Ecchinswell, Sydmonton and Bishops Green (occasionally referred to as just Ecchinswell and Sydmonton) is a civil parish within the district of Basingstoke and Deane in Hampshire, United Kingdom.

Ecchinswell, Sydmonton and Bishops Green
Ecchinswell, Sydmonton and Bishops Green Location within Hampshire
Population	1,182 (2001 census) 1,048 (2011 Census including Hare Warren and North Sydmonton)[1]
OS grid reference	SU505614
District	Basingstoke and Deane
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWBURY
Postcode district	RG20
Dialling code	01635
UK Parliament	Newbury
Website	http://www.ecchinswell-pc.gov.uk/
List of places UK England Hampshire 51.3462°N 1.2740°W / 51.3462; -1.2740

Sydmonton is the home of Sydmonton Court, estate of the Kingsmill Family, including Admiral Sir Robert Kingsmill. The estate is currently owned by Andrew Lloyd Webber and is home to the annual Sydmonton Festival.

Geography

Watership Down, location of the famous Richard Adams novel of the same name, is just South of Ecchinswell. Ladle Hill on Great Litchfield Down, also lies to the south. Part of the hill is a 10.37 hectares (25.6 acres) biological SSSI, first notified in 1978. The hill has a partially completed Iron Age hill fort on its summit, and the surrounding area is rich in Iron Age tumuli, enclosures, lynchets and field systems. Ladle Hill and Watership Down are easily accessed from the Wayfarer's Walk cross-county footpath that passes through the parish.

See also

• Ecchinswell
• Sydmonton
• Sydmonton Festival
• Bishop's Green

References

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