Open Wood

Open Wood is a forest in West Hendred, Vale of White Horse District, England. Open Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Betterton, as well as near Kitford.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Scutchamer Knob and Church of All Saints.

Scutchamer Knob

Archaeological site

Photo: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Scutchamer Knob, also known as Cuckhamsley Hill and occasionally as Scotsman's Knob or Beacon Hill, is an early Iron Age round barrow on the Ridgeway National Trail at East Hendred Down in the English county of Oxfordshire.

Church of All Saints

Church

Photo: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0.

All Saints Church, Farnborough

Church

Photo: Rob Stallard, CC BY-SA 3.0.

All Saints Church, Farnborough is a Grade I listed Church of England parish church in Farnborough, Berkshire, England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wantage and Farnborough.

Wantage

Photo: Andrew Mathewson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wantage is a small town in Oxfordshire, 16 miles southwest of Oxford. It's on the edge of the Berkshire Downs and nowadays administered as part of the Vale of White Horse district.

Farnborough

Village

Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Farnborough is a village and civil parish in West Berkshire, about 4 miles south of Wantage. The village is 720 feet above sea level on a ridge aligned east – west in the Berkshire Downs. It is the highest village in Berkshire.

Ardington

Village

Photo: Dennis Jackson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ardington is a village and civil parish about 2 miles east of Wantage in the Vale of White Horse. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.

Open Wood

Type: Forest
Location: West Hendred, Vale of White Horse District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.5618° or 51° 33′ 43″ north

Longitude

-1.3762° or 1° 22′ 34″ west

Open location code

9C3WHJ6F+PG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 45026330

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

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