Ashridge Wood, Blewbury
#4 among attractions in Blewbury
Facts and practical information
Ashridge Wood is a 15.9-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of Compton in Berkshire. It is in the North Wessex Downs, which is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. ()
Blewbury United Kingdom
Ashridge Wood – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Goring & Streatley Golf Club, The Living Rainforest, Bucklebury Farm Park, Snelsmore Common.
GolfGoring & Streatley Golf Club, Goring and Streatley
139 min walk • Goring & Streatley Golf Club is a golf course in the village of Streatley, in the English county of Berkshire. It takes its name partly from that village, and partly from the adjoining village of Goring-on-Thames in the county of Oxfordshire. The course adjoins the National Trust properties of Lardon Chase, the Holies and Lough Down.
Nature and wildlife, Park, ZooThe Living Rainforest, Newbury and Thatcham
77 min walk • The Living Rainforest is an indoor greenhouse tropical rainforest located in Hampstead Norreys in Berkshire, England. It is an ecological centre, educational centre and visitor attraction consisting of three glasshouses, operated and run by the Trust for Sustainable Living.
Zoo, Farm, ParkBucklebury Farm Park
156 min walk • Bucklebury Farm Park is an animal park located in Bucklebury in Berkshire, England. The Farm Park consists of mostly Animals, Play equipment, Deer and Woody's Cafe which opened in 2013. Bucklebury Farm Park also houses a revolutionary Jumping Pillow which is one of only few in the UK.
ParkSnelsmore Common, Newbury and Thatcham
130 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.
MuseumAtlas Computer Laboratory, Blewbury
136 min walk • The Atlas Computer Laboratory on the Harwell, Oxfordshire campus shared by the Harwell Laboratory was one of the major computer laboratories in the world, which operated between 1961 and 1975 to provide a service to British scientists at a time when powerful computers were not usually available.
MemorialLeckhampstead War Memorial, Newbury and Thatcham
98 min walk • Leckhampstead War Memorial is a Grade II listed war memorial in Leckhampstead, Berkshire, which commemorates 89 local men who served in the First World War, including 17 war dead. The names of two more war casualties were added after the Second World War.
ParkAshampstead Common, Hartslock
141 min walk • Ashampstead Common is a common in the English county of Berkshire, within the civil parish of Ashampstead. The common lies north of the M4 motorway, near to Ashampstead, Lower Basildon and Yattendon.
Forts and castlesGrimsbury Castle
99 min walk • Grimsbury Castle is an Iron Age "multiple enclosure" Hill Fort comprising a large circular encampment situated on a high hill. It is situated within Grimsbury Wood, between Cold Ash and Hermitage, in the county of Berkshire.
Archaeological siteBlewburton Hill
146 min walk • Blewburton Hill is the site of an Iron Age hillfort located in Oxfordshire, in the southeast of England. It was a univallate hillfort. The area is mostly farmland with some small areas of wooded copse to the south and the northeast.
Archaeological siteThe Ridgeway
132 min walk • The Ridgeway is a ridgeway or ancient trackway described as Britain's oldest road. The section clearly identified as an ancient trackway extends from Wiltshire along the chalk ridge of the Berkshire Downs to the River Thames at the Goring Gap, part of the Icknield Way which ran...
Concerts and shows, TheaterWatermill, Newbury and Thatcham
160 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.
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