Swinley Copse
Swinley Copse is a forest in Ashbury, Vale of White Horse District, England. Swinley Copse is situated nearby to the hamlet Russley Park, as well as near the locality Bailey Hill.Places of Interest
Highlights include 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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ashbury and Baydon.
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 was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.
Baydon
Village
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baydon is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England about 10 miles south-east of Swindon. The eastern boundary of the parish forms part of the county boundary with Berkshire, and the village is about 7 miles north-west of the West Berkshire market town of Hungerford.
Bishopstone
Village
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bishopstone is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, England, about 6 miles east of Swindon, and on the county border with Oxfordshire.
Swinley Copse
Latitude
51.534° or 51° 32′ 2″ northLongitude
-1.6064° or 1° 36′ 23″ westOpen location code
9C3WG9MV+HCOpenStreetMap ID
way 200339497OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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