Parterre

Parterre is a garden in Ashbury, Vale of White Horse District, England. Access is restricted and requires permission. Parterre is situated near the meadow Kingstone Down, as well as near the archaeological site Alfred’s Castle.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Alfred’s Castle and Wayland’s Smithy.

Alfred’s Castle

Archaeological site

Photo: Garyrobertlock, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Alfred's Castle is a small Iron Age hill fort, situated at grid reference SU277822, behind Ashdown Park in the civil parish of Ashbury in Oxfordshire. It lies 2–3 km south of the Ridgeway and is protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Alfred’s Castle is situated 1,600 feet northwest of Parterre.

Wayland’s Smithy

Archaeological site

Photo: Msemmett, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wayland's Smithy is an Early Neolithic chambered long barrow located near the village of Ashbury in the south-central English county of Oxfordshire. The barrow is believed to have been completed around 3430 BCE by pastoral communities shortly after the introduction of agriculture to the British Isles from continental Europe. Wayland’s Smithy is situated 2 miles north of Parterre.

Church of St Nicholas

Church

Photo: Kevin Farmer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Nicholas is situated 2½ miles south of Parterre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Idstone and Ashbury.

Idstone

Hamlet

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Idstone is a hamlet in the civil parish of Ashbury in the Vale of White Horse. Idstone was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred the Vale of White Horse to Oxfordshire. Idstone is about 6 miles east of Swindon in neighbouring Wiltshire. Idstone is situated 2 miles northwest of Parterre.

Ashbury

Village

Photo: David Kemp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ashbury is a village and large civil parish at the upper end of the Vale of White Horse. It is part of the historic county of Berkshire but became administratively a part of Oxfordshire in the Local Government Act 1972. Ashbury is situated 2 miles northwest of Parterre.

Upper Lambourn

Village

Photo: David McManamon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Upper Lambourn is a small village in the county of Berkshire, England. The village is situated in the civil parish of Lambourn, and is 1.2 miles to the north-west of the village of Lambourn, just off the Lambourn to Shrivenham road. Upper Lambourn is situated 2½ miles southeast of Parterre.

Parterre

Access is restricted and requires permission.
Type: Garden
Category: recreation area
Location: Ashbury, Vale of White Horse District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.53624° or 51° 32′ 11″ north

Longitude

-1.59518° or 1° 35′ 43″ west

Open location code

9C3WGCP3+FW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 134022056

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=garden

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Kingstone Down and Weathercock Hill.

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Places to explore: Ashdown House and Ashdown Farm.

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