Pangbourne is a large village and civil parish on the River Thames in the English county of Berkshire. Pangbourne is the home of the public school, Pangbourne College. Pangbourne is located at grid reference SU635765, some 5 miles (8 km) from Reading and 20 miles (32 km) from Oxford on the River Thames and is directly across the river from the smaller Oxfordshire village of Whitchurch-on-Thames. The two villages of Pangbourne and Whitchurch are often considered as a single settlement. They are connected by both Whitchurch Bridge and by the weir of Whitchurch Lock. A twenty pence toll is payable to cross the bridge by car. Pangbourne railway station, on the Reading to Oxford railway line, serves both villages. The River Pang also flows through the centre of Pangbourne village before joining the River Thames between the lock and bridge. The village, which although small, has a good range of shops as well as pubs, small cafes and restaurants. Notable past residents include eighteenth century dramatist Thomas Morton, popular writer William Tufnell LeQeuex, actor George Arliss and of course author of Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame. Another notable resident was D.H.Lawrence, who with his wife stayed at a house in the Reading Road called The Myrtles. More on Pangbourne 

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