Hell Corner
Hell Corner is a hamlet in the civil parish of Inkpen in the English county of Berkshire.
Hell Corner is a hamlet in the civil parish of Inkpen in the English county of Berkshire. It is situated in the West Berkshire district, south of the River Kennet, between Newbury and Hungerford and close to the Hampshire border. Although wholly within Inkpen, it lies right on the border with Kintbury and West Woodhay and adjoins Inkpen Common. Inkpen Great Common is a Site of Special Scientific Interest between Hell Corner and Inkpen Common. It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. The Ordnance Survey grid reference is SU3864.
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Worth seeing in and around Hell Corner
9 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.
- 01Brunsden Lock
Brunsdon Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, near Kintbury, Berkshire, England. The lock has a rise/fall of 4 ft 11 in.
3.6 km · lock in on the Kennet and Avon Canal in Berkshire, England · Wikipedia - 02Kintbury Lock
Kintbury Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Kintbury, Berkshire, England. The lock has a rise/fall of 5 feet 9 inches.
2.9 km · English canal lock · Wikipedia - 03Kennet Valley Alderwoods
Kennet Valley Alderwoods is a 57.3-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Newbury in Berkshire. It is a Special Area of Conservation Located at grid reference SU400675 and at grid reference SU444669, these woodlands are the largest remaining fragments of damp, ash-alder woodland in the Kennet floodplain.
3.9 km · site of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire, England · Wikipedia - 04Combe Hill
Combe Hill is a summit in Berkshire, England, with a maximum elevation of 293 m. It lies around 1 mile to the south-east of Walbury Hill, the county top of Berkshire, which is 297 m high.
3.7 km · hill in Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Inkpen Hill
Inkpen Hill is a summit in Berkshire, England, with a maximum elevation of 291 m. The hill is about 7 miles southwest of Newbury on the Hampshire/Berkshire border and is part of the north-facing scarp of the North Hampshire Downs, a chalk ridge within the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
3.7 km · hill in Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Catmore and Winterly Copses
Catmore and Winterly Copses is a 25-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Kintbury in Berkshire. The woods are broadleaved, mixed and yew woodland located in a lowland area.
1.9 km · site of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire, England · Wikipedia - 07West Woodhay Down
West Woodhay Down is a 1.5-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire and Hampshire. It is lowland Calcareous grassland with a northwest facing bank, and forms part of the northern slopes of Walbury Hill and Combe Hill.
2.5 km · designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Berkshire, England · Wikipedia - 08Inkpen and Walbury Hills
Inkpen and Walbury Hills is an 86.8-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Kintbury in Berkshire. The site is situated on the flanks of Walbury Hill, the highest point in Berkshire and South East England, and the adjacent Inkpen Hill.
3 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 09West Woodhay House
West Woodhay House is a Grade I listed building in the parish of West Woodhay, West Berkshire, UK.
1 km · Grade I listed building in West Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Hell Corner
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 69 km · Bristol (BRS), 88 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 91 km
- Stations
- Kintbury railway station, 3 km
- London → Hell Corner121 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · £13–17
- Bristol → Hell Corner197 km · quickest by road, 3h 51m · £22–30
- Luton, Luton → Hell Corner79 km · quickest by road, 2h 2m · £9–12
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No local-transport research exists yet for Hell Corner
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 Hell Corner. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Hell Corner
Hell Corner is 34 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kintburyvillage and civil parish in Berkshire, England, UK2.6 km
- Inkpenvillage and civil parish in Berkshire, UK1.3 km
- Combevillage and civil parish in Berkshire, England, UK3.7 km
- Hamstead Marshallvillage in Berkshire, England, UK3.1 km
- West Woodhayvillage in Berkshire, England, UK1.5 km
- East Woodhayvillage and civil parish in Hampshire, England, UK3.5 km