Grimsbury Castle
Grimsbury Castle is a hill in Hermitage, West Berkshire, England and has an elevation of 525 feet. Grimsbury Castle is situated nearby to the village Hermitage, as well as near the locality Wellhouse.Places of Interest
Highlights include Grimsbury Castle and Holy Trinity.
Grimsbury Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grimsbury Castle is an Iron Age "multiple enclosure" Hill Fort comprising a large circular encampment on a high hill. It is within Grimsbury Wood, between Cold Ash and Hermitage, in the county of Berkshire.
Downe House School
School
Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Downe House School is a private girls' boarding and day school in Cold Ash near Newbury, Berkshire, for girls aged 11–18. Entrance is selective, and the school has an enrollment of 559.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hermitage and Curridge.
Hermitage
Village
Hermitage is a village and civil parish, near Newbury, in the English county of Berkshire. The civil parish is made up of a number of settlements: Hermitage village, Little Hungerford and Wellhouse.
Curridge
Hamlet
Curridge is a village in the civil parish of Chieveley in the English county of Berkshire.
Oare
Hamlet
Photo: Michael Ford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oare is a small village in the civil parish of Chieveley in the English county of Berkshire.
Grimsbury Castle
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 525 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Hermitage, West Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.44682° or 51° 26′ 49″ northLongitude
-1.26761° or 1° 16′ 3″ westElevation
525 feet (160 metres)Open location code
9C3WCPWJ+PXGeoNames ID
12618382
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