Padworth | |
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Village and civil parish | |
The Kennet from Padworth Bridge. | |
Padworth church is next to Padworth College, once the manor of the parish. | |
Location within Berkshire | |
Area | 5.71 km2 (2.20 sq mi) |
Population | 919 (2011 census)[1] |
• Density | 161/km2 (420/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | SU619661 |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | READING |
Postcode district | RG7 |
Dialling code | 0118 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Royal Berkshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
Website | http://www.padworthparishcouncil.gov.uk/ |
Padworth is a dispersed settlement and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire, with the nearest town being Tadley. Padworth is in the unitary authority of West Berkshire, and its main settlement is at Aldermaston Wharf or Lower Padworth, where there is Aldermaston railway station. It has its southern boundary with Mortimer West End, Hampshire. The south of the parish is wooded towards its edges and the north of the parish is agricultural with a hotel beside the Kennet and Avon Canal. In the centre of the parish is a school, Padworth College, which is Georgian and a later incarnation of its manor house.