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The Berry Brook is a stream close to Sonning Eye in the flood plain of the River Thames, in southern Oxfordshire, England. [1]

The stream flows northeast from close to the Redgrave-Pinsent Rowing Lake, parallel with the A4155 Henley Road out of Caversham, Reading towards Henley-on-Thames. [2] It flows under the B478 Playhatch Road close to Playhatch and the Sonning Works owned by Lafarge. The stream passes under Spring Lane by the Flowing Spring public house, also near Playhatch. [3] It then flows through farmland owned by Phillimore estate, entering the River Thames at Hallsmead Ait just south of Shiplake.

Berry Brook Boats is located at the Thames and Kennet Marina, close to the source of Berry Brook. [4]

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References

  1. "Berry Brook: A stream on the northern edge of the Thames floodplain". GEOlocation.ws. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  2. Reading, Henley-on-Thames, Wokingham: Street AZ Atlas. Geographer' A-Z Map Company. 1995. pp. 13–15, 23. ISBN   0-85039-277-2.
  3. "Photo of the Berry Brook". Photographs of Reading and the Thames Valley. ding.co.uk/ Map Reading], UK. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  4. "Holiday Boat Hire". Boating in the Thames Valley. Thames Valley Guide], UK. Archived from the original on 2 February 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
Next confluence upstream River Thames Next confluence downstream
River Kennet (south)Berry Brook River Loddon (south)

Coordinates: 51°29′07″N0°55′22″W / 51.48520°N 0.92270°W / 51.48520; -0.92270