Silchester
Silchester is a locality in Basingstoke and Deane, Hampshire, England. Silchester is situated nearby to the hamlet Three Ashes, as well as near Latchmere Green.Places of Interest
Highlights include Calleva Atrebatum and Pamber Forest and Silchester Common.
Calleva Atrebatum
Archaeological site
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Calleva Atrebatum was an Iron Age oppidum, the capital of the Atrebates tribe. It then became a walled town in the Roman province of Britannia, at a major crossroads of the roads of southern Britain.
Pamber Forest and Silchester Common
Forest
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Pamber Forest and Silchester Common is a 341.7-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Tadley in Hampshire. Pamber Forest and Upper Inhams Copse is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust.
Silchester Amphitheatre
Archaeological site
Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Silchester Amphitheatre is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tadley and Silchester.
Tadley
Silchester
Village
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Silchester is a village and civil parish about 5 miles north of Basingstoke in Hampshire. It is adjacent to the county boundary with Berkshire and about 9 miles southwest of Reading.
Mortimer Common
Village
Photo: Brendan and Ruth McCartney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mortimer Common, generally referred to as Mortimer, is a village in the civil parish of Stratfield Mortimer in Berkshire. Mortimer is in the local government district of West Berkshire and is seven miles south-west of Reading. Mortimer Common is situated 2 miles northeast of Silchester.
Silchester
- Type: Locality
- Location: Basingstoke and Deane, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.3496° or 51° 20′ 59″ northLongitude
-1.084° or 1° 5′ 2″ westElevation
243 feet (74 metres)Open location code
9C3W8WX8+RCGeoNames ID
7298014
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