Upper Wood

Upper Wood is a deciduous forest in , , . Upper Wood is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the hamlet .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alfred’s Castle and Church of St Nicholas.

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 in . It lies 2–3 km south of the Ridgeway and is protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Church
Photo: Kevin Farmer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Archaeological site
Photo: Msemmett, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wayland's Smithy is an Early Neolithic chambered long barrow located near the village of in the south-central county of . 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 Lambourn and Baydon.

Village
Photo: Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in , England. It lies just north of the M4 Motorway between and , and borders to the west and to the north.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in , England about 10 miles south-east of . The eastern boundary of the parish forms part of the county boundary with , and the village is about 7 miles north-west of the market town of .

Village
Photo: David Kemp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and large civil parish at the upper end of the . It was part of until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to .

Upper Wood

Latitude
51.5297° or 51° 31′ 47″ north
Longitude
-1.5912° or 1° 35′ 28″ west
Open location code
9C3WGCH5+VG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 32674931
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­wood
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