How to find us
Tadley is located 8 miles north of Basingstoke, close to both the M3 and M4 motorways, and 10 miles south west of Reading, with easy access to and from London and South West England. Mortimer and Bramley, rail stations serving Reading, and Basingstoke, are equidistant to Tadley. By road M4, J12 from the west, J11 from the east. M3, J6.
We are on the westerly end of Silchester Road in Tadley, near Sainsbury’s. If your vehicle is large you MUST approach from the west. From the east the turn into the drive is tight. (CCTV is in operation if you cause damage by so doing). An intercom is situated at the automated gate, 5m off the highway.
From the M4 J12, Follow the A4 Southbound. Turn onto the A340. Follow this road through Aldermaston Wharf and Aldermaston to Tadley. You are now heading south east towards Basingstoke. *Past Barclays Bank on your right, at Lloyds Bank and just before the traffic lights, turn left onto Silchester Road (confusingly the left hand turn is not controlled by the lights), **and drive past Tadley Engineering on your right. Drive past the “Sainsbury’s” junction at the traffic lights, and look for “The Oasis” and “Wellspring” signs on the automated gate [gate opens inwards]. The drive is 75m and generous turning space is available at the end even for the largest HGVs. The drive is about 10.2 ft or 3.1m wide at the narrowest point. In the view shown below, the drive appears as a track between properties 18, “Wilmark” and 14, “HollyTree Cottage”. Alas the image shown below is out of date but the location is correct.
From the M4 J11, Take the A33 towards Basingstoke, stay in the right hand lane. Go over the first set of traffic lights. At the second set turn right (signed Mereoak Park and Ride). At the mini-roundabout turn left. Follow this road through Grazeley. At the mini-roundabout at the end of this road, turn right. Follow the road up the hill into Mortimer. After the church turn left (Mortimer West End Road). Follow the road to its end. Turn left. At roundabout turn right and drive past AWE. At the traffic lights at the end of this road turn left and then follow directions from * above.
From the M3 J6, Take the A339. At the Houndsmill Roundabout take the A340 signed Aldermaston and Tadley. Drive through Sherborne St John and continue on the road and you will drop down a steep hill which finishes at a roundabout. Go straight over the roundabout and up the hill on the other side. Go past the Esso garage on your left, Sainsburys at the top of the hill will be on your right. Turn right at the traffic lights after Sainsbury’s. This is Silchester Road. Follow directions from ** above.
Grid Reference SU 60124 62309 | X (Easting): 460124 Y (Northing): 162309
Decimal latitude 51.356537950918046, decimal longitude -1.1378759926944895;
or Degrees Minutes Seconds: latitude 51° 21′ 23.5368″, longitude -1° 8′ 16.3536″. Altitude: 104 meters / 341 feet.
* The street scene above may not be current.
** There is a decades old issue emanating from Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council [south side] & West Berkshire Council [north side], of confusing street naming and numbering. There is of course more than one Silchester Road, compounding the matter. The relevant one for us, Silchester Road runs west/east between Tadley, and Pamber Heath. It starts from the A340 and becomes Pamber Road in the East in Silchester. Numbering starts in both the Tadley and Pamber Heath locations, and there is no definitive boundary between them. The designated postcode used with some satnavs and online maps may take you to Pamber Heath Post Office, not our location in Tadley.