England
West Berkshire
Compton

Compton

Compton is a and civil parish in the River Pang valley in the Berkshire Downs about 6 miles south of .
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  • Type: Village with 1,570 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Berkshire, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Compton, Berkshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Mary and St Nicholas and The Downs School.

Church
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

School
is a comprehensive secondary school in the village of Compton, , . It is a state school run by Education Authority.

Archaeological site
Photo: Steve Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
was a Norman castle in the village of , , . is situated 2½ miles south of Compton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hampstead Norreys and East Ilsley.

Village
Photo: Michael Ford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in , England. It is centred on the River Pang, north of . As well as the nucleus of , the parish includes the hamlets of Bothampstead, Eling and Wyld Court. is situated 2 miles south of Compton.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the Berkshire Downs in , north of . The village is centred immediately east of the A34 dual carriageway which passes the length of the village from north to south. is situated 2 miles west of Compton.

Hamlet
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World's End is a hamlet in , England. It is in the district of , near the A34 north of . To the north is the village of ; to the south lie Downend and . World's End is in the parish of Beedon. is situated 3 miles southwest of Compton.

Compton

Latitude
51.5156° or 51° 30′ 56″ north
Longitude
-1.2452° or 1° 14′ 43″ west
Population
1,570
Elevation
335 feet (102 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB CPO
Open location code
9C3WGQ83+6W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1699353905
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2652488
Wiki­data ID
Q2338882
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Compton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كامبتون”
  • Basque: “Compton (Berkshire)”
  • Basque: “Compton”
  • Bengali: “কম্পটন”
  • Bulgarian: “Комптън”
  • Cebuano: “Compton”
  • Chinese: “Compton”
  • Chinese: “科普頓”
  • Chinese: “科普顿”
  • Dutch: “Compton”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كامبتون”
  • French: “Compton”
  • German: “Compton”
  • Gujarati: “કોમ્પટન”
  • Irish: “Compton”
  • Italian: “Compton (Berkshire)”
  • Italian: “Compton”
  • Japanese: “コンプトン (バークシャー)”
  • Japanese: “コンプトン”
  • Kannada: “ಕಾಂಪ್ಟನ್”
  • Korean: “컴프턴”
  • Kurdish: “Compton, Berkshire”
  • Kurdish: “Compton”
  • Lithuanian: “Komptonas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Compton (Berkshire)”
  • Persian: “کامپتون، بارکشر”
  • Persian: “کامپتون، برکشر”
  • Polish: “Compton”
  • Portuguese: “Compton”
  • Russian: “Комптон”
  • Spanish: “Compton”
  • Swedish: “Compton, Berkshire”
  • Tamil: “காம்ப்டன்”
  • Telugu: “కాంప్టన్”
  • Turkish: “Compton, Berkshire”
  • Urdu: “کومپٹن”
  • Welsh: “Compton, Berkshire”
  • Welsh: “Compton”
  • “Compton”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Compton”. Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.