Geography
From its source near the villages of Inkpen and Woodhay, the Enborne flows Eastwards towards Newbury. At Smith's Bridge, near Holtwood the river is also now the boundary between Berkshire and Hampshire. Continuing East the river is crossed by the A34(Newbury bypass) at Endborne Row to the South of Newbury. Near here to the South is "The Chase" and "Great Pen Wood," woodland managed by the National Trust. Further downstream the river passes to the South of Greenham Common, and here, near Headley, the river is joined by a tributary from the South, from Ecchinswell and Watership Down Hill.
The river continues meandering its way across open farmland towards Brimpton Common, at Inwood Copse, however, a change in the landscape sends the river to the Northeast, and here it no longer forms the border between Hampshire and Berkshire, but instead it spears into the heart of Berkshire and to the River Kennet near Aldermaston Wharf.
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