Its about a 10 minute walk from the town centre. You might like to start at Newbury Lock (where there USED to be a cache) at N 51° 24.078 W 001° 19.543 and walk along the towpath, taking in the lovely views of the park and canal.
You'll find this cache in a fairly secluded area, near to the allotments and the local soccer ground (don't panic, the latter is fenced in, you can't be seen!). When placed, there was no undergrowth, but whilst that will surely grow back, it shouldn't make finding the cache too much of a problem (well, as long as you're not wearing shorts!!).
You are looking for a small rectangular lunchbox (6" x 4") with a blue lid. Initial contents include a nice luggage tag, a mobile phone earpiece/mic kit, a banknote, and some smiles.
Eventually there might be another cache or two further along the canal.
There are plenty of car parks in the centre of Newbury, but if you don’t plan staying for long, then there are ‘on-street’ spaces in Park Way which are free for an hour (check signs!). If you fancy a picnic, are looking for a children’s playground or want to practice your skate-boarding, then a visit to the adjacent park is worthwhile.
The market is held (in the Market Place!) on a Thursday and a Saturday.
The name Newbury was first mentioned in 1079 in the "Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy". It then had the right to hold a fair and a market. After that it was owned by a series of monarchs or their wives.
Newbury was the site of two battles during the English Civil war (1642-46).
In the 18th and 19th centuries Newbury was important as a coaching centre, being on the Great Bath Road. It developed many inns. There were theatres and horse racing to entertain the travellers.
Newbury is an agricultural area being in the fertile Kennet valley. Barley was grown for malting and this was shipped to London from 1723 using the river Kennet Navigation to Reading. By 1810 the Kennet and Avon Canal had been built between Reading and Bristol mainly for transporting corn. By 1847 the railway had arrived and the canal went into decline.
In 1905 a magnificent new race course was opened. In 1942 the course became a marshalling yard for the American army, but reopened after the war. The town was bombed on one occasion.
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