Padworth Common Local Nature Reserve
Padworth Common Local Nature Reserve is a 28-hectare Local Nature Reserve on the edge of the hamlet of Padworth Common, between Reading and Newbury in Berkshire.Photo: Babylon77, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: park
- Also known as: “Padworth Common”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Calleva Atrebatum and The Frith.
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.
The Frith
Archaeological site
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Frith is a small univallate Iron Age hillfort to the north of Silchester, Calleva Atrebatum, Roman town in the English county of Hampshire. A single bank covers all sides apart from the south east, and is at the most about 5 feet high on the western edge.
Church of St Mary The Virgin
Church
Photo: Alan Pascoe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Aldermaston, is the Church of England parish church of Aldermaston in Berkshire. The church, which is dedicated to St Mary, dates from the mid-12th century and has examples of Norman and Jacobean architecture.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tadley and Silchester.
Tadley
Tadley is a town and civil parish in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England, 5.5 miles north of Basingstoke and 11 miles south west of Reading.
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.
Aldermaston
Village
Photo: Alan Pascoe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aldermaston is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England. In the 2011 census, the parish had a population of 1,015. The village is in the Kennet Valley and bounds Hampshire to the south.
Padworth Common Local Nature Reserve
- Categories: park and recreation area
- Location: Aldermaston, West Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.3787° or 51° 22′ 43″ northLongitude
-1.112° or 1° 6′ 43″ westOpen location code
9C3W9VHQ+F6OpenStreetMap ID
node 429976606OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q30621568
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