Woolley Green, Berkshire

Woolley Green
Woolley Green
	Woolley Green Location within Berkshire
OS grid reference	SU8580
Civil parish	White Waltham;
Unitary authority	Windsor and Maidenhead;
Ceremonial county	Berkshire;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Royal Berkshire
Ambulance	South Central

Woolley Green is a village to the west of Maidenhead in the county of Berkshire, England.[1]

Location

Woolley Green is a ribbon development along Cherry Garden Lane in the extreme north-east corner of the civil parish of White Waltham in Berkshire.[2] It sits just south of the Bath Road, immediately to the west of Junction 9b of the A404(M) and east of Littlewick Green. It is surrounded, on the north and west, by Maidenhead Thicket. The hamlet of Altwood adjoins it to the south.

Buildings

Interesting buildings in Woolley include Feens Farm, Woolley Hall and Woolley Grange. Feens Farm is the old manor house of Woolley Fiennes. It is said to be haunted by a Roman hunting dog, the 'Black Dog of Feens'. Woolley Hall became the manor house when it was built in the 1780s.

References

Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 175 Reading & Windsor (Henley-on-Thames & Bracknell) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319232149.
"Ordnance Survey Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 18 February 2016.

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[OS175-1] Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 175 Reading & Windsor (Henley-on-Thames & Bracknell) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319232149.

[OSelec-2] "Ordnance Survey Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 18 February 2016.