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Ashampstead Common

Nearest town: Reading

Site type: woodland

Access: Public

Church name: No Data

Diocese: No Data

County: Berkshire

Country: England

Grid ref: SU58037539

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 10-Mar-07

Recorded by: Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: Landowner

Yews recorded at this site: Ancient 4m-5m, Ancient 5m-7m

Notes: Ancient yews grow both on Ashampstead Common and land adjacent to the common known as The Junipers. We know about these trees thanks to work being carried out by volunteers, monitored by the Friends of the Pang, Kennet and Lambourne Valleys, and sponsored by the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. For more information go to www.pangandkennetvalleys.org.uk. Particular thanks to Dick Greenaway for recording all of these trees and helping us to find them. For more information read 'The Yews of Ashampstead Common, Berkshire', found on the Research webpage in the section Yew Articles : Non-churchyard Yews.