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Beech Hill, Berkshire

Beech Hill
St.Mary the Virgin church Beech Hill Berkshire.jpg
St.Mary the Virgin Church
Beech Hill is located in Berkshire
Beech Hill
Beech Hill
Beech Hill shown within Berkshire
Area 4.70 km2 (1.81 sq mi)
Population 294 (2011 census)
• Density 63/km2 (160/sq mi)
OS grid reference SU696644
Civil parish
  • Beech Hill
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
EU Parliament South East England
List of places
UK
England
Berkshire
51°22′27″N 0°59′57″W / 51.3743°N 0.9992°W / 51.3743; -0.9992Coordinates: 51°22′27″N 0°59′57″W / 51.3743°N 0.9992°W / 51.3743; -0.9992

Beech Hill is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England. It is in the south east of the West Berkshire district (a unitary authority) and bounds Hampshire and Wokingham district. The Foudry Brook, a tributary of the Kennet, and the Reading to Basingstoke Line, run through the north of the parish.

Beech Hill was originally part of the parish of Stratfield Saye, a cross-county-border parish, most of which was in Hampshire. The Berkshire part became a civil parish in its own right in 1894. In the 16th century, it was part of the hundred of Theale, but was later transferred to the hundred of Reading which effectively ceased to function after 1886. By 1875, Beech Hill had become part of the Bradfield rural sanitary district which, in 1894, became the Bradfield Rural District. Since 1974, it has been part of the district of Newbury, now called West Berkshire.


Beech Hill has a site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) just to the south east of the village, called Stanford End Mill and River Loddon


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