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Mortimer is a village of two parts - Mortimer Common and the older Stratfield Mortimer - situated on the high ground southwest of Reading, right on the edge of the Berkshire and Hampshire border. It has a layout defined by the local heathland and woodland, with the village spread around a large central fairground that still acts as the community’s focal point. While it feels distinctly rural, the village is practical; it’s served by its own railway station (Mortimer) on the line between Reading and Basingstoke, which connects the quiet of the countryside to the Great Western Main Line. Historically, the area is tied to the Mortimer family, the powerful Marcher Lords, and sits just north of the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum at Silchester. Today, it remains a working landscape of timber and farmland, where the network of footpaths through Starveall and Wokefield Woods provides a functional link to the neighboring parishes.