Woodlands St Mary

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name = Woodlands St Mary
civil_parish = Lambourn
lieutenancy_england = Berkshire
unitary_england = West Berkshire
region = South East England
constituency_westminster = Newbury
os_grid_reference = SU339747
latitude = 51.470211
longitude = -1.511869

Woodlands St Mary is a small village in the English county of Berkshire.

The village is situated in the civil parish of Lambourn, and is convert|3|mi|km|lk=on to the south of the village of Lambourn, and convert|1|mi|km|lk=on from Lambourn Woodlands. The parish is within the unitary authority of West Berkshire, close to the border between the counties of Berkshire and Wiltshire.

Woodlands St Mary is located on the route of Ermin Street, the Roman road which connected Calleva Atrebatum (todays Silchester) to Glevum (Gloucester). The Ermin Street's route through the village is used by the today's high level road (B4000) from Newbury to Lambourn.cite web | title = Berkshire History : Lambourn Woodlands | url = http://www.berkshirehistory.com/villages/lambourn_woodlands.html | publisher = Nash Ford Publishing | date = 2004 | accessdate = 2008-02-23]

The modern M4 motorway passes just to the south of the village, with the nearest motorway access point (J14) some convert|2|mi|km to the east, between Shefford Woodlands and Hungerford Newtown.

ee also

* List of places in Berkshire
* Berkshire Downs

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