Kintbury
Kintbury is a village and civil parish in the West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England, between the towns of Newbury and Hungerford.
Kintbury is a village and civil parish in the West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England, between the towns of Newbury and Hungerford. The village has a convenient railway to Paddington and Reading, proximity to other transport and local cultural destinations, including Roman and Norman sites, and forms part of a very large Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the North Wessex Downs which extends from the River Thames at Streatley to West Wiltshire. The parish includes the hamlets of Clapton, Elcot and Winding Wood.
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Worth seeing in and around Kintbury
10 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.
1.5 km · lock in on the Kennet and Avon Canal in Berkshire, England · Wikipedia - 02Copse Lock
Copse Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal between Kintbury and Newbury in Berkshire, England. The lock has a rise/fall of 6 ft 0 in.
4 km · lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal in England · Wikipedia - 03Dun Mill Lock
Dun Mill Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, near Hungerford, Berkshire, England. The lock has a rise/fall of 5 ft 8 in.
3.6 km · lock on Kennet & Avon canal · Wikipedia - 04Hamstead Lock
Hamstead Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Hamstead Marshall between Kintbury and Newbury, Berkshire, England. The lock has a rise/fall of 6 ft 5 in.
4 km · canal lock in Berkshire, England · Wikipedia - 05Wire Lock
Wire Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, near Hungerford, Berkshire, England. It is a grade II listed building.
2.5 km · lock on Kennet and Avon Canal in Kintbury, Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Newbury Castle
Newbury Castle is the name of an English adulterine castle built by John Marshal during The Anarchy. It is located west of the town of Newbury in the English county of Berkshire.
3.7 km · castle in Berkshire, UK · Wikipedia - 07Kintbury 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.
300 m · English canal lock · Wikipedia - 08Kennet 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.
2.4 km · site of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire, England · Wikipedia - 09Denford Park
Denford Park is a country house, surrounding estate and village in the English county of Berkshire, within the civil parish of Kintbury. The village lies near to the A4 road, and is located approximately 1.5 miles north-east of Hungerford.
3.4 km · English country house in Kintbury, West Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Elcot Park Hotel
The Retreat at Elcot Park is a hotel housed in a Grade II-listed 18th-century building located near Kintbury, between Hungerford and Newbury, The Retreat is a 55 bedroom hotel set in 16 acres of grounds.
2.8 km · English country house in Kintbury, West Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kintbury
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 69 km · Bristol (BRS), 88 km · London Luton (LTN), 91 km
- Stations
- Kintbury railway station, 500 m
- London → Kintbury92 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · £10–13
- Bristol → Kintbury80 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · £9–12
- Luton, Luton → Kintbury89 km · quickest by road, 2h 15m · £12–16
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kintbury
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 Kintbury. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Kintbury – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Kintbury
Kintbury is 34 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Avingtonvillage in Berkshire, United Kingdom1.4 km
- Elcothamlet in Berkshire, England, UK2.7 km
- Lower Denfordvillage in Berkshire, England, UK3.7 km