Playhatch is a hamlet

Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...

 in the civil parish

Civil parish

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 of Eye & Dunsden

Eye & Dunsden

Eye and Dunsden is a largely rural civil parish in the most southern part of English county of Oxfordshire.It includes the villages of Sonning Eye, Dunsden Green and Playhatch and borders on the River Thames with the village of Sonning in Berkshire connected via Sonning Bridge just over the river...

 in South Oxfordshire

South Oxfordshire

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, England

England

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, about 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Reading, Berkshire

Reading, Berkshire

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Overview

Before 1866, Playhatch formed part of the Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire

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 section of Sonning civil parish

Civil parish

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Berry Brook

Berry Brook

The Berry Brook is a stream close to Sonning Eye in the flood plain of the River Thames, in southern Oxfordshire, England.The stream flows northeast from close to the Redgrave-Pinsent Rowing Lake, parallel with the A4155 Henley Road ourt of Caversham, Reading towards Henley-on-Thames. It flows...

 starts close to the Redgrave-Pinsent Rowing Lake to the southwest, running northeast through the River Thames

River Thames

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 floodplain past Playhatch, under the B478 Playhatch Road near the Sonning Works

Sonning Works

The Sonning Works are a gravel works owned by Lafarge, located near Sonning Eye, Oxfordshire, England.- Overview :The gravel works is positioned on the south side of the B478 Playhatch Road between Playhatch to the west and Sonning Eye on the River Thames to the east...

, before joining the river at Hallsmead Ait

Hallsmead Ait

Hallsmead Ait is an island in the River Thames in Berkshire, England. It is on the reach above Shiplake Lock near Lower Shiplake.The island is large and triangular shaped, forming a pair with The Lynch, a similar shaped island. It is uninhabited and covered with a wide variety of trees...

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Amenities

The hamlet has three public house

Public house

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• The Crown, a 16th century coaching inn
  Coaching inn
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• The Flowing Spring, controlled by Fuller's Brewery
• The Shoulder of Mutton

Just south of the hamlet is the Redgrave-Pinsent Rowing Lake.