L'Ortolan was a gourmet restaurant in the village of Shinfield, 6 km south of the centre of Reading, Berkshire, England. The restaurant closed its doors for the final time in August 2024. L’Ortolan is situated 1 mile west of Backwaters.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ryeish Green and Arborfield Cross.

Ryeish Green

Hamlet

Ryeish Green is a small hamlet in the civil parish of Shinfield, Berkshire, England, 4 miles south of Reading. It is located next to Spencers Wood and sometimes considered a part of that village.

Arborfield Cross

Locality

Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Arborfield Cross is a village in the civil parish of Arborfield and Newland in the Borough of Wokingham in the English county of Berkshire.

Whitley Wood

Suburb

Photo: Kevin Hale, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Whitley Wood is a suburb to the south of Reading in the English county of Berkshire.

Backwaters

Type: Meadow
Location: Shinfield, Wokingham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.40916° or 51° 24′ 33″ north

Longitude

-0.9332° or 0° 55′ 60″ west

Open location code

9C3XC358+MP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 173730880

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=meadow

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