Playhatch Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:PlayHatch - geograph.org.uk - 65915.jpg
Static Image Caption:View of the road through Playhatch
Coordinates:51.4828°N -0.9331°W
Official Name:Playhatch
Civil Parish:Eye & Dunsden
Shire District:South Oxfordshire
Shire County:Oxfordshire
Region:South East England
Constituency Westminster:Henley
Post Town:Reading
Postcode District:RG4
Postcode Area:RG
Dial Code:0118
Os Grid Reference:SU7476
Website:Eye & Dunsden Parish Council

Playhatch (or Play Hatch) is a hamlet in the civil parish of Eye & Dunsden in South Oxfordshire, England, about 2miles northeast of Reading, Berkshire.

Overview

Before 1866, Playhatch formed part of the Oxfordshire section of Sonning civil parish. Berry Brook starts close to the Redgrave-Pinsent Rowing Lake to the southwest, running northeast through the River Thames floodplain past Playhatch, under the B478 Playhatch Road near the Sonning Works, before joining the river at Hallsmead Ait.

Amenities

Just south of the hamlet is the Redgrave-Pinsent Rowing Lake. The hamlet has three public houses:

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.thecrown.co.uk/ The Crown
  2. Web site: The Flowing Spring . 13 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100608195240/http://www.fullers.co.uk/rte.asp?id=4&itemid=110&task=View . 8 June 2010 . dead .
  3. http://www.the-shoulder-playhatch.co.uk/ The Shoulder of Mutton