Our Health Visiting team run a number of clinics across Berkshire, covering antenatal advice, breastfeeding advice and general advice and support for your baby, where you can also have your baby weighed.
Our Well Baby clinics are an opportunity for you to have your baby weighed, and get support and advice from our team of excellent health visitors.
Weighing your baby is a way of checking that they are growing as expected. It can give you peace of mind and also help to identify whether there are any problems affecting their development. The Healthy Child Programme recommends that you weigh your baby no more than once a month until your baby is six months old, then no more than every two months until they are one year. Our clinics are open to all children under 5.
Our clinics run on a drop in system and are open to all. Please bear with us if we are busy. There may be a wait to speak to a health visitor or to self weigh your baby.
During school holidays and extreme weather conditions, opening times may vary. Please check before attending.
Find the details for your area below.
Open weekly.
| Day | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Mondays | 9.30-11.30am | Alders Children’s Centre Sandhurst GU47 0QE |
| Tuesdays | 9.30-11.30am | Willows Children’s Centre, Priestwood, Bracknell RG42 1TU |
| Wednesdays | 9.30-11.30am | Oaks Children’s Centre, Great Hollands School RG12 8QN *This centre is temporarily closed* |
| Thursdays | 9.30-11.30am | Rowans Children's Centre, Fox Hill School RG12 7JZ |
| Day | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd Monday of each month | 1.30-3.30pm | Sun Street Children's Centre, Sun Street, Reading RG1 3JX |
| Every Tuesday | 10am-12pm | *Please note venue change* The Biscuit Factory, 1, Queens Walk, City Centre, Reading RG1 7QF |
| 1st Wednesday of each month | 1.30-3.30pm | Whitley Children’s Centre, 253 Northumberland Avenue, Reading RG2 7PJ |
| 2nd Wednesday of each month | 9.30-11.30am | Caversham Children's Centre, 114 Amersham Rd, Caversham, Reading RG4 5NA |
| 1st Thursday of each month | 9.30-11.30am | Ranikhet Children's Centre, Dee Park Community Building, Thurso Close, Reading RG30 4GD |
| 4th Thursday of each month | 9.30-11.30am | Southcote Children’s Centre, 85 Coronation Square, Reading RG30 3QP |
There is no need for an appointment, just turn up. Last entry is 15 minutes before the finish time - if you arrive after this time, it may not be possible to see you.
| Day | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1st and 3rd Monday of each month | 9.30-11am | St Bernadette's Church, Pangbourne, RG8 7JH |
| 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month | 9.30am-12pm | Theale Village Hall, Englefield Road, Theale, Reading RG7 5AS |
| Every Wednesday | 1.30-3pm | Newbury Cricket Club, Northcroft Lane, Newbury, RG14 1RS *Please note last entry will be at 2.30pm |
| Every Thursday | 9.30am-12pm | Central Family Hub, Park Lane, Thatcham RG18 3PG |
| 2nd Thursday of every month *This clinic is term time only |
9.30-11am |
Compton Village Hall, RG20 6NP |
| 4th Friday of each month | 9am-10am | Lambourn Leisure Centre, Close End, RG17 8NJ |
Please note that at Brambles, Red Kite, and Starlings children’s centres there is no parking on site. Please be considerate of residents when street parking. Brambles children’s centre is accessed via the Ashridge Nursery pathway on Budges Road.
Please could we ask that buggies/prams are not brought into the centres but left in the buggy parks outside as available/in the car where possible due to limited space.
These clinics are each held once a month. The first Thursday of every month is week 1, which is held at Finchampstead Baptist Church.
| Week | Day | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Thursday | 9.15am-12pm | Finchampstead Baptist Church, Gorse Ride N, Finchampstead, RG40 4ES |
| Week 2 | Wednesday | 9.15am-12pm |
*Please note there will be no clinic on 7 August* Starlings Childrens Centre, Colleton Dr, Twyford, Reading RG10 0AX |
| Week 2 | Thursday | 9.15am-12pm | Red Kite Children's Centre, Chestnut Crescent, Reading RG2 9EJ |
| Week 3 | Wednesday | 9.15am-12pm | Ambleside Children's Centre, Ambleside Close The Ambleside Centre Woodley, Sandford RG5 4JJ |
| Week 4 | Friday | 1.15-3.45pm |
*Please note there will be no clinic on 23 August* Brambles Children's Centre, Budges Gardens, Wokingham RG40 1PX |
Come along and join us for a drink and a chat, make new friends and gain support and information for your breastfeeding journey. This clinics are all on a drop in basis. Please arrive before the finish time of the clinic to make sure we have time to offer you the full support that you and your baby need.
| Day | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Every Thursday | 2.15-4pm |
*Please note there will be no clinic on Thursday 13 June* The Biscuit Factory, 1, Queens Walk, City Centre, Reading RG1 7QF |
| Every Friday | 1.30-3pm |
Central Family Hub, Park Lane, Thatcham RG18 3PG |
| Every Friday | 12-3pm |
Alders Children’s Centre Sandhurst GU47 0QE |
Please arrive no later than 3.15pm to make sure we have time to offer you the full support that you and your baby need.
| Day | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Tuesday of every month | 1.15-3.15pm |
Brambles Children's Centre, Budges Gardens, Wokingham RG40 1PX |
| 3rd Tuesday of every month | 1.15-3.15pm |
Brambles Children's Centre, Budges Gardens, Wokingham RG40 1PX |
The clinics below are each held once a month. The first Thursday of every month is week 1, which is held at Finchampstead Baptist Church.
| Week | Day | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thursday | 1.15-3.15pm | Finchampstead Baptist Church, Gorse Ride N, Finchampstead, RG40 4ES |
| 2 | Wednesday | 1.15-3.15pm | Starlings Childrens Centre, Colleton Dr, Twyford, Reading RG10 0AX |
| 2 | Thursday | 1.15-3.15pm | Red Kite Children's Centre, Chestnut Crescent, Reading RG2 9EJ |
| 3 | Wednesday | 1.15-3.15pm | Ambleside Children's Centre, Ambleside Close The Ambleside Centre Woodley, Sandford RG5 4JJ |
If you are due to have a baby in the next couple of months, the Health Visiting Team warmly invite you to attend one of their antenatal sessions. We'll talk to you all about how the Health Visiting Team will support you, and answer any questions you may have. This will be a group session so you will be in the company of others about to embark on their parenthood journey and those about to expand their family. You are welcome to bring one guest along with you. We are really looking forward to meeting you all.
These sessions are offered by invite from your local Health Visiting team. If you have not received an invite and are more than 36 weeks pregnant, please contact us via our ChatHealth text message service for information on how to attend a local session. Text 07312 263283