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 miles17 km
- Oxford 16.5 miles26.6 km
- High Wycombe 20.9 miles33.7 km
- Basingstoke 18 miles29 km
- Bracknell 20.6 miles33.1 km
- Maidenhead 20.4 miles32.8 km
- Farnborough 24.3 miles39.1 km
- Andover 24.2 miles38.9 km
- Wokingham 17.2 miles27.7 km
- Fleet 22.8 miles36.6 km
- Abingdon-on-Thames 11.5 miles18.4 km
- Newbury 9.2 miles14.8 km
Neighbouring places
- Streatley Built-up area 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Compton Built-up area 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Hampstead Norreys Built-up area 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Ashampstead Parish 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Ridgeway Ward 2.9 miles4.6 km
- Goring Built-up area 3.1 miles5 km
- Basildon Parish 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Yattendon Parish 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Upper Basildon Built-up area 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Moulsford Built-up area 3.3 miles5.4 km
- Aston Upthorpe Parish 3.4 miles5.4 km
- Goring-on-Thames Parish 3.5 miles5.7 km
Example postcodes in Aldworth
RG8 9RS, RG8 9RX, RG8 9SE, RG8 9TX, RG8 9RL, RG8 9RR, RG8 9RN, RG8 9RG, RG8 9RH … See all
Transport links
- London Heathrow Airport 32.2 miles51.8 km
- Southampton Airport 39.7 miles63.8 km
- Goring & Streatley Railway Station 3 miles4.8 km
- Cholsey Railway Station 4.2 miles6.7 km
Hotels near Aldworth Ad
- The Royal Oak, Yattendon 4 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Ashbrook Lets 4 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Ferrymans Cottage 3.3 miles5.2 km
- The Swan at Streatley 4 2.5 miles4.1 km
- The Springs Resort & Golf Club 5.4 miles8.6 km
- Plum Pudding 8.8 miles14.2 km
- Bull Inn 2.3 miles3.6 km
- The Coat and Bear 4 9.7 miles15.5 km
- White Hart Hotel 3 9 miles14.5 km
- Doubletree by Hilton Newbury North 6.5 miles10.5 km
Local points of interest
- Didcot Railway Centre Museum 7 miles11.3 km
- Sulhampstead House Estate 9 miles14.5 km
- Newbury Racecourse Recreation 9.4 miles15.1 km
- Aldermaston Court Estate 9.4 miles15.2 km
- Swyncombe House Estate 10.4 miles16.8 km
- Crowsley Park Estate 10.8 miles17.4 km
- Madejski Stadium Stadium 11.4 miles18.4 km
- Mortimer Lodge Estate 12.2 miles19.6 km
- University of Reading University 12.2 miles19.7 km
- Mortimer House Estate 12.6 miles20.3 km
- Kassam Stadium Stadium 13.9 miles22.3 km
- The Vyne Historic site 15.3 miles24.6 km