The Beeches
The Beeches is a deciduous forest in Mortimer West End, Basingstoke and Deane, England. The Beeches is situated nearby to the locality South Gate, as well as near North Gate.Places of Interest
Highlights include Calleva Atrebatum and Silchester Amphitheatre.
Calleva Atrebatum
Archaeological site
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Calleva Atrebatum was an Iron Age oppidum, the capital of the Atrebates tribe. It then became a walled town in the Roman province of Britannia, at a major crossroads of the roads of southern Britain.
Silchester Amphitheatre
Archaeological site
Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Silchester Amphitheatre is an archaeological site.
The Frith
Archaeological site
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Frith is a small univallate Iron Age hillfort to the north of Silchester, Calleva Atrebatum, Roman town in the English county of Hampshire. A single bank covers all sides apart from the south east, and is at the most about 5 feet high on the western edge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tadley and Stratfield Mortimer.
Tadley
Tadley is a town and civil parish in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England, 5.5 miles north of Basingstoke and 11 miles south west of Reading.
Stratfield Mortimer
Village
Photo: Jasonjsmith, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stratfield Mortimer is a village and civil parish, just south of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire and unitary authority area of West Berkshire.
Mortimer Common
Village
Photo: Brendan and Ruth McCartney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mortimer Common, generally referred to as Mortimer, is a village in the civil parish of Stratfield Mortimer in Berkshire. Mortimer is in the local government district of West Berkshire and is seven miles south-west of Reading.
The Beeches
- Type: Deciduous forest
- Category: forest
- Location: Mortimer West End, Basingstoke and Deane, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.3549° or 51° 21′ 18″ northLongitude
-1.0746° or 1° 4′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C3W9W3G+W5OpenStreetMap ID
way 55063530OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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