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Photo of the North Wessex Downs, a National Landscape in England.

North Wessex DownsPhoto John Lubbock / Pexels

Places to explore near Newbury StationNewbury

53 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of the Kennet & Avon Canal, an 87-mile canal running from Reading to Bristol, England.Highlight

Kennet & Avon Canal

Canal

The broad-beam crossing of southern England — river, canal and river again from Bristol's Avon to the Thames at Reading, over the chalk by the Caen Hill flight.

0.4 km N · spans 5 counties

Photo of the North Wessex Downs, a National Landscape in England.Highlight

North Wessex Downs

National Landscape near Hungerford

Rolling chalk downland above the Vale of the White Horse, threaded by one of Britain's oldest roads

2.6 km NW

Photo of Donnington Castle, a ruined castle near Newbury, Berkshire, south east England.Highlight

Donnington Castle

Castle near Newbury

Twin-towered medieval gatehouse on a hill.

2.6 km NW

Photo of Snelsmore Common Country Park, a country park near Boxford in the North Wessex Downs, Berkshire, south east England.Highlight

Snelsmore Common Country Park

Country park near Boxford

A country park in Berkshire.

4 km N

Photo of Bucklebury Common, a visitor attraction in the North Wessex Downs, Berkshire, south east England.Highlight

Bucklebury Common

Attraction near Bucklebury

Ancient wooded common of oak and heath crossed by an avenue of old trees, one of the largest commons in the county.

8.1 km E

Photo of Highclere Castle, a Grade I registered house & garden near Kingsclere in the North Wessex Downs, Hampshire, south east England.Highlight

Highclere Castle

House & garden near Kingsclere

Charles Barry's 1840s house, screen home of Downton Abbey, with Tutankhamun finds below.

8.3 km S

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of the River Kennet, a 45-mile river running from Marlborough Downs to River Thames at Reading, England.

River Kennet

River

A Berkshire chalk river from the Marlborough Downs to the Thames at Reading, shadowed most of the way by the Kennet & Avon Canal.

0.4 km N · Berkshire & Wiltshire

Photo of Newbury, a village in Berkshire, south east England.

Newbury

Village

Market town on the Kennet & Avon, its restored canal wharf and old cloth-hall museum set beside a racecourse and the Downs.

0.4 km N · Berkshire

Photo of the River Lambourn, a 17-mile river running from Lambourn to River Kennet at Newbury, south east England.

River Lambourn

River

A short, exceptionally clean chalk stream running down from racehorse country on the Lambourn Downs to the Kennet at Newbury.

1.4 km N · Berkshire

St Mary the Virgin, Speen

Church near Speen

Late-Saxon church reckoned the oldest in Berkshire, burial place of Elizabeth I's Italian tutor Giovanni Battista Castiglione.

1.9 km NW

Photo of Falkland Memorial, Newbury, an ancient site in Berkshire, south east England.

Falkland Memorial, Newbury

Ancient site near Newbury

A National Trust place in Berkshire.

2.1 km SW

Photo of Newtown Common, Barn Plot, a country estate near Newbury, Hampshire, south east England.

Newtown Common, Barn Plot

Country estate near Newbury

A National Trust place in Hampshire.

3.8 km S

Photo of The Chase, Woolton Hill, a nature reserve near Newbury in the North Wessex Downs, Hampshire, south east England.

The Chase, Woolton Hill

Nature reserve near Newbury

A National Trust place in Hampshire.

5 km SW

Photo of Sandham Memorial Chapel, an ancient site near Newbury in the North Wessex Downs, Hampshire, south east England.

Sandham Memorial Chapel

Ancient site near Newbury

A National Trust place in Hampshire.

6.1 km S

Boxford

Village

Riverside village on the Lambourn where timbered and thatched cottages line the ford and old mill leats.

6.9 km NW · Berkshire

Everything else within 10 km (38) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.