Inkpen Common Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Inkpen Common
Static Image Name:Woodland, Inkpen Common - geograph.org.uk - 1216965.jpg
Static Image Caption:Woodland in Inkpen Common
Coordinates:51.3749°N -1.4557°W
Map Type:Berkshire
Metropolitan Borough:West Berkshire
Metropolitan County:Berkshire
Region:South East England
Post Town:HUNGERFORD
Postcode District:RG17
Postcode Area:RG
Dial Code:01488
Os Grid Reference:SU378641

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 4miles 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.