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Heads Hill

Coordinates: 51°22′24″N 1°16′18″W / 51.373336°N 1.271614°W / 51.373336; -1.271614
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Heads Hill
Heads Hill is located in Berkshire
Heads Hill
Heads Hill
Location within Berkshire
OS grid referenceSU590639
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townThatcham
Postcode districtRG19
Dialling code0118
PoliceThames Valley
FireRoyal Berkshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Berkshire
51°22′24″N 1°16′18″W / 51.373336°N 1.271614°W / 51.373336; -1.271614

Heads Hill is a small village in Berkshire, England and part of South Thatcham. According to the grid ref the majority of the population at the settlement taken at the 2011 Census was included in the civil parish of Aldermaston. Together with Goldfinch Bottom they are adjacent to Crookham Common.

Most of Greenham and Crookham Commons formed the RAF Greenham Common Airfield, initially constructed in W.W.II, but was enlarged during the Cold War as the USAF atomic rocket bomb base. Greenham Business Park was formed in the H.Q. area.

It lies near to the A339 road off Thornford Road, and is located approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east of Newbury, and the same south-west of Thatcham Berkshire. Together with Goldfinch Bottom they lie adjacent to Crookham Common and Greenham Business Park