Discover 6 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Huckerby's Meadows (United Kingdom). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Bucklebury Common, Coombe Wood, and Old Copse. Also, be sure to include King's Copse in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Huckerby's Meadows (England).
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Bucklebury Common
Bucklebury Common is an elevated common consisting of woodland with a few relatively small clearings in the English county of Berkshire, within the civil parish of Bucklebury centred 3 miles northeast of Thatcham and encircling the settled localities of Upper Bucklebury and Chapel Row. It is one of the largest commons in Southern England covering 350 hectares. Since Inclosure the area is privately owned by the Bucklebury Manor estate, but has public access on a network of public rights of way bolstered by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.
The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust assists with management of the estate.
Part of the common is a site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) called Briff Lane Meadows[1]
Coombe Wood
Coombe Wood, Frilsham is a 19.3-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Frilsham in Berkshire. It is in the North Wessex Downs, which is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The woods are broadleaved, mixed and yew, located in a lowland area. The woodlands was first recorded in 1640.[2]
Old Copse
Old Copse, Beenham is an 8-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Beenham in Berkshire. The site is private land with no public access.[3]
King's Copse
King's Copse is a 13.7-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Chapel Row and Clay Hill in Berkshire. It is in the North Wessex Downs, which is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The site is private land but a public footpath runs through it.[4]
Brockhurst and Marlston House School
Independent school in England. Brockhurst and Marlston House School is a British independent and boarding preparatory school. It occupies Marlston House, a grade II* listed Elizabethan style house situated in the hamlet of Marlston and the civil parish of Bucklebury in the English county of Berkshire.[5]
Briff Lane Meadows
Briff Lane Meadows is a 8.9-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Thatcham in Berkshire.
These meadows have unimproved traditionally managed grassland, a small stream, blackthorn dominated scrub, belts of woodland along the field edges and hedges. Most of the site is poorly drained and seasonally waterlogged, but there are dry areas which have large populations of cowslip, heath-grass, devil's-bit scabious and dyer's greenweed.
The site is private land with no public access.[6]