Thatcham

Thatcham is a market town in the historic county of Berkshire, England, centred 3 miles east of Newbury, 14 miles west of Reading and 54 miles west of London. Its populace developed quickly in the second 50% of the twentieth century: from 5,000 of every 1951 and 7,500 of every 1961 to 22,824 out of 2001. Amid World War II, Thatcham housed one of the greatest Prisoner of War camps in the South, known as camp 1001. Thatcham straddles the River Kennet, the Kennet and Avon Canal, the A4 and the course of a Roman street. It is served by Thatcham railroad station on hold among Reading and Newbury.

Nearby business is mostly in light modern premises, deals and dispersion, retail and open areas; see likewise West Berkshire, its locale. In spite of the fact that there are numerous elementary schools in the territory, the main auxiliary school in Thatcham is the Kennet School. The zone has proof of occupation dating from ancient occasions and was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as the most grounded petitioner to being the most established constantly possessed place in Britain. The all around safeguarded stays of a Mesolithic settlements dating from 8400 to 7700 BC have been found in its region. Proof likewise exists of Bronze and Iron Age settlements and of a Roman settlement.