Silchester
Built-up area in Basingstoke and Deane, Hampshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.352, -1.101 |
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| OS grid ref: | SU 62 61 |
| Population: | 774 |
| Dialling code: | 01256 (Basingstoke) |
Silchester is a small village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane, Hampshire, England, best known for the remarkably well-preserved ruins of the Roman town Calleva Atrebatum. The rectangular street grid and defensive stone walls are visible in the countryside and have been the subject of major archaeological excavations; the Roman layers survive unusually well because a later medieval town did not overlie the site, making Silchester a key spot for understanding pre‑ and post‑Roman Britain.
Today the village remains largely rural, surrounded by farmland and attractive walking country, with a small, close-knit population and a mixed local economy of agriculture and commuter households who travel to nearby towns such as Basingstoke and Reading. Heritage tourism around the Roman remains and the adjacent parish church gives the place a quiet cultural significance, and the site is a popular destination for students, walkers and anyone interested in England’s ancient past.
Postcode districts covering Silchester
Most populated places nearby
- Reading 8.4 miles
- Slough 24.2 miles
- High Wycombe 24.4 miles
- Basingstoke 6.1 miles
- Woking 22.6 miles
- Bracknell 15.5 miles
- Guildford 24.1 miles
- Maidenhead 19.7 miles
- Aldershot 16.5 miles
- Farnborough 15 miles
- Winchester 22 miles
- Andover 19.2 miles
Neighbouring places
- Pamber Parish 1.1 miles
- Old Warren Built-up area 1.3 miles
- Mortimer West End Parish 1.3 miles
- Little London Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Tadley & Pamber Ward 1.4 miles
- Tadley Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Pamber Green Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Mortimer Built-up area 2.3 miles
- Bramley Built-up area 2.4 miles
- Padworth Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Stratfield Mortimer Built-up area 3 miles
- Baughurst Built-up area 3.1 miles
Example postcodes in Silchester
RG7 2LU, RG7 2PL, RG7 2PR, RG7 2PU, RG7 2ND, RG7 2PJ, RG7 2PY, RG7 2PX, RG7 2NE … See all
Transport links
- London Heathrow Airport 29 miles
- Southampton Airport 29.9 miles
- Bramley 2.3 miles
- Mortimer Railway Station 3.1 miles
Hotels near Silchester Ad
- The New Inn 6.2 miles
- The Wellington Arms 4 4.5 miles
- George & Dragon Country House Hotel 4 4.3 miles
- Holiday Inn Reading West 4 3.9 miles
- Arlan House Hotel 4 6.1 miles
- Roselawn Hotel 4.6 miles
- Village Hotel Basingstoke 4 5.8 miles
- De Vere Wokefield Estate 4 3.9 miles
- Audleys Wood Hotel 4 7.4 miles
- The Mill House 3 6.2 miles
Local points of interest
- Mortimer Lodge Estate 2.4 miles
- Aldermaston Court Estate 3 miles
- Mortimer House Estate 3.1 miles
- The Vyne Historic site 3.2 miles
- Sulhampstead House Estate 4.7 miles
- Milestones Museum 5.9 miles
- Madejski Stadium Stadium 7.1 miles
- Oakley Hall Estate 8.2 miles
- Newbury Racecourse Recreation 9.1 miles
- University of Reading University 9.1 miles
- Dogmersfield House Estate 11.2 miles
- Crowsley Park Estate 13.1 miles