Playhatch


Playhatch is a hamlet in the civil parish of Eye & Dunsden in South Oxfordshire, England, about northeast of Reading, Berkshire. It is situated immediately north of the junction of the A4155 and the B478.

Overview

Before 1866, Playhatch formed part of the Oxfordshire section of Sonning civil parish. Berry Brook starts close to the Redgrave-Pinsent [Rowing Lake] to the southwest, running northeast through the River Thames floodplain past Playhatch, under the B478 Playhatch Road near the Sonning Works, before joining the river at Hallsmead Ait.

Amenities

Just south of the hamlet is the Redgrave-Pinsent Rowing Lake. The hamlet has three public houses: The Crown, a 16th-century coaching inn and a Grade II listed building,
The Flowing Spring, and The Shoulder of Mutton