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Basingstoke And Deane

Ecchinswell, Sydmonton And Bishops Green

Watership Down Hill

Basingstoke And Deane

Ecchinswell, Sydmonton And Bishops Green

Watership Down Hill

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Watership Down Hill

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North Wessex Downs National Landscape

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Location: Ecchinswell, Sydmonton And Bishops Green, Basingstoke And Deane, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom

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Dan Hobson

August 18, 2020

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Watership Down is a hill in the Hampshire Downs. It is best known as the setting for Richard Adams' 1972 novel about rabbits, ‘Watership Down’. The hill, which has a partially-completed Iron Age hill fort on its summit, affords far-reaching views.

MCW73

February 14, 2025

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As a child the tale of Watership down haunted me, the movie traumatised me, to finally be able to visit where Richard Adams based it on was amazing. Such a beautiful area, I rewatched the film a day before coming. I'd not seen it since I was a child. Still a harrowing tale, but can see the genius and beauty of what was hidden in it.

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Elevation 230 m

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Wednesday 13 May

13°C

4°C

82 %

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Max wind speed: 19.0 km/h

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Location: Ecchinswell, Sydmonton And Bishops Green, Basingstoke And Deane, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom

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