Savernake

Savernake is a civil parish immediately south and southeast of Marlborough in Wiltshire, England. The settlements in the parish are the hamlets of Cadley, Clench Common and Forest Hill. Savernake Forest covers the eastern half of the parish.

Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Locality with 258 residents
Description: civil parish in Wiltshire, England
Also known as: “Savernake (civil parish), Wiltshire” and “Savernake, Wiltshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Marlborough Mound and Cunetio.

Marlborough Mound

Park

The Marlborough Mound, also known as Merlin's Mound or Merlin's Mount, is a Neolithic monument in the town of Marlborough in the English county of Wiltshire.

Cunetio

Archaeological site

Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cunetio was a large walled town in a valley of the River Kennet in modern-day Wiltshire, England. Occupied from the 2nd century AD by Romano-British people, the settlement was abandoned in the early 5th century, the emerging post-Roman period.

Christchurch

Church

Photo: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marlborough and Mildenhall.

Marlborough

Photo: Mariegriffiths, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Marlborough is a market town in Wiltshire, between Swindon and Amesbury. Marlborough retains a rustic charm with arcades, alleyways, coaching inns, half-timbered cottages and a church at each end of the high street.

Mildenhall

Village

Photo: Rob Stallard, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mildenhall is a village and civil parish in the Kennet Valley in Wiltshire, England, immediately east of the market town of Marlborough. The village is about 1.5 miles east of the centre of Marlborough, on the minor road which follows the River Kennet towards Ramsbury. Mildenhall is situated 2 miles north of Savernake.