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Wash Water
The Woodpecker public house near Wash Water
Wash WaterLocation within Berkshire
OS grid reference	SU451635
Metropolitan borough	West Berkshire
Metropolitan county	Berkshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWBURY
Postcode district	RG10
Dialling code	01635
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Royal Berkshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Berkshire
List of places UK England Berkshire 51°22′09″N 1°21′28″W / 51.369152°N 1.357884°W / 51.369152; -1.357884

Wash Water is a hamlet on the border of Berkshire, and Hampshire. It is divided between the civil parishes of Enborne (where according to Grid Refs the majority of the population at the 2011 Census was included), Newbury, Highclere and East Woodhay. The settlement lies adjacent to the A343 and A34 highways (Newbury Bypass), approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south-south-west of Newbury.

Some locals claim it is named after the spot on the River Enborne where women washed the troops' clothes during or after the First Battle of Newbury of the English Civil War, others say it is because wool was washed in the local rivers before fulling in the two nearby mills.

Village facilities include a public house called the Woodpecker Inn, formerly the Derby Arms.

References

1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 174 Newbury & Wantage (Hungerford & Didcot) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319228739.
2. "Woodpecker Arms". www.arkells.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

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Towns	Hungerford Newbury Thatcham (All are civil parishes and have town councils)
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