Rack Marsh

Rack Marsh is a 4-hectare nature reserve in Bagnor, on the north-western outskirts of Newbury in Berkshire. It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Donnington Castle and Watermill Theatre.

Donnington Castle

Castle

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Donnington Castle is a ruined medieval castle, situated in the small village of Donnington, just north of the town of Newbury in the English county of Berkshire.

Watermill Theatre

Theater building

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The Watermill Theatre is a producing theatre in Bagnor, Berkshire. It opened in 1967 in Bagnor Mill, a converted watermill on the River Lambourn. As a producing house, the theatre has staged works that have subsequently moved on to the West End, including the 2004 revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, which also transferred to Broadway in 2006.

Benham Park

Manor estate

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Benham Park is a mansion in the English ceremonial county of Berkshire and district of West Berkshire. It is 2 miles west of Newbury within 500 metres of a junction of the A34 trunk road Newbury bypass outside the town side, in the Marsh Benham locality of Speen, a village within and outside the Newbury bypass.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newbury and Thatcham and Newbury.

Newbury and Thatcham

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Newbury and Thatcham are adjoining towns in the county of Berkshire, in the South East of England. Newbury is the principal town in the west of the county, and is a historic market town.

Newbury

Town

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Newbury is a market town in West Berkshire, England, in the valley of the River Kennet. It is 26 miles south of Oxford, 25 miles north of Winchester, 27 miles southeast of Swindon and 20 miles west of Reading.