Greenham and Crookham Commons
Greenham and Crookham Commons are two adjoining public park areas of 280.5-hectare common land designated as a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the civil parishes of Greenham and Thatcham, on the southern outskirts of Newbury in the English county of Berkshire, home to a variety of rare wildlife.Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Heath
- Description: protected area in Berkshire, England
- Also known as: “Greenham & Crookham Commons”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bowdown and Chamberhouse Woods and Newbury & Crookham Golf Club.
Bowdown and Chamberhouse Woods
Nature reserve
Bowdown and Chamberhouse Woods is a 67.9-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Thatcham in Berkshire. An area of 55 hectares is a nature reserve managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.
Newbury & Crookham Golf Club
Golf course
Newbury & Crookham Golf Club is located about two miles from the centre of Newbury, Berkshire on the fringes of Greenham Common. The Club is the result of an amalgamation in 1946 of two clubs: Crookham Golf Club, founded in 1873, and Newbury District Golf Club, founded in 1923. Newbury & Crookham Golf Club is situated 3,800 feet northwest of Greenham and Crookham Commons.
Thatcham Reed Beds
Nature reserve
Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thatcham Reed Beds is a 67.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Newbury in Berkshire. It is part of the Kennet & Lambourn Floodplain Special Area of Conservation and an area of 14 hectares is a Local Nature Reserve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Heads Hill and Headley.
Heads Hill
Hamlet
Heads Hill is a hamlet on Crookham Common in the civil parish of Thatcham in the English county of Berkshire. It lies near to the A339 road off Thornford Road, and is located approximately 3 miles south-east of Newbury, and the same south-west of Thatcham Berkshire.
Headley
Hamlet
Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Headley is a village in Hampshire, England. It is close to the county boundary with Berkshire and about 4 miles south-east of Newbury.
North Sydmonton
Hamlet
North Sydmonton is a small village in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Newbury, which lies approximately 4.3 miles north-west from the village. North Sydmonton is situated 1½ miles south of Greenham and Crookham Commons.
Greenham and Crookham Commons
Latitude
51.3795° or 51° 22′ 46″ northLongitude
-1.27907° or 1° 16′ 45″ westOpen location code
9C3W9PHC+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
way 173028785OpenStreetMap feature
natural=heathWikidata ID
Q5187895
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In Other Languages
“Greenham and Crookham Commons” goes by many names.
- Kurdish: “Crookham Common”
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