Common Wood

Common Wood is a deciduous forest in Leckford, Test Valley District, England. Access is restricted and requires permission. Common Wood is situated near the locality Great Common, as well as near Little Common.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Chilbolton Observatory and Abbess Grange.

Chilbolton Observatory

Observatory

Photo: Peter Facey, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Chilbolton Observatory is a facility for atmospheric and radio research located on the edge of the village of Chilbolton near Stockbridge in Hampshire, England.

Abbess Grange

Manor estate

Abbess Grange is a neo-Elizabethan house at Leckford, Hampshire, England designed by Sir Banister Fletcher, a British architect, in 1901 for George Miles-Bailey, on the site of a former grange of St.

Woolbury

Archaeological site

Photo: Peter Jordan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Woolbury, or Woolbury Ring, is the site of an Iron Age univallate hillfort on Stockbridge Down, Hampshire, England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stockbridge and Longstock.

Stockbridge

Town

Photo: Charlesdrakew, Public domain.

Stockbridge is a town and civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. It had a population of 579 at the 2021 census. It sits astride the River Test and at the foot of Stockbridge Down.

Longstock

Village

Photo: Chewedpuppp, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Longstock is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. It lies on the western bank of the River Test, to the north of Stockbridge and to the west of Leckford.

Leckford

Hamlet

Photo: Michael FORD, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Leckford is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. It lies on the eastern bank of the River Test just to the south of its confluence with the River Anton, to the east of Longstock and south of Chilbolton.

Common Wood

Access is restricted and requires permission.
Type: Deciduous forest
Category: forest
Location: Leckford, Test Valley District, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.1374° or 51° 8′ 15″ north

Longitude

-1.475° or 1° 28′ 30″ west

Open location code

9C3W4GPG+X2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 203237928

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Great Common and Little Common.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Longstock Park Lake and Testside Lake.

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