Aldworth
Parish in West Berkshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.516, -1.202 |
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| OS grid ref: | SU 55 79 |
Aldworth is a small hilltop village and civil parish in West Berkshire, set on the chalk of the Berkshire Downs. It often claims to be the highest village in the county and is prized for wide, rolling downland views and easy access to long-distance walks along ancient ridgeways; the surrounding landscape is largely agricultural, with dry-stone walls, pasture and arable fields.
The village has a strong sense of history centred on the medieval All Saints Church, notable for its collection of funerary monuments and connections to the old de la Mare family, and a close-knit rural community that mixes farming, tourism and commuter links into nearby market towns. Visitors come for the scenery, local heritage and the tranquillity of a classic Berkshire downs settlement.
Postcode districts covering Aldworth
Most populated places nearby
- Reading 10.5 miles
- Oxford 16.5 miles
- High Wycombe 20.9 miles
- Basingstoke 18 miles
- Bracknell 20.6 miles
- Maidenhead 20.4 miles
- Farnborough 24.3 miles
- Andover 24.2 miles
- Wokingham 17.2 miles
- Fleet 22.8 miles
- Abingdon-on-Thames 11.5 miles
- Newbury 9.2 miles
Neighbouring places
- Streatley Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Compton Built-up area 2.3 miles
- Hampstead Norreys Built-up area 2.7 miles
- Ashampstead Parish 2.7 miles
- Ridgeway Ward 2.9 miles
- Goring Built-up area 3.1 miles
- Basildon Parish 3.2 miles
- Yattendon Parish 3.2 miles
- Upper Basildon Built-up area 3.3 miles
- Moulsford Built-up area 3.3 miles
- Aston Upthorpe Parish 3.4 miles
- Goring-on-Thames Parish 3.5 miles
Example postcodes in Aldworth
RG8 9RF, RG8 9RJ, RG8 9RT, RG8 9RR, RG8 9TU, RG8 9RX, RG8 9SH, RG8 9TR, RG8 9TL … See all
Transport links
- London Heathrow Airport 32.2 miles
- Southampton Airport 39.7 miles
- Goring & Streatley Railway Station 3 miles
- Cholsey Railway Station 4.2 miles
Hotels near Aldworth Ad
- The Swan, Streatley, Berkshire 4 2.5 miles
- YHA Streatley on Thames 3 2.3 miles
- Bull Inn 2.3 miles
- The Crown & Horns 4 3.9 miles
- The Red Lion 3.9 miles
- The Royal Oak, Yattendon 4 3.4 miles
- The Bull Inn Pub 5.3 miles
- The Elephant Hotel 3 5.4 miles
- The George Hotel 3 5.4 miles
- The Bull Stanford Dingley 4 5.4 miles
Local points of interest
- Didcot Railway Centre Museum 7 miles
- Sulhampstead House Estate 9 miles
- Newbury Racecourse Recreation 9.4 miles
- Aldermaston Court Estate 9.4 miles
- Swyncombe House Estate 10.4 miles
- Crowsley Park Estate 10.8 miles
- Madejski Stadium Stadium 11.4 miles
- Mortimer Lodge Estate 12.2 miles
- University of Reading University 12.2 miles
- Mortimer House Estate 12.6 miles
- Kassam Stadium Stadium 13.9 miles
- The Vyne Historic site 15.3 miles