Upper Lambourn is a small village in the county of
Berkshire
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,
England
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.
The village is situated in the
civil parish
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of
Lambourn ,
and is 1.2 miles (2 km) to the north-west of the village of Lambourn, just off the Lambourn to
Shrivenham road. The
parish
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is within the district of
West Berkshire, close to the point where the counties of Berkshire,
Oxfordshire
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and
Wiltshire
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meet.
Geography
Upper Lambourn has several
sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) near the village, these include the famous
prehistoric
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Seven Barrows. Other sites of SSSI near the village are
Croker's Hole,
Parkfarm Down and
Fognam Chalk Quarry.
See also
*
List of places in Berkshire
*
Berkshire Downs
References
External links
Royal Berkshire History: Upper Lambourn
Villages in Berkshire
Lambourn
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