IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Compton, NEWBURY, RG20 6NW
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to RG20 6NW by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (38 Images Found)
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Distance
1
Compton Bus Stop
The view in High Street.
Image: © Gordon Griffiths
Taken: 24 Apr 2010
0.02 miles
2
Compton Parish Council board
A board giving information about the local area. Not many notices.
Image: © Oscar Taylor
Taken: 22 Sep 2023
0.08 miles
3
Lansdowne and Albert Cottage, Compton
A pair of cottages on Cheap Street.
Image: © Oscar Taylor
Taken: 22 Sep 2023
0.09 miles
4
The Foinavon, Compton
Photo taken at about 15 minutes before sunset on an August evening.
Earlier Geographs show that this pub was - until a few years ago - known as the 'Compton Swan', in Greene King's ownership.
The present pub-sign shows a black horse jumping a fence. A quick web-search reveals that Foinavon - trained at a local yard - was the winner of the 1967 Grand National, at odds of 100-1. His victory came about after a number of horses fell at the 23rd fence, while others pulled up. Foinavon's rider kept a cool head, cleared the fence and left the rest of the field standing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foinavon
When I first posted this item I guessed that the pub had been renamed in 1967 after the victory at Aintree. But Fly https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3878799 - who lives locally - tells me that the change (from 'The Swan') came much later, when it was taken over by the present owners.
I had also conjectured that the pub's owners in 1967 might have been Arkell's, but Fly tells me that it was a Morland's house.
Both Foinavon and his stable-mate Arkle were named after quartzite-capped mountains in north-west Sutherland:
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2220176 https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2893
Mick Garratt links mountains and horses: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6209424
In my own experience, north-west Sutherland is quite the wildest place on the British mainland. It was strange to be reminded of its existence by a pub name in a cosy Berkshire village.
Image: © Stefan Czapski
Taken: 15 Aug 2019
0.10 miles
6
The Swan, Compton
The pub is situated on Compton High Street, between the junctions with Cheap Street and Horn Street (nearest the camera). Opposite is Compton Village Shop and post office.
Image: © Fly
Taken: 26 Oct 2011
0.10 miles
7
The Foinavon, Compton
Under refurbishment, but open.
Image: © Oscar Taylor
Taken: 22 Sep 2023
0.10 miles
8
High Street, Compton
On the right is the post office and village shop. On the left The Foinavon (a pub).
Image: © Oscar Taylor
Taken: 22 Sep 2023
0.11 miles
10
Cheap Street, Compton
Towards the High Street.
Image: © Oscar Taylor
Taken: 22 Sep 2023
0.14 miles