The Berkshire Downs are a range of chalk downland hills in southern England, part of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Berkshire...
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formed its northern border, but excluded Caversham and Slough. The Berkshire Downs, a chalk downland and area of outstanding natural beauty, occupy the...
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Berkshire Downs was an American horse racing track located in Hancock, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. 42°25′16″N 73°20′46″W / 42.421°N 73.346°W /...
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The North Wessex Downs are an area of chalk downland landscapes located in the English counties of Berkshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire. The...
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of the land is designated North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, ranging from the Berkshire Downs to the Thames Valley. The highest point...
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which are separated by low hills. The south contains parts of the Berkshire Downs and Chiltern Hills, and the north-west includes part of the Cotswolds;...
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Compton is a village and civil parish in the River Pang valley in the Berkshire Downs about 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Didcot. Compton is buffered from neighbouring...
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also where West Berkshire Council is headquartered. Newbury lies on the edge of the Berkshire Downs, part of the North Wessex Downs Area of outstanding...
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hilltop point on its western border forming the eastern end of the Berkshire Downs. This Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is topped by the 87-mile The...
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Downland (redirect from North and South Downs)
Downs and southwards through Hampshire as the Hampshire Downs onto the Isle of Wight. To the northeast, downlands continue along the Berkshire Downs and...
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Norfolk to Wiltshire. It follows the chalk escarpment that includes the Berkshire Downs and Chiltern Hills. It is generally said to be, within Great Britain...
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6 mi) south of Uffington. The hill forms a part of the scarp of the Berkshire Downs and overlooks the Vale of White Horse to the north. The best views...
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figure on the Berkshire Downs in the south of the parish. The village is about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the foot of the Berkshire Downs escarpment and...
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valleys, and well-farmed with many small woodlands and hills between the Berkshire Downs and the River Thames on its north and east sides. It is named after...
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level on a ridge aligned east – west in the Berkshire Downs. It is the highest village in Berkshire. The Office for National Statistics no longer publishes...
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and civil parish at the foot of the Berkshire Downs about 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Didcot. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred...
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west of the parish is taken up by the foothills of the Berkshire Downs, including the Moulsford Downs. Moulsford Bottom and Kingstanding Hill are traditionally...
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M4 motorway. The hamlet of Westbrook is on the opposite bank of the Berkshire Downs tributary. A number of Bronze Age features have been recorded near...
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north-western part of Berkshire was transferred to Oxfordshire on account of being separated from the rest of Berkshire by the Berkshire Downs hills and having...
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The Downs School is a comprehensive secondary school in the village of Compton, Berkshire, England. It is a state school run by West Berkshire Education...
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full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The English retreat onto the Berkshire Downs. The Great Heathen Army, led by the Danish Viking kings Halfdan and...
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Reading (/ˈrɛdɪŋ/ RED-ing) is a town and borough in Berkshire, England. Most of its built-up area lies within the Borough of Reading, although some outer...
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17 miles (27 km) long, reach from the edge of Wallingford into the Berkshire Downs. The village green is called "The Forty" and has a substantial and...
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Goring Gap (category Landforms of Berkshire)
hills in a relatively narrow gap between the Chiltern Hills and the Berkshire Downs. The Gap is approximately 10 miles (16 km) upstream of Reading and...
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The Ridgeway (category Geography of Berkshire)
ancient trackway extends from Wiltshire along the chalk ridge of the Berkshire Downs to the River Thames at the Goring Gap, part of the Icknield Way which...
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Blowing Stone (category History of Berkshire)
White Horse Hill. Blowingstone Hill is part of the escarpment of the Berkshire Downs, at the crest of which is The Ridgeway. The stone is capable of producing...
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for the four band members to retreat to an isolated farmhouse on the Berkshire Downs, near Aston Tirrold. Initially without electricity, telephone or running...
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south side of the North Downs and the north side of the South Downs. It is also to be found beneath the scarp of the Berkshire Downs, in the Vale of White...
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tag Gott at the time denied. Gott was born in Aston Tirrold in the Berkshire Downs in South East England, and is the son of Constance Mary Moon and Arthur...
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shooting rabbits and other small game for the table, near his home on the Berkshire Downs. In 1943, he approached Major Sir Malcolm Campbell of Combined Operations...
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