Static Image Name: | File:Motte at Woodgarston Farm, Upper Wootton, Hampshire.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Woodgarston Motte |
Country: | England |
Official Name: | Upper Wootton |
Coordinates: | 51.2883°N -1.1693°W |
Civil Parish: | Wootton St Lawrence with Ramsdell |
Shire District: | Basingstoke and Deane |
Shire County: | Hampshire |
Region: | South East England |
Constituency Westminster: | Basingstoke |
Post Town: | TADLEY |
Postcode Area: | RG |
Postcode District: | RG26 5 |
Dial Code: | 01256 |
Os Grid Reference: | SU5802654675 |
Upper Wootton is a small village in the civil parish of Wootton St Lawrence with Ramsdell in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Tadley, which lies approximately 4.8 miles northeast from the village.
Half a mile north-east of the village is the overgrown ring motte known as Woodgarston Castle, a possible location for the 'Castle of the Wood' recorded as having been stormed by King Stephen in 1147.