Compton is a Village in the county of Berkshire.

Retail in Compton

There are great places to visit near Compton including some great towns, country parks, lakes and shopping centres.

Don't miss Wokingham, and Reading's towns if visiting the area around Compton.

Dinton Pastures is one of Compton's best, nearby country parks to visit in Compton.

Places near Compton feature a number of interesting lakes including Dinton Pastures.

The Oracle is a great place to visit close to Compton if you like shopping centres.

Compton History

There are some historic monuments around Compton:

• Bowl barrow 300m south of Everington Hill Cottage
• Motte at Hampstead Norreys, 250m south-west of St Mary's Church
• Bell barrow NE of Oven Bottom
• Grim's Ditch: section 1200yds (1100m) long from Chilton Plantation to Ridge Hill
• East Hendred Down bowl barrow
• Grim's Ditch: section W of Chilton Plantation
• Bowl barrow 310m south east of Lower Chance Farm
• Scutchamore Knob
• Donnington Castle: a quadrangular castle and 17th century fieldwork.
• Motte castle immediately west of St John the Baptist's Church
• Blewburton Hill
• Bowl barrow in the north-west corner of Town Copse
• Long barrow on Sheep Down, 1km north of East Ilsley
• Grim's Ditch; section S of Tile Barn
• Churn Knob bell barrow and adjacent bowl barrow on Churn Hill
• Grim's Ditch; section on Aston Upthorpe Down
• Bowl barrow on Barrow Hill
• Perborough Castle
• Grim's Ditch; section W of Chilton Plantation
• Bowl barrow 500m west of Churn Park Cottage
• Bowl barrow 700m north west of Churn Farm
• Lowbury Hill camp
• East Hagbourne village cross
• Barrow N of Ridgeway, Hodcott Down
• East Ilsley Down round barrows
• Bussock camp
• Dovecote 60m north of Place Manor Cottage
• Two bowl barrows and a pair of confluent barrows 270m north east of Churn Farm
• Grim's Ditch: section 1 mile long E from Southfield Shaw to Streatley parish boundary
• Grimsbury Castle
• Coscote village cross
• Eling Roman villa
• Grim's Ditch; section 1200yds (1100m) long from Chilton Plantation to Ridge Hill
• Two round barrows 520m and 550m north of Lower Chance Farm