Gainsborough Stud, Kintbury

#17 among attractions in Kintbury

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Gainsborough Stud is a stud farm based in Woolton Hill, Hampshire, 3 miles outside Newbury. It is owned by United Arab Emirates-based international racing operation Godolphin. It was established in 1910 to stand the racehorse Gainsborough and sold in 1981 to Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who operated it as part of his international horse breeding and racing interests, including training horses to race under his own and Godolphin's colours. On his death, Gainsborough Stud passed to Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and became part of the Darley and then the Godolphin operations. ()

Coordinates: 51°21'19"N, 1°23'2"W

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Kintbury United Kingdom

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Gainsborough Stud – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Highclere Castle, Test Way, Sandham Memorial Chapel, Walbury Hill.

2.2 miSE
Tour the real Downton Abbey and grounds
Highclere Castle, Newbury and Thatcham
57 min walk • Highclere Castle is a Grade I listed country house built in 1679 and largely renovated in the 1840s, with a park designed by Capability Brown in the 18th century.
3.4 miW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Test Way
88 min walk • The Test Way is a 44-mile long-distance footpath in England from Walbury Hill in West Berkshire to Eling in Hampshire, which follows much of the course of the River Test. The northern end of the footpath starts in the car park on Walbury Hill.
2.2 miE
Museum, Church, Art museum
Sandham Memorial Chapel, Newbury and Thatcham
56 min walk • Sandham Memorial Chapel is in the village of Burghclere, Hampshire, England. It is a Grade I listed, 1920s decorated chapel, designed by Lionel Godfrey Pearson. The chapel was built to accommodate a series of paintings by the English artist Stanley Spencer.
3.5 miW
Forts and castles
Walbury Hill, Hungerford
90 min walk • Walbury Hill is a summit of the North Wessex Downs in Berkshire, England. At 297 metres above sea level, it is the highest natural point in South East England. Walbury Hill is the starting point for both the Test Way and the Wayfarer's Walk footpaths.
2.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Pilot Hill
57 min walk • Pilot Hill is the highest summit in Hampshire, England, with a maximum elevation of 286 m. Around 2 miles to the northwest is Walbury Hill, the county top of Berkshire, which is 297 m high.
1.3 miSW
Manor house
Stargroves, Kintbury
34 min walk • Stargroves is a manor house and associated estate at East Woodhay in the English county of Hampshire. The house belonged to Mick Jagger during the 1970s and was a recording venue for the Rolling Stones and various other rock bands, as well as a filming location for Doctor Who.
3.5 miN
Canal
Dreweatt's Lock
89 min walk • Dreweatt's Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, between Kintbury and Newbury, Berkshire, England. The lock has a rise/fall of 5 ft 9 in. It is a grade II listed building.
3.5 miNW
Forest
Irish Hill Copse, Kintbury
89 min walk • Irish Hill Copse is a 15.9-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Kintbury in Berkshire. This site of coppiced ancient woodland includes an extensive area of calcareous ash/wych elm coppice on the hill sides, merging into wet ash/maple and acid oak/ash/hazel woodland with aspen, on the higher parts of the site.
3.2 miN
Canal
Copse Lock, Kintbury
82 min walk • Copse Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, between Kintbury and Newbury, Berkshire, England. The lock has a rise/fall of 6 ft 0 in.
1.8 miSE
Park
Highclere Park, Audrey's Meadow
48 min walk • Highclere Park is a 69.6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Highclere in Hampshire. It is the park of Highclere Castle and is Grade 1 on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England.
3.2 miN
Canal
Hamstead Lock
81 min walk • Hamstead Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Hamstead Marshall between Kintbury and Newbury, Berkshire, England. The lock has a rise/fall of 6 ft 5 in. It is a grade II listed building.