Speen
Speen is a suburb, village and civil parish in West Berkshire, England. It is 2 miles north west of the town of Newbury, Speen has clustered settlements, the largest of which is Speen village, which is contiguous with Newbury, and the others, buffered from the town by the A34 road, are Bagnor, Stockcross, Woodspeen and Marsh Benham.Places of Interest
Highlights include Donnington Castle and Watermill Theatre.
Donnington Castle
Castle
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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.
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.
Benham Park
Manor estate
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Benham Park is a mansion in the English ceremonial county of Berkshire and district of West Berkshire. It is 2 miles west of Newbury within 500 metres of a junction of the A34 trunk road Newbury bypass outside the town side, in the Marsh Benham locality of Speen, a village within and outside the Newbury bypass.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newbury and Thatcham and Newbury.
Newbury and Thatcham
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Newbury and Thatcham are adjoining towns in the county of Berkshire, in the South East of England. Newbury is the principal town in the west of the county, and is a historic market town.
Newbury
Town
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Newbury is a market town in West Berkshire, England, in the valley of the River Kennet. It is 26 miles south of Oxford, 25 miles north of Winchester, 27 miles southeast of Swindon and 20 miles west of Reading. Newbury is situated 2½ miles southeast of Speen.
Winterbourne
Hamlet
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Winterbourne is a village and civil parish in the Berkshire Downs about 3 miles north of Newbury in West Berkshire. Winterbourne is situated 2½ miles northeast of Speen.
Speen
- Type: Locality
- Location: West Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.4157° or 51° 24′ 57″ northLongitude
-1.3721° or 1° 22′ 20″ westElevation
417 feet (127 metres)Open location code
9C3WCJ8H+74GeoNames ID
7294186
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