Silchester

Silchester is a village and civil parish about 5 miles north of in . It is adjacent to the county boundary with and about 9 miles southwest of .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Calleva Atrebatum and Pamber Forest and Silchester Common.

Archaeological site
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.

Forest
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is a 341.7-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in in . Pamber Forest and Upper Inhams Copse is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust.

Archaeological site
is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tadley and Mortimer Common.

is a town and civil parish in the district of , England, 5.5 miles north of and 11 miles south west of .

Village
, generally referred to as Mortimer, is a village in the civil parish of in . Mortimer is in the local government district of and is seven miles south-west of . is situated 2 miles northeast of Silchester.

Village
is a and parish in , . In the 2001 census it had a population of 3,348. It has a village shop, bakery, estate agency, pub and a railway station.

Silchester

Latitude
51.3496° or 51° 20′ 59″ north
Longitude
-1.084° or 1° 5′ 2″ west
Elevation
243 feet (74 metres)
Open location code
9C3W8WX8+RC
Geo­Names ID
7298014
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