Benham Hill

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Benham Hill
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Benham Hill
Location within Berkshire
OS grid reference SU493676
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Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Postcode district RG18
Dialling code 01635
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51°24′18″N1°17′31″W / 51.404997°N 1.291928°W / 51.404997; -1.291928

Benham Hill is a small settlement in the Shaw portion of the civil parish of Shaw-cum-Donnington in the English county of Berkshire, between Thatcham and Newbury. [1]

The settlement lies on the A4 road, and is previously the site of the Turnpike School, now West Berkshire Community Hospital.

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References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 174 Newbury & Wantage (Hungerford & Didcot) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN   9780319228739.