Hawthorn Hill, Berkshire

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  • Bracknell Forest
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  • Berkshire
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51°27′34″N 0°44′35″W / 51.459487°N 0.743119°W / 51.459487; -0.743119

Hawthorn Hill is a hamlet in Berkshire, England, within the civil parish of Warfield. The settlement lies at the junction of the A3095 and A330 roads, and is approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Bracknell. Hawthorn Hill Racecourse was situated where Birds Hill Racecourse is today at the end of the Drift Road. It was built on a farm owned by Sir Robert Wilmot. National Hunt meetings started in 1888 and stopped in 1913. They began again in 1921, and were quite a social event during the Jazz Age. They finally ended in 1939.


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