Geography
From Baughurst the brook flows eastwards though Tadley and the Pamber Forest nature reserve; thereafter it turns northeastwards, skirting below and around Silchester Roman Town, and its name changes to Silchester Brook.
Once in Berkshire it adopts its final name of Foudry Brook before flowing through Mortimer and onward towards Swallowfield, here it is prevented by slightly higher ground from joining the River Loddon, so instead it turns North towards the town of Reading.
After passing under the M4 motorway, the stream passes through the Green Park Business Park, near Whitley, where it provides the water for the landscaped lakes. It travels North, alongside the A33 dual carriageway, before entering the Kennet and Avon Canal as its easternmost main tributary just after Canal Bridge Bridge No8A, and near the Brunel Retail Park.
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