Inkpen Common
Appearance
Inkpen Common | |
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Woodland in Inkpen Common | |
Location within Berkshire | |
OS grid reference | SU378641 |
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Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | HUNGERFORD |
Postcode district | RG17 |
Dialling code | 01488 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Royal Berkshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
Inkpen Common is a hamlet and former common in the English county of Berkshire, within the civil parish of Inkpen.
The settlement lies south of the A4 road and approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east of Hungerford. It is the location of the Crown and Garter public house. Part of the old common remains as a Site of Special Scientific Interest, called Inkpen Common SSSI, between the hamlet and Hell Corner. It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.