The Cut, Berkshire

The Cut
Cokeley Bridge, crossing The Cut
Location
Country	England
Counties	Berkshire
Towns	Bray, Berkshire, Binfield, Warfield, Winkfield
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	North Ascot, Bracknell Forest, Berkshire
• coordinates	51°25′50″N 0°40′53″W / 51.43056°N 0.68139°W / 51.43056; -0.68139
Mouth	River Thames
• location	Bray, Berkshire
• coordinates	51°29′57″N 0°40′53″W / 51.49917°N 0.68139°W / 51.49917; -0.68139
Length	23 km (14 mi)

v t e The Cut, Berkshire
Legend
River Thames, Bray  M4  Maidenhead Waterways weir  A308  roundabout The Bourne  A308(M)   A404(M)   M4   B3024  Paley Street bridge Cokeley Bridge Former course to River Loddon (now known as Twyford Brook) weir  B3034  Forest Road, Binfield Binfield Manor lake Downmill Stream (culvert)  B3018  Frampton Bridge  A3095  Bott Bridge Bull Brook weir Warfield House lake  B3022  bridges  B3034  bridge  B3017  bridge County Lane bridge Harvest Ride bridge end of Bull Brook culvert weirs (3) Ascot Place lakes Blackmoor Stream (culvert) Mill Pond, Wildridings Englemere Pond STW on Whitmoor Bog South Hill Park Lake 2 Savernake Pond South Hill Park Lake 1 source in Swinley Park Gormoor Pond Bull Brook near Gravel Hill

The Cut is a river in England that rises in North Ascot, Berkshire. It flows for around 14 miles (23 km), through the rural Northern Parishes of Winkfield, Warfield and Binfield in Bracknell Forest on its way down to Bray, where it meets the River Thames just above Queens Eyot on the reach below Bray Lock, having been joined by the Maidenhead Waterways.

The Cut is so named because it was diverted eastwards artificially in the early nineteenth century from its original course westwards to the River Loddon^[1] via Stanlake Park south of Twyford to alleviate flood risk. At some point, it was known as How Brook,^[2] although in 1813 it was known as the Broadwater.^[3]