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Twyford, Berkshire is in United Kingdom.

[edit] Understand

Twyford, Berkshire is a small village between Maidenhead and Reading, originally offering facilities to travellers on the turnpike road from London to Bath.

It's local importance increased when it became the terminus for the new railway line to Bristol. For several years rail travellers disembarked at Twyford, then travelled by road to Reading where the rails restarted.

Today most travelling west will do so on the M4, which fortunately avoided Twyford, taking a route well south of the village. Twyford, with its sister village of Ruscombe, has its own history society, choir, bowls club, tennis club, cricket team and theatre group. Residents tend to find employment in the nearby towns of Reading or Bracknell or commute to London by train.

Charvil is a small, relatively recent, development outside Twyford that resulted from the pressure for more homes in the area. Charvil has few facilities of its own.

[edit] Get in

Twyford is on the main railway line from London Paddington and is one stop away from the major rail interchange at Reading. Rail passengers travelling to Henley-on-Thames will usually change trains at Twyford.

Trains on the main-line stop three or four times and hour. The service to Henley is hourly for most of the day.

There is an hourly bus service from Reading to Twyford that continues on via a rather circular route to Wokingham.

Car drivers will usually approach Twyford by coming off the M4 at Maidenhead and taking the A4 west for about five miles. Turn left when you see the sign to Twyford and before long you will find yourself at Twyford crossroads. Parking can be found in the Waitrose supermarket car park, or in the small car park in Polehampton Close (described below).

[edit] Get around

Twyford is small enough to walk everywhere.

[edit][add listing] See

Twyford is known by local travellers for its cross-roads and associated traffic lights. Linger here for a while and you will see a good cross-section of life passing by.

Walk west a few yards along the 'High Street' past the former butchers shop with meat hooks still in place and you will come to a typical Berkshire pub The Duke of Wellington. Just beyond this is a former Victorian boys school and schoolmasters house. The house is now let as two flats, while the school is used by the village amateur drama group for rehearsals. The school playground, where small boys used to watch steam trains passing on their way to Henley, is now a car park.

Further down the main road, at the bottom of the hill is the site of the former silk mill. Now developed as luxury flats, you can walk through this area into a large nature reserve on the site of a former gravel pit.

Returning to the main road and continuing a short distance further west and you reach The Waggon and Horses, a very old pub. Close by on the other side of the road, you can just see the remains of one of the two fords that gave Twyford its name. A ford is the shallow point a road crosses a waterway, in this case the River Loddon.

[edit][add listing] Do

Many of Twyfords activities take place in the cavernous Loddon Hall. Here you will find antiques fairs, book sales, keep fit classes, badminton and table tennis, ballet classes, Ceroc, a bridge club, regular plays and pantomimes etc.

Loddon Hall is located at the end of Loddon Hall road. It is the largest venue in the area, so is often booked for functions.

[edit][add listing] Eat

Twyford is well provided with restaurants. Italian, Greek, Indian, Thai and gastro-pubs all close to its centre.

The best food is probably found at the 'top oak' ie The Royal Oak/Burratta's in Ruscombe Lane, Ruscombe. La Fontana close to the cross-roads, is an authentic Italian styled restaurant. It also serves traditional English breakfasts in the mornings and a fixed price roast every Sunday lunchtime.

There are take-away chinese and fish and chips shops.

[edit][add listing] Drink

Twyford has four public houses and in the past had several others. The Golden Star is the liveliest of these, and is closest to the station. The Duke of Wellington specialises in televised sport and so can also be pretty lively on some nights. The Royal Oak is more peaceful, with comfortable seats and family friendly approach. The Waggon and Horses is pretty small and also serves food.

[edit] Stay safe

No need for any special precautions.

[edit] Get out

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