Wasing
Sign in to saveWasing is an agricultural and woodland village, country estate and civil parish in West Berkshire, England owned almost wholly by the descendants of the Mount family. In local administration, its few inhabitants convene their own civil parish, but share many facilities with Brimpton.
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.type
- Village and civil parish
- UK place.official_name
- Wasing
- UK place.static_image_name
- St Nicholas, Wasing - geograph.org.uk - 1539298.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Nicholas' Church
- UK place.civil_parish
- Wasing
- UK place.unitary_england
- West Berkshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Berkshire
- UK place.post_town
- Reading
- UK place.postcode_area
- RG
- UK place.postcode_district
- RG7
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- West Berkshire
- Population
- +47
- Image
- St Nicholas, Wasing - geograph.org.uk - 1539298.jpg
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Wasing is an agricultural and woodland village, country estate and civil parish in West Berkshire, England owned almost wholly by the descendants of the Mount family. In local administration, its few inhabitants convene their own civil parish, but share many facilities with Brimpton.
==Geography== thumbnail|Wasing, cattle in the park, summer 2013, looking approximately along the line of the Roman road from Speen, Berkshire|Speen to [[Silchester.]] Wasing has fields on the Berkshire-Hampshire border and is approximately south-east of Newbury. Its nearest village with general amenities is Aldermaston and its nearest town is Tadley. Its western boundary is the River Enborne, which flows through the range of downs which start in the south of the parish, rising to the highest point in the south-east, Walbury Hill west. Wasing Wood Ponds is a site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).