Arborfield is a village in Berkshire

Berkshire

Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...

 about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south-east of Reading

Reading, Berkshire

Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London....

, about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Wokingham

Wokingham

Wokingham is a market town and civil parish in Berkshire in South East England about west of central London. It is about east-southeast of Reading and west of Bracknell. It spans an area of and, according to the 2001 census, has a population of 30,403...

, and about 0.6 mile (0.965604 km) west of the sister village of Arborfield Cross

Arborfield Cross

Arborfield Cross is a village in the English county of Berkshire. The village is situated at a cross-roads on the A327 road some 3 miles south-east of the large town of Reading, 3 miles west of the smaller town of Wokingham, and half a mile to the east of the smaller village of Arborfield...

 (Although recently, both Arborfield and Arborfield Cross have become collectively known as Arborfield, and there are no signs marking the boundary between Arborfield and Arborfield Cross)

The village is on the A327 road linking Reading with Farnborough

Farnborough, Hampshire

-History:Name changes: Ferneberga ; Farnburghe, Farenberg ; Farnborowe, Fremborough, Fameborough .Tower Hill, Cove: There is substantial evidence...

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Arborfield is in the civil parish of Arborfield and Newland

Arborfield and Newland

Arborfield and Newland is a civil parish in the Wokingham district of Berkshire, England. It had a population of 2,228 according to the 2001 census. It includes Arborfield, Arborfield Cross and part of Arborfield Garrison.-External links:*...

, which is in the district of Wokingham

Wokingham (district)

Wokingham is a local government district in Berkshire, United Kingdom. It is named after its main town, Wokingham. Other places in the district include Arborfield, Barkham, Charvil, Earley, Finchampstead, Hurst, Sonning, Remenham, Ruscombe, Shinfield, Twyford, Wargrave, Three Mile Cross, Winnersh,...

 unitary authority

Unitary authority

A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national...

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Arborfield may be best known for the adjoining army base of Arborfield Garrison

Arborfield Garrison

Arborfield Garrison is a British Army garrison in the English county of Berkshire, approximately south east of the village of Arborfield Cross. The Garrison and its associated housing estates are split between the civil parishes of Arborfield and Newland and Barkham...

, the headquarters and training base of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers is a corps of the British Army that has responsibility for the maintenance, servicing and inspection of almost every electrical and mechanical piece of equipment within the British Army from Challenger II main battle tanks and WAH64 Apache...

 corps of the British Army

British Army

The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...

, although the Garrison actually lies about a mile the other side of Arborfield Cross and is mostly in the civil parish of Barkham

Barkham

Barkham is a village and civil parish about south-west of the centre of Wokingham in Berkshire.-Geography:The old part of Barkham is the small settlement by the parish church at and close to Barkham Street...

. In the Garrison there is the Army Cadet Force detachment 11 platoon Arborfield.

External links

• Arborfield Community Website
• Arborfield Local History Society
• Arborfield Parish Church - St. Bartholemews
• Danyl Johnson, X-factor finalist from Arborfield