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Thatcham Town Council
Council Offices,
Brownsfield Road,
Thatcham,
Berkshire,
RG18 3HF

Tel: (01635) 863592
Fax: (01635) 863843

www.thatchamtowncouncil.gov.uk


general facilities information

ACCOMMODATION
The West Grange Hotel
Midgeham t: 862351
Regency Park Hotel
Bowling Green Road t: 871555
The Swan, Station Road t: 862084
The White Hart, High Street t: 863251
The Kings Head, The Broadway t: 862145
The Wheatsheaf, Chapel Street t: 862670
Mr J. Avery, 1 Church Lane t: 869098
Mrs J. Baldwin, 33 Green Lane t: 863116
Mrs H. Bosley
59 Loundyes Close t: 869373


BANKS
Barclays Bank
The Broadway t: 0845 755555
Lloyds/TSB
The Broadway t: 0845 0723333
HSBC
The Broadway t: 0845 7404404
National Westminster Bank
High Street. t: 0845 6013399


BUILDING SOCIETIES
Newbury Building Society
4 High Street t: 864996


BUS SERVICES
Newbury Buses, Bus Station
Market Street, Newbury t: 567500


CAR PARKS
Pay and Display
• Rear of Waitrose Supermarket
• (access from The Moors)
Free Customer Car Parks
• The Co-op, The Broadway
Free Car Parks
• Brownsfield Road (rear of Gilbert Court)
• Brownsfield Road
• (adjacent to War Memorial)


CHEMISTS
Thatcham Medical Practice
(Boots the Chemist) t: 864423
Lloyds Chemist
5 Crown Mead, Bath Road t: 863334
Lloyds Chemist, Kingsland Centre,
The Broadway t: 869244
Lloyds Chemist
Unit 2, Burdwood Centre,
Station Road t: 868538


CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
West Berkshire Citizens Advice Bureau
Thatcham Outreach at Thatcham Health Centre, Bath Road
By appointment only.
Open: Tuesday 9.30am - 12.30pm
Thursday 9.30am - 12.30pm
For appointments call t: 516605
Helpline for Carers t: 864245
Client Advice Line t: 552050


DENTAL SURGEONS
Cedar Dental Care
Patel, Roy D. and Colleagues
3 Bath Road t: 867979
Dental Art Clinic
118 Bath Road t: 863644
Thatcham Village Dental Centre
29 Chapel Street t: 866662
The Broadway Dental Practice
Bateman House, The Broadway t: 861076
Weir, T, Elvey, M A and Caur, A J
118 Bath Road t: 863644


EDUCATION
Pre-Schools
Apple Tree Pre-School t: 07709 697545
Bucklebury Pre-school t: 07919 421822
Busy Bees Pre-School Group t: 872339
Lilliput Pre-School t: 07810 842800
Pied Piper Pre-School t: 873814
Playmates Pre-school t: 871460
Thatcham Children’s Centre
Pre-School t: 872008
Thatcham Pre-School t: 07831 611145


LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY
Parents who have only recently moved into the area should notify head teachers of the schools they would like their children to attend, giving details of the dates of birth of any children who are, or will shortly be of school age. Early notification is in the interests of parents and will assist the schools. Further information with regard to educational facilities is available from the EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, West Berkshire Council, Avonbank House, West Street, Newbury.
School Admissions t: 519780


Primary Schools
Cold Ash St Mark’s Primary School
Cold Ash, Thatcham t: 862600
Francis Baily Primary
Skillman Drive t: 862188
Parsons Down Infants
Paynesdown Road t: 862475
Parsons Down Junior
Herons Way t: 866700
St Finian’s RC Primary
The Ridge, Cold Ash t: 865925
Spurcroft Primary
Spurcroft Road t: 871541
Thatcham Park C of E Primary School
Park Avenue, Thatcham t: 870950
Whitelands Park Primary
Sagecroft Road t: 862517


Secondary Schools
Kennet School
Stoney Lane t: 862121
Trinity School and Performing Arts College
Love Lane, Shaw, Newbury t: 510500


EMERGENCY SERVICES
Dial 999 in an emergency
Royal Berkshire Ambulance NHS Trust
t: 0118 936 5500
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service HQ t: 0118 945 2888
Thames Valley Police
Non-emergency t: 0845 8505 505


ESTATE AGENTS
Chancellors
56 The Broadway t: 869440
Chequers Estate Agents
3 High Street t: 876000
f: 876005
Haart
8 Kingsland Centre t: 862666
Halletts
16 High Street t: 877877
Kemp & Co
Chapel Street t: 865656
Preece & Co
17 High Street t: 870900


FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Geoffrey Church & Co.
Church Gate, The Broadway t: 868444


HAIRDRESSERS
Big Wigz
20 The Broadway t: 863784
Charles Hairdressing
20 High Street t: 862723
Cutting Cabin
High Street t: 863325
Guru
6 The Broadway t: 872800
Jane’s Hairdressing
Unit 1, 32 High Street t: 861011
Jo Joe’s
18 The Broadway t: 861777
Julians
3 Bradley-Moore Square t: 876969
Julians
4 Burdwood Centre, Station Road
t: 869915
Paul Charles
The Courtyard, The Broadway t: 871116
Paul’s Hairdressing
31 High Street t: 862233
The Thatch
55 Station Road t: 863407
Ziggy’s Hairworks
Unit 3, Kingsland Centre t: 871917


HOSPITALS
West Berkshire Community Hospital
Benham Hill, London Road
Newbury t: 273300
Royal Berkshire Hospital
(Main Casualty) London Road, Reading
t: 0118 987 5111


LICENSED CLUBS
Thatcham Bowling Club
Brownsfield Road t: 867044
Thatcham Catholic Club
7 Bath Road t: 863430
Thatcham Town Cricket Club
Brownsfield Road t: 865521
Thatcham Town Football and Supporters Club
Waterside Park, Crookham Hill t: 862016


LOCAL RADIO
Kick FM
The Studio, 42 Bone Lane,
Newbury. RG14 5SD t: 841600
BBC Radio Berkshire
The Lodge, Caversham Park, Peppard
Road, Caversham t: 0118 946 4200
2-TEN FM
The Filberts, Thompson Walk,
The Chase, Calcot t: 0118 945 4400


MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS
Thatcham Medical Practice
Bath Road
Appointments t: 867171
Enq t: 867171
Burdwood Surgery
Wheelers Green Way t: 868006


MEDICAL SERVICES
Alexander Technique
Tanya Whannell t: 866409
Thatcham Chiropractic Clinic t: 868691
Thatcham Osteopaths t: 871948


NEWSPAPERS
Newbury Weekly News Group
Newspaper House, Faraday Road, Newbury and also at 2 Brookhouse, Northbrook Street, Newbury
Main Switchboard t: 524111
Editorial t: 47000
Newbury and Thatcham Chronicle
50-56 Portman Road, Reading
Advertising t: 0118 9503050
Editorial t: 0118 9503030


NIGHTCLUBS
Venom Newbury Leisure Park,
Lower Way t: 878222


OPTICIANS
Leighton Opticians
6 High Street t: 863290
Graham Prichard
Kingsland Centre t: 860638


POST OFFICES
The Co-op Welcome
54 The Broadway t: 863223
The Co-op Welcome, Unit 4 Burdwood Centre, Station Road t: 869689
Tesco, Northfield Road. t: 873251


PUBLIC LIBRARY
Bath Road t: 866049
Opening Hours:
Monday 9.30am - 5pm
Tuesday 9.30am - 7pm
Wednesday Closed
Thursday 9.30am - 5pm
Friday 9.30am - 7pm
Saturday 9.30am - 12.30pm


RECYCLING BANKS
Pound Lane: Recycling points for books, mixed textiles and clothes, glass, paper
Kingsland Centre Car Park: Recycling points for mixed textiles and clothes, plastics, glass, food and drink cans, paper.


REGISTRAR OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES
Council Offices, Brownsfield Road
Tuesdays 10.30am -12.00pm
(by appointment only - call Newbury number below). For an appointment
Births and Deaths t: 279233
Marriages t: 279230
Shaw House, Church Road, Shaw, Newbury RG14 2DR


RESTAURANTS

Chinese/Oriental
Jade Cottage, 23 High Street : 861880
Mandarin Court
10-11 The Broadway t: 874019
Szechuan Inn, 7 High Street t: 863344
The Little Szechuan Fast Food
Restaurant 3 London Road t: 862225
t: 860255

Indian
Nawab
4-5 The Broadway t: 868800
Spice, 35-37 High Street t: 862228

English (pubs with restaurants)
The Mill, Bradley-Moore Square t: 867277
Plough Inn, 81 Chapel Street t: 860340
The Swan, Station Road t: 862084
White Hart, 2 High Street t: 863251


SOLICITORS
Burton Stancliffe & Co
17 High Street t: 867967
Crumly, Richard
The Old Courthouse, 31 The Broadway
t: 866166
Gardner Leader
Winbolt House, The Broadway t: 863271


TAKEAWAY FOOD OUTLETS
Baguette de France
The Broadway t: 872287
Best Fry
28 High Street t: 863489
Best Fry
3 The Burdwood Centre t: 869346
Chick King and Fish Bar
1 Crown Mead, Bath Road t: 878911
China Kitchen
4 Bradley-Moore Square,
Dunston Park t: 878080
Four Seasons Chinese Takeaway
76 Chapel Street t: 862122
Kings Chinese Takeaway
27 High Street t: 861988
Light Lunch
34 The High Street t: 860666
Little Szechuan Chinese Takeaway
3 London Road t: 862225
860255
Mandarin Court
10-11 The Courtyard,
The Broadway t: 874019
Nawab Indian Cuisine
4-5 The Broadway t: 868800
Spice Indian Takeaway
35-37 High Street t: 862228
Szechuan Express
5a High Street t: 869666
Thatcham Tandoori Takeaway
The Courtyard, The Broadway t: 876203


TAXIS AND PRIVATE HIRE
Broadway Cars t: 847784
CDC Taxis t: 866730
SB Taxis t: 873057
Thatcham Cars t: 862002


TELEVISION (REGIONAL)
BBC South
Broadcasting House, Havelock Road,
Southampton t: 023 80 226201
Meridian Broadcasting Ltd
Television Centre,
Southampton t: 023 80 222555


TODDLER GROUPS
Burdwood Baby and Toddler Group
t: 863899
Buttercups t: 826304
Drop In At The Well at the Methodist Church
Wednesday 9.30 am – 2 pm. t: 01488 72837
Gingerbread (for lone parent families)
t: 201198
Thatcham Baptist Church Toddler Group
t: 867054
Thatcham Children’s Centre Drop-in
t: 872008
URC Toddler Group t: 866275


TRAIN SERVICE
Thatcham Station
located at the southern end of Station Road, 1.5 miles south of the town centre. There is a regular rail service to Newbury, Bedwyn, Reading and London (Paddington).
For rail enquiries t: 0845 7484950


TRAVEL AGENTS
Meadway Travel
49 The Broadway t: 877365
Options Travel
20 The Broadway t: 292484
Toucan Travel
2 Kingsland Centre t: 877007


VETERINARY SURGEONS
GKG Vets
55a The Broadway t: 868047
O’Gorman, Slater and Main
10 London Road t: 868382






Whilst every care has been taken in compiling this publication and the statements contained herein are believed to be correct, the publishers and promoters cannot accept responsibility for any inaccuracies. Reproduction of any part of this publication in any format, without permission, is strictly forbidden. Thatcham Town Council express their sincere gratitude to the following people for giving
permission to use their photographs in this guide: Mike Cass www.cherrytreeimages.com, Norman Jones http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/norriesite, Andrew Cooper and David Dobson.