The Assock
The Assock is a deciduous forest in Grimstead, Wiltshire, England. The Assock is situated nearby to the locality Whitehouse Copse, as well as near Thirty Acres.Places of Interest
Highlights include Brickworth Down and Dean Hill and Borbach Chantry.
Brickworth Down and Dean Hill
Peak
Brickworth Down and Dean Hill is a 118.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1951.
Borbach Chantry
Ruins
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Borbach Chantry, West Dean, in south-east Wiltshire, England, was built in 1333. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
The Pepperbox
Ruins
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pepperbox, also known as Eyre's Folly, is a folly tower that stands near the highest point on Pepperbox Hill, the peak of a chalk ridge about 5 miles south-east of the city of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whiteparish and East Dean.
Whiteparish
Village
Photo: Peter Facey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whiteparish is a village and civil parish on the A27 about 7.5 miles southeast of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England. The village is about 1.5 miles from the county boundary with Hampshire. The parish includes the hamlets of Cowesfield Green and Newton.
East Dean
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Dean is a civil parish and small village in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England, about 6 miles northwest of Romsey. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as "Dene", appears as "Estdena" in 1167, and as "Dune" in 1212.
West Dean
Village
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Dean is a village and civil parish in southeast Wiltshire, England; the Wiltshire/Hampshire border runs through the eastern part of the village. The village is on the River Dun, about 7 miles east of Salisbury and the same distance northwest of Romsey.
The Assock
- Type: Deciduous forest
- Category: forest
- Location: Grimstead, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.0315° or 51° 1′ 53″ northLongitude
-1.6633° or 1° 39′ 48″ westOpen location code
9C3W28JP+JMOpenStreetMap ID
way 1019791569OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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