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Breastfeeding support
Discover the support we offer for breastfeeding, as well as weekly and monthly clinics.
Learn moreYour baby and you
Discover resources for looking after your baby and yourself. From bonding and bottle feeding to tummy time and toddler talk.
Learn moreOverview
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.
About our Well Baby clinics
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. Our clinics are open to all children under five.
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.
Bracknell Well Baby clinics
Monday
9.30am to 11.30am
First Monday of the month
Alders Children’s Centre, College Town School, Sandhurst, GU47 0QF
Tuesday
11.30am to 1pm
Every Tuesday
Priestwood Community Centre, Priestwood, Bracknell, RG42 1TU
Wednesday
9.30am to 11.30am
Third Wednesday of the month
Oaks Children’s Centre, Great Hollands School, RG12 8QN
Thursday
9.30am to 11.30am
Second Thursday of the month
Rowans Children's Centre. Fox Hill School, RG12 7JZ
Friday
1pm to 3pm
Every Friday
Breastfeeding Support, by appointment only. Call 0300 365 6000.
Reading Well Baby clinics
Monday
10am to 12pm
Every Monday
Greyfriars Centre, 64 Friar Street, Reading RG1 1EH.
Please access via main church entrance, Thames suite.
Monday
1.30pm to 3.30pm
Third Monday of the month
Sun Street Children's Centre, Sun Street, Reading RG1 3JX
Wednesday
1.30pm to 3.30pm
First Wednesday of the month
Whitley Children’s Centre, 253 Northumberland Avenue, Reading RG2 7PJ
Wednesday
9.30am to 11.30am
Second Wednesday of the month
Caversham Children's Centre, 114 Amersham Rd, Caversham, Reading RG4 5NA
Thursday
9.30am to 11.30am
First Thursday of the month
Ranikhet Children's Centre, Dee Park Community Building, Thurso Close, Reading RG30 4GD
West Berkshire Well Baby clinics
We offer a walk-in service within the hours below, there is no need for an appointment.
Monday
9.30am to 10.45am
First and third Monday of the month
St Bernadette's Church, Pangbourne, RG8 7JH
Tuesday
9.30am to 11.45am
Fourth Tuesday of the month
Theale Village Hall, Englefield Road, Theale, Reading RG7 5AS
Wednesday
1.15pm to 2.30pm
Second and fourth Wednesday of the month
Newbury Cricket Club, Northcroft Lane, Newbury, RG14 1RS
Thursday
9.30am to 11.45am
First and third Thursday of the month
Central Family Hub, Park Lane, Thatcham, RG18 3PG
Wokingham Well Baby clinics
Monday
1.15pm to 3.45pm
Second Monday of the month
Starlings Children's Centre, Colleton Dr, Twyford, Reading RG10 0AX
Wednesday
9.15am to 12pm
Third Wednesday of the month
Ambleside Children's Centre, Ambleside Close, The Ambleside Centre Woodley, Sandford RG5 4JJ
Thursday
9.15am to 12pm
First Thursday of the month
Finchampstead Baptist Church, Gorse Ride N, Finchampstead, RG40 4ES
Thursday
9.15am to 12pm
Second Thursday of the month
Red Kite Children's Centre, Chestnut Crescent, Reading RG2 9EJ
Friday
1.15pm to 3.45pm
Fourth Friday of the month
Brambles Children's Centre, Budges Gardens, Wokingham RG40 1PX
Please note that at Ambleside, 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.
Ambleside is accessed via the path to the right of the Library, from the public car park on Headley Road.
Please could we ask that buggies and prams are not brought into the centres but left in the buggy parks outside or left in the car where possible due to limited space.
Antenatal sessions
If you are due to have a baby in the next couple of months, the Health Visiting Service will invite you to attend one of their antenatal sessions. We'll talk to you all about how the Health Visiting Service 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're welcome to bring one guest along with you.
These sessions are offered by invitation-only from your local Health Visiting Service. If you have not received an invitation 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.
Related service
Health Visiting Service
- Children & young people
Support for families with children under 5, including screening tests, developmental reviews, immunisations, and parenting advice.
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