 mi; 79.8 km) measured from the zero point at London Paddington. It is served by Great Western Railway local services between Reading and Newbury and Bedwyn. It was served before privatisation by Network SouthEast and from 1996 until 2004 by Thames Trains. A limited semi-fast service between London and Exeter St Davids, Westbury, Taunton, Frome and Penzance also calls.