Editing Datchet (section)

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in Berkshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2013}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                  = England
| type                     = Village and [[civil parish]]
| coordinates              = {{coord|51.4841|-0.5762|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| label_position           = bottom
| static_image_name        = Datchet Village centre - geograph.org.uk - 25730.jpg
| static_image_caption     = Datchet village centre
| official_name            = Datchet
| population               = 4913
| population_ref           = (2011 Census)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122627&c=Datchet&d=16&e=62&g=6398418&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1479841149542&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=22 November 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|archive-date=23 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123071417/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122627&c=Datchet&d=16&e=62&g=6398418&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1479841149542&enc=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| civil_parish             = Datchet
| unitary_england          = [[Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead|Windsor and Maidenhead]]
| lieutenancy_england      = [[Berkshire]]
| region                   = South East England
| constituency_westminster = [[Windsor (UK Parliament constituency)|Windsor]]
| post_town                = SLOUGH
| postcode_district        = SL3
| postcode_area            = SL
| dial_code                = 01753
| os_grid_reference        = SU988771
}}

'''Datchet''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in the [[Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead]] in Berkshire, England, on the north bank of the [[River Thames]]. [[Historic counties of England|Historically]] part of [[Buckinghamshire]], and the [[Stoke Hundred]], the village was eventually transferred to Berkshire, under the [[Local Government Act 1972|Local Government Act]] of 1972. The village developed because of its proximity to [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]] and the ferry service which connected it to the main London Road across the River Thames. The ferry was later replaced by a road bridge at the foot of High Street. The bridge was rebuilt three times. There is also a rail bridge approaching Windsor across the river, and road bridges above and below the village.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Downstream Bridges of Windsor and Datchet. History by ThamesWeb, Windsor |url=http://www.thamesweb.co.uk/windsor/windsorbridges/bridges2.html |website=thamesweb.co.uk |access-date=23 October 2021}}</ref>