Tourist Links

The Bear Hotel Hungerford lies in the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, at the very western end of the Royal County of Berkshire, near the borders with Wiltshire and Hampshire, a spectacular and unique landscape that lies at the hub of the chalk landscapes of southern England. It embraces the high open sweeps of arable farmland of the Marlborough Downs with their beech wood topped knolls and sheltered chalk river valleys, the intimate and secluded woodland of Chute and Savernake Forests, and the low lying land of the Thames Basin Heaths with a rich mosaic of woodland, pasture, heath and common land.

Newbury racecourse, Lambourn Down and its horse racing stables and the Avon and Kennet Canal are just a sample of many beautiful highways, byways and attractions to be found in this rural corner.

Some useful links include:

http://www.visitwestberkshire.org.uk
http://www.northwessexdowns.org.uk
http://www.savernakeestate.co.uk
http://www.newbury-racecourse.co.uk/Home
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambourn
http://www.waterscape.com/canals-and-rivers/kennet-and-avon-canal