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Recommended Towns & Villages near Halfway

Newbury, Berkshire

Newbury (107 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Berkshire (4.0 miles, 6.4 km, direction E)

Newbury is a lovely town, it is rich in 17th century buildings with the Tudor granary building being of immense attraction...

Chilton Foliat

Chilton Foliat (8 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (5.7 miles, 9.1 km, direction W)

A fine example of a typical English country village beside the River Kennet in Wiltshire..

Thatcham, Berkshire

Thatcham (55 Pictures)

in the county of Berkshire (6.4 miles, 10.2 km, direction E)

Claimed to be the oldest inhabited village in Britain..

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Shalbourne

in the county of Wiltshire (6.6 miles, 10.7 km, direction SW)

The country village of Shalbourne in Wiltshire is marked out by its leafy lanes and clutch of pretty thatched properties...

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Crux Easton

in the county of Hampshire (7.4 miles, 11.9 km, direction S)

Crux Easton is a quiet Hampshire hamlet lying in the shadow of Beacon Hill which rises to 262ft west of the village...

View from Kingsclere Downs

Kingsclere (6 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Hampshire (9.5 miles, 15.3 km, direction SE)

A picturesque village in Hampshire, near to Watership Down...

St Mary & St Nicholas' Parish Church

Wilton (40 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (9.7 miles, 15.5 km, direction SW)

A landmark in the area is Wilton Windmill, this is a restored windmill from 1821, it was refurbished in 1976 and stands on a chalk ridge 550 feet above sea level. This superb.....

Cornfield, Wantage

Wantage (8 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire (12.3 miles, 19.8 km, direction N)

Wantage is a small historic market town in Oxfordshire, famous for being the birthplace of King Alfred the Great, who was born there during the 9th century, though the site of the.....

Whitchurch cottage row

Whitchurch (1 Pictures)

in the county of Hampshire (13.0 miles, 20.9 km, direction S)

With such pretty countryside and so much of historic interest Whitchurch makes an ideal base from which to explore the delights of rural Hampshire...

A picture of Champs Chapel Museum

East Hendred (61 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (13.1 miles, 21.1 km, direction N)

East Hendred is one of the spring line villages nestling just below the Downs in the Vale of the White Horse, Oxfordshire...

Marlborough--Savernake Forest, Wiltshire.

Marlborough (11 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (13.6 miles, 21.9 km, direction W)

Dramatic chalk downs extend from Berkshire into rural Wiltshire, they are particularly rich in pre-historic remains and shelter a wealth of charming market towns and pretty.....

Thatched period cottage in Ashbury

Ashbury (9 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (13.9 miles, 22.4 km, direction NW)

The village of Ashbury is located in a lovely scenic area where the borders of south Oxfordshire meet with Wiltshire. It is one of a string of villages along the White Horse.....

Swindon Borough Council guidepost at Lower Wanborough, Wiltshire

Wanborough (2 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (15.4 miles, 24.8 km, direction NW)

Historically this is an old village with a history of Saxons and Romans, it was then a village of some importance, unlike today when it has been almost swallowed up by the urban sprawl of Swindon, Wiltshire's largest industrial town...

A roof over your head

Chiseldon (3 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (15.5 miles, 24.9 km, direction NW)

This is an attractive large village lying to the edge of the Marlborough Downs, its inclusion in the Doomsday Book indicates at that time it was a village of some importance...

Wherwell

Wherwell (5 Pictures)

in the county of Hampshire (17.0 miles, 27.3 km, direction S)

This enchanting little village boasts a host of thickly thatched, black and white, half timbered cottages,and has a bit of a bloody history...

Thatched cottages in the centre of Brightwell-cum-Sotwell

Brightwell-cum-Sotwell (8 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (17.6 miles, 28.3 km, direction NE)

This gorgeous little village set in a hollow beneath Whittington Clumps is revered as the home of Doctor Edward Bach, creator of the celebrated Bach Flower Remedies used in homeopathic treatments...

Bridge St view from the Abingdon Bridge, Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

Abingdon (98 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire (18.7 miles, 30.1 km, direction N)

Interesting town, developed around the gates of an abbey founded in 675...

Avebury Stones

Avebury (171 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Wiltshire (19.1 miles, 30.7 km, direction W)

The village of Avebury is world famous for its spectacular stone circle, which some consider more spectacular than Stonehenge. The pretty village also has a 15th century church,.....

Broad Street, Reading

Reading (227 Pictures)

in the county of Berkshire (19.2 miles, 30.9 km, direction E)

This town lies on the extremities of the Berkshire Downs and the Chiltern Hills at a point where the waters of the rivers Thames and Kennet meet making the River Thames a major river for the rest of its journey to the sea...

Lovely thatched house for sale

Clifton Hampden (28 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire (19.2 miles, 30.9 km, direction NE)

This is a popular Thames side village which was the choice of Jerome K. Jerome for a setting for one of the riotous scenes of his "Three Men in a Boat" and it is easy to see just.....

Recommended attractions near Halfway

Donnington Castle

Donnington Castle (14 Pictures)

(3.4 miles, 5.5 km, direction E)

A mile north of Newbury. Built in the late 14th century as a fortified residence at the top of a hill, overlooking the River.....

Highclere Castle

Highclere Castle (32 Pictures)

(5.8 miles, 9.4 km, direction S)

This was once a rather plain building until Sir Charles Barry turned it into the matchless beauty we see today. A place of rare.....

A picture of Crofton Beam Engines

Crofton Beam Engines (2 Pictures)

(9.7 miles, 15.6 km, direction W)

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A picture of Ashdown House

Ashdown House (1 Pictures)

(11.7 miles, 18.8 km, direction NW)

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A picture of Champs Chapel Museum

Champs Chapel Museum (3 Pictures)

(13.2 miles, 21.2 km, direction N)

Displays of Hendred's Millenium history housed in a Grade one Listed ex-Carthusian Chapel (15th Century)...

Ludgershall Castle, Wiltshire

Ludgershall Castle (10 Pictures)

(13.7 miles, 22.0 km, direction SW)

Romantic, ruined motte and bailey castle, with building works in stone. Parts of the castle date to the 12th-century, it was.....

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Tom Browns School Museum

(14.5 miles, 23.3 km, direction NW)

Memorabilia of Uffington and district ranging from pre-historic and Roman times up to the present. Information on recent digs at.....

'Day Out With Thomas' at Didcot Railway Centre, Oxfordshire

Didcot Railway Centre (39 Pictures)

(15.8 miles, 25.3 km, direction NE)

Recreating the golden age of the Great Western Railway with steam locomotives in the engine shed, signalling displays, Brunels's.....

The Summer house

The Vyne (17 Pictures)

(15.9 miles, 25.6 km, direction SE)

This house stands on a spot where once there may have been a Roman inn or villa. The name means "house of wine" which is a very.....

A picture of Vale of White Horse

Vale of White Horse (8 Pictures)

(15.9 miles, 25.6 km, direction NW)

The beautiful Vale of the White Horse is the region lying between the River Thames and the Berkshire Downs. It is an area.....

View of Charney Bassett water mill taken from the upstream side. Charney Bassett, Oxfordshire

Charney Bassett Mill (1 Pictures)

(16.4 miles, 26.3 km, direction N)

This charming rural water mill was built in the local timber and weather-boarded style with a hipped roof and dates from 1807. .....

Avebury Ring, Wiltshire

Avebury Ring (61 Pictures)

(18.4 miles, 29.7 km, direction W)

This is the largest and one of the most spectacular stone circles in the world, it certainly eclipses Stonehenge, for not only is.....

Abingdon Abbey - July 2009

Abingdon Abbey (16 Pictures)

(18.5 miles, 29.8 km, direction N)

Abingdon Abbey was founded in 675 and demolished following Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries. During the life of the.....

Abingdon Museum (Old Berkshire County Hall), Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

Abingdon Museum (6 Pictures)

(18.8 miles, 30.2 km, direction N)

Abingdon museum is housed in the centre of this ancient town in the spectacular 17th century County Hall. It includes displays.....

Silbury Hill - ancient burial ground

Silbury Hill (20 Pictures)

(19.2 miles, 30.8 km, direction W)

There are many fanciful theories about Silbury Hill, the massive conical hill described as the highest artificial mound in.....

Entrance to Avebury Manor, Wiltshire

Avebury Manor & Garden (12 Pictures)

(19.4 miles, 31.2 km, direction W)

Avebury Manor is a 16th century manor house built on the site of an old monastery. The rich interior of the house shows original.....

A picture of Dorchester Abbey

Dorchester Abbey (14 Pictures)

(19.6 miles, 31.5 km, direction NE)

The wonderful abbey church of St.Peter and St.Paul has a history stretching back to the year 634, but the church we see today.....

Longstock Water Gardens, Longstock, Hampshire

Longstock Park Water Garden (1 Pictures)

(19.6 miles, 31.6 km, direction S)

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Wellington Country Park, Hampshire

Wellington Country Park (1 Pictures)

(20.3 miles, 32.7 km, direction E)

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A picture of Nuffield Place

Nuffield Place (2 Pictures)

(20.7 miles, 33.4 km, direction NE)

Nuffield Place is the former home (1933-63) of Lord Nuffield who was the founder of Morris Motors. The house is a rare survival.....


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