Inkpen
Inkpen is a village and civil parish in West Berkshire, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southeast of Hungerford, most of the land of which is cultivated fields with scattered woodland once part of a former forest of Savernake.

Inkpen is a village and civil parish in West Berkshire, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southeast of Hungerford, most of the land of which is cultivated fields with scattered woodland once part of a former forest of Savernake. Inkpen has boundaries with Wiltshire and Hampshire, including parts of Walbury Hill, the highest point in South East England, and Inkpen Hill.
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Worth seeing in and around Inkpen
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.
3.2 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.
3.1 km · English canal lock · Wikipedia - 03Wire Lock
Wire Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, near Hungerford, Berkshire, England. It is a grade II listed building.
3.8 km · lock on Kennet and Avon Canal in Kintbury, Berkshire, England, UK · 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.
4 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.
2.9 km · hill in Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06West Woodhay House
West Woodhay House is a Grade I listed building in the parish of West Woodhay, West Berkshire, UK.
1.8 km · Grade I listed building in West Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Catmore 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.
1.6 km · site of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire, England · Wikipedia - 08West 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.
3 km · designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Berkshire, England · Wikipedia - 09Inkpen 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.
2.4 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
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Getting to Inkpen
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 71 km · Bristol (BRS), 87 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 93 km
- Stations
- Kintbury railway station, 3.2 km
- London → Inkpen95 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · £10–13
- Bristol → Inkpen78 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · £9–12
- Luton, Luton → Inkpen92 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £12–16
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No local-transport research exists yet for Inkpen
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 Inkpen. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Inkpen
Inkpen is 36 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Combevillage and civil parish in Berkshire, England, UK3.5 km
- West Woodhayvillage in Berkshire, England, UK2.7 km
- Avingtonvillage in Berkshire, United Kingdom3.7 km
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