Padworth

Padworth
Village and civil parish
The Kennet from Padworth Bridge.
Padworth church is next to Padworth College, once the manor of the parish.
Padworth 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
Civil parish	Padworth
Unitary authority	West Berkshire
Ceremonial county	Berkshire
Region	South East
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	Wokingham
Website	http://www.padworthparishcouncil.gov.uk/
List of places UK England Berkshire 51°23′35″N 1°06′50″W / 51.393°N 1.114°W / 51.393; -1.114

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.