Ufton Nervet
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| Ufton Nervet | |
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| Statistics | |
| Population: | 317 (2001) |
| Ordnance Survey | |
| OS grid reference: | SU635675 |
| Administration | |
| District: | West Berkshire |
| Region: | South East England |
| Constituent country: | England |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom |
| Other | |
| Ceremonial county: | Berkshire |
| Historic county: | Berkshire |
| Services | |
| Police force: | Thames Valley Police |
| Fire and rescue: | {{{Fire}}} |
| Ambulance: | South Central |
| Post office and telephone | |
| Post town: | READING |
| Postal district: | RG7 |
| Dialling code: | 0118 |
| Politics | |
| UK Parliament: | |
| European Parliament: | South East England |
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Ufton Nervet is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire.
The Ufton Nervet rail crash happened nearby on the 6th November 2004. Seven people were killed when a First Great Western train, from Paddington to Plymouth, was derailed after colliding with a stationary car on an unmanned level crossing.
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[edit] Location
Ufton Nervet village is situated in the hills above and to the south of the River Kennet, although the parish stretches down into the valley to the north as far as the A4 road. Two narrow lanes connect the village to the A4, crossing the Kennet and Avon Canal and the Great Western railway line in the valley bottom. Both lanes cross the canal by swing bridges, the smaller of the lanes crosses the railway by the level crossing involved in the rail crash whilst the other uses an overbridge. Other lanes connect the village with other villages on the higher ground above the valley.
Ufton Court, a small Elizabethan manor house is situated nearby.
Position: grid reference SU635675
Nearby towns and cities: Reading, Newbury
Nearby villages: Sulhamstead, Theale, Burghfield Common, Mortimer, Padworth, Aldermaston
[edit] Local government
Ufton Nervet is a civil parish with an elected parish council. It falls within the area of the unitary authority of West Berkshire. Both the parish council and the unitary authority are responsible for different aspects of local government.
