Wokefield

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Field	Value
static_image_name	Wokefield Park, Manor House - geograph.org.uk - 23954.jpg
static_image_caption	Wokefield Park
country	England
type	Hamlet and civil parish
official_name	Wokefield
coordinates
map_type	West Berkshire
population	416
population_ref	(2011 Census)
unitary_england	West Berkshire
lieutenancy_england	Berkshire
region	South East England
constituency_westminster	Berkshire
post_town	READING
postcode_district	RG7
postcode_area	RG
dial_code	0118
os_grid_reference	SU677660
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Wokefield is a hamlet and civil parish in the West Berkshire district of Berkshire, England, south of Reading. The parish includes the hamlets of Goddard's Green and Bloomfield Hatch. It also includes part of the former parish of Sulhamstead and Grazeley.

Geography

To the north of the parish are Burghfield and Burghfield Common, to the east is Shinfield, and to the south are Stratfield Mortimer and Mortimer Common. It lies between 40 m and 95 m above sea level.

Wokefield Common

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Wokefield Common is an area of mixed woodland on the northern border of the parish. It has been declared a Wildlife Heritage Site by West Berkshire Council's Countryside Service, and is described as a quiet site with a network of paths leading through tall pine and broadleaf woodland, ponds, small areas of heather and rich wet gullies. Of particular significance are the heathland areas which support rare species including slowworms, grass snakes and adders. The 60 ha site is jointly managed by the Countryside Service, the landowner and Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. The main entrance is on Goring Lane on the outskirts of Burghfield. Several public bridleways and public footpaths cross the common. There are several smaller woods and coppices, including Pitchkettle Wood, Rookery Wood, Bell Copse and Pond Wood. Much of the rest of the parish is agricultural and there are several farms in the parish.

Watercourses

Burghfield Brook lies at the northern border of Wokefield Common. A feature of this watercourse is Pullens Pond, formed where the brook is dammed by a forest access road within the common. To the east of this area the brook continues into a small valley, Burghfield Slade, which contains a larger reservoir. It then continues to the northeast, leaving the parish, and feeds into Foudry Brook. Lockram Brook runs northeast through the parish via Millbarn Pond, joining Burghfield Brook near Grazeley Green.

Wokefield Park

The 18th-century mansion of Wokefield Park was the home of Alfred Palmer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It later served as St Benedict's School before becoming a community home. It is now a hotel and conference centre with its own golf course. The building is a Grade II* listed building.

References

"Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
"Burghfield Parish Council Village Design Statement: Consultation Draft: November 2010".
(2015-08-27). "Wokefield Common | Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust". Bbowt.org.uk.
"West Berkshire Council - Wokefield Common".
"De Vere Wokfield Estate".
{{NHLE. (14 April 1967)

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