Donnington Castle

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.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Donnington Castle House and Watermill Theatre.

Donnington Castle House

Residential area

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Donnington Castle House is a residential area, which is situated 710 feet east of Donnington Castle.

Watermill Theatre

Theater building

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The Watermill Theatre is a producing 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 staged works that have subsequently moved on to the West End, including the 2004 revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, which also transferred to Broadway in 2006. Watermill Theatre is situated 3,300 feet west of Donnington Castle.

Rack Marsh

Nature reserve

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Donnington and Woodspeen.

Donnington

Village

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Donnington is a village in the civil parish of Shaw-cum-Donnington in West Berkshire, England. It is located north of the town of Newbury. It contains a ruined medieval castle and a Strawberry Hill Gothic mansion.

Woodspeen

Hamlet

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Woodspeen is a hamlet in Berkshire, England, and part of the civil parish of Speen. The settlement lies near to the A34 road, and is located approximately 2.5 miles north-west of Newbury.