Twyford in Berkshire is just 10 miles from the M4, M40 and M3 motorways and 25 miles from the M25. Twyford railway station is on the Great Western Main Line and served by trains between Reading and London Paddington stations. These transport links make Twyford extremely popular with commuters. The town of Reading is only 6 miles to the west, with Maidenhead 17.5 miles to the east and Henley-on-Thames 5 miles to the north. London is 35 miles to the east.

Leisure

There are very good leisure facilities with 2 outdoor sports fields, and the parish hall (Loddon Hall) being utilised for indoor activities

Twyford also has a tennis club, a bowls club with its own green and lays claim to hosting the oldest Badminton club in the country.

The town has a good selection of restaurants, which regularly bring in visitors from the surrounding areas.

History

The town’s name imeans double ford… and indeed it has two – one is on the Bath Road to the west of the town centre… and the other is next to the Land’s End Public House.

William Penn, the most famous son of Twyford, went on to be the founder of Pennsylvania, and spent his last years in Ruscombe Fields, a property close to Twyford, and is held in remembrance by a residential street named ‘Pennfields’.

Twyford was primarily an agriculturally based settlement until the coming of the railway in 1838 placed it on the main line to the west and subsequently made it a junction for the Henley Branch Line. However, its position on the Bath Road had always brought activity which was centred on the King’s Arms, an important coaching inn. The opening of a by-pass in 1929 finally ended the east-west flow of main road traffic through the centre, but Twyford is still on a busy north-south route from Wokingham in the south to Henley in the north. The greatest expansion, however, has taken place since the Second World War, with the construction of several estates to the north and south of the town. This has effectively transformed it from a village to a town of almost 10,000 people, although it is still referred to as a village by its inhabitants.