Crowthorne
Crowthorne is a village, and civil parish, in the Bracknell Forest district of southeastern Berkshire, England.

Crowthorne is a village, and civil parish, in the Bracknell Forest district of southeastern Berkshire, England. It had a population of 7,806 at the 2021 census.
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Worth seeing in and around Crowthorne
6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01King Edward VI Aston School
King Edward VI Aston School is a selective, all-boys grammar school and specialist sports college. The school, designed by Birmingham architect J. A. Chatwin,, an old boy of the related King Edward's School, opened in 1883 and is still, with additional buildings, located on its original site, in the Aston area of Birmingham, England.
800 m · selective, all-boys grammar school and specialist sports college · Wikipedia - 02Broadmoor to Bagshot Woods and Heaths
Broadmoor to Bagshot Woods and Heaths is a 1,696.3-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire and Surrey that extend from a minority of the parish of Crowthorne including around Broadmoor Hospital in the west to Bagshot south-east, Bracknell north-east, and Sandhurst, south. It is part of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area.
3.5 km · historical site in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Heath Lake
Heath Lake is a 6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire. The SSSI is part of the 22.3-hectare Heathlake Local Nature Reserve, which is owned and managed by Wokingham Borough Council.
1.8 km · lake in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Wellington College Bog
Wellington College Bog is a 6.2-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the grounds of Wellington College on the northern outskirts of Sandhurst in Berkshire. The site features a valley bog, which is one of the richest in the county, in terms of bryophytes and flowering plants, containing several species which are uncommon or rare in southern Britain.
1.8 km · site of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire, England · Wikipedia - 05Ambarrow Court
Ambarrow Court is a 7.8-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Little Sandhurst in Berkshire. It is owned and managed by Bracknell Forest Borough Council.
2.3 km · park · Wikipedia - 06Barossa nature reserve
Barossa is a 498-hectare nature reserve north of Camberley in Surrey. It is owned by the Ministry of Defence and managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.
3.9 km · park · Wikipedia
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Getting to Crowthorne
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 26 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 49 km · London Luton (LTN), 63 km
- Stations
- Sandhurst railway station, 2.8 km · Crowthorne railway station, 1.9 km
- London → Crowthorne49 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · £6–7
- Luton, Luton → Crowthorne62 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · £8–10
- London, Essex → Crowthorne49 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · £6–7
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Crowthorne
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Crowthorne. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundFarnborough has a good network of cycle routes, the majority being either off-road or along lanes segregated from motor traffic.
From Wikivoyage: Farnborough, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Crowthorne
Crowthorne is 16 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Sandhursttown and civil parish in Berkshire, England2.4 km
- Wokingham Withoutcivil parish in Berkshire, England, UK2.2 km
- College Townvillage in Berkshire, England, UK3.2 km
- Hanworthsuburb of Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, Berkshire, England3.2 km
- Gardeners Greenvillage in Berkshire, England, UK3.1 km
- Ravenswoodcare village in Berkshire, England, UK1.9 km