It is in the south east of the West Berkshire unitary authority area and bounds Hampshire and Wokingham district.

Beech Hill is a Norman name derived from the family of De La Bec, usually resident at Aldworth, but who also had a home at Beaumys Castle, just over the parish boundary in Swallowfield.

The Foudry Brook, a tributary of the River Kennet, and the Reading–Basingstoke railway line, run through the north of the parish.

The Stanford End Mill and River Loddon site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) is partially within the parish, just to the south east of the village.

[5] The nearest railway station is Mortimer, 1.7 miles (2.7 km) east of the village, with services to Reading and Basingstoke.