Fore Down

Fore Down is a meadow in , , . Fore Down is situated nearby to the forest , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Scutchamer Knob and DIDO.

Archaeological site
Photo: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also known as Cuckhamsley Hill and occasionally as Scotsman's Knob or Beacon Hill, is an early Iron Age round barrow on the Ridgeway National Trail at Down in the county of . is situated 1,700 feet south of Fore Down.

Building
was a materials testing nuclear reactor at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at in the . It used enriched uranium metal fuel, and heavy water as both neutron moderator and primary coolant. is situated 3,700 feet east of Fore Down.

Building
PLUTO was a materials testing nuclear reactor housed at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, a former Royal Air Force airfield at in the . is situated 3,200 feet east of Fore Down.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Ginge and West Hendred.

Hamlet
Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet within the civil parish of in the county of , 3.9 miles by road to the southeast of . is immediately next to the hamlet of East Ginge, which is contained within the parish of .

Village
Photo: Andrew Mathewson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish about 3 miles east of . It was part of until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to . is situated 2 miles north of Fore Down.

Village
Photo: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in the district of , England, about 3+1⁄2 miles southwest of . The parish is a historic part of , though under the 1974 local government boundary changes was transferred to the administration of Oxfordshire. is situated 2 miles east of Fore Down.

Fore Down

Latitude
51.5669° or 51° 34′ 1″ north
Longitude
-1.3416° or 1° 20′ 30″ west
Open location code
9C3WHM85+Q9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1181194318
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­meadow
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