Donnington Castle, Newbury and Thatcham

Name: Donnington Castle
Address: Castle Lane, Newbury and Thatcham, RG14 2LE, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 370 333 1181

#4 among attractions in Newbury and Thatcham

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Donnington Castle is a ruined medieval castle, situated in the small village of Donnington, just north of the town of Newbury in the English county of Berkshire. It was founded by Sir Richard Abberbury the Elder in 1386 and was bought by Thomas Chaucer before the castle was taken under royal control during the Tudor period. During the First English Civil War the castle was held by the royalist Sir John Boys and withstood an 18-month siege; after the garrison eventually surrendered, Parliament voted to demolish Donnington Castle in 1646. Only the gatehouse survives. The site is a scheduled monument under the care of English Heritage. ()

Alternative names: Built: 1386 (639 years ago)Coordinates: 51°25'11"N, 1°20'18"W

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Castle LaneNewbury and Thatcham RG14 2LE United Kingdom

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+44 370 333 1181

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Donnington Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Donnington Grove, Victoria Park, Newbury Lock, Shaw House.

~1070 ftSW
Golf, Gothic Revival architecture
Donnington Grove, Newbury and Thatcham
6 min walk • Donnington Grove is a Strawberry Hill Gothic mansion, now a hotel and country club, and associated Golf Course at Donnington in the civil parish of Shaw-cum-Donnington, near Newbury, in the English county of Berkshire. It is overlooked by Donnington Castle.
1.3 miSE
Park
Victoria Park, Newbury and Thatcham
34 min walk • Victoria Park is a small public park near to the centre of Newbury, Berkshire, England. Current features of the park include a bandstand, tennis courts, boating lake, bowls club, skatepark, and a statue of Queen Victoria.
1.4 miSE
Pub, Canal, Bars and clubs
Newbury Lock, Newbury and Thatcham
36 min walk • Newbury Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal in the town centre of Newbury, in the English county of Berkshire. It has a rise/fall of 3 ft 6 in, and is situated just upstream of Newbury Bridge. The lock is a grade II listed structure.
1 miSE
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Shaw House, Newbury and Thatcham
27 min walk • Shaw House is an important example of an early symmetrical H-plan Elizabethan mansion, located at Shaw, on the north-eastern outskirts of Newbury in Berkshire.
1.3 miSE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Parkway Shopping Newbury, Newbury and Thatcham
33 min walk • Parkway Newbury is a retail and residential development in Newbury, Berkshire that opened on 27 October 2011. It includes 475,000 sq ft of retail and restaurant accommodation and Marks & Spencer, 578 shopper car parking spaces, 113 residents parking spaces.
1.6 miSE
Canal
Greenham Lock, Newbury and Thatcham
41 min walk • Greenham Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Newbury, Berkshire, England. Greenham Lock was built between 1718 and 1723 under the supervision of the engineer John Hore of Newbury. The canal is administered by the Canal & River Trust. The lock has a rise/fall of 8 ft 11 in.
0.7 miS
Area
Speen, Newbury and Thatcham
19 min walk • Speen is a village and civil parish in West Berkshire, England. Centred 2 miles north west of the largest town in the district, Newbury, Speen has clustered settlements, the largest of which is Speen village and the others are buffered from the town by the A34 road and named Bagnor, Stockcross, Woodspeen and Marsh Benham.
1.1 miN
Park
Snelsmore Common, Newbury and Thatcham
30 min walk • Snelsmore Common is a 104-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Newbury in Berkshire. It is owned by West Berkshire Council and managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.
0.6 miW
Concerts and shows, Theater
Watermill, Newbury and Thatcham
16 min walk • The Watermill Theatre is a repertory theatre in Bagnor, Berkshire. It opened in 1967 in Bagnor Mill, a converted watermill on the River Lambourn. As a producing house, the theatre has produced works that have subsequently moved on to the West End, including the 2004 revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
0.6 miW
National park
Rack Marsh
15 min walk • Rack Marsh is a 4-hectare nature reserve in Bagnor, on the north-western outskirts of Newbury in Berkshire. It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.