Widmead Lock

Widmead Lock is a lock in Thatcham, West Berkshire, England. Widmead Lock is situated nearby to the nature reserve Thatcham Reed Beds, as well as near The Nature Discovery Centre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Thatcham Reed Beds and The Nature Discovery Centre.

Thatcham Reed Beds

Nature reserve

Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thatcham Reed Beds is a 67.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Newbury in Berkshire. It is part of the Kennet & Lambourn Floodplain Special Area of Conservation and an area of 14 hectares is a Local Nature Reserve.

The Nature Discovery Centre

The Nature Discovery Centre is a 35-hectare nature reserve in Thatcham in Berkshire. It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. The Nature Discovery Centre is situated 2,500 feet north of Widmead Lock.

Bowdown and Chamberhouse Woods

Nature reserve

Bowdown and Chamberhouse Woods is a 67.9-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Thatcham in Berkshire. An area of 55 hectares is a nature reserve managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thatcham and Heads Hill.

Thatcham

Town

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thatcham is a market town and civil parish in West Berkshire, England. It is situated in the valley of the River Kennet 3 miles east of Newbury, 14 miles west of Reading and 54 miles west of London.

Heads Hill

Hamlet

Heads Hill is a hamlet on Crookham Common in the civil parish of Thatcham in the English county of Berkshire. It lies near to the A339 road off Thornford Road, and is located approximately 3 miles south-east of Newbury, and the same south-west of Thatcham Berkshire.