Institute, tennis club and horticultural society. Cold Ash Pre-School is based in the Acland Memorial Hall. The village has a recreation ground with two tennis courts and space for football and cricket. In popular culture Cold Ash appears as the main location in the novel The Unseen (2011) by English author Katherine Webb. The conversion of the former pumping station on Fisher's Lane into a family home was featured on Channel 4's The Restoration Man. The episode was first broadcast on 5 January 2017. Notable people Sir Reginald Acland (18561924) - barrister and judge Gertrude Bacon (18741949) - aeronautical pioneer John Mackenzie Bacon (18461904) - astronomer, aeronaut and lecturer W. R. A. Dawson (1891-1918), British Army officer in the First World War Places of Interest Grimsbury Castle - an Iron Age hill fort Demography References Sources External links Civil parishes in Berkshire Villages in Berkshire West Berkshire District Thatcham