Ullenwood

It is the site of a formerly secret civil defence bunker intended as a Regional Seat of Government in the event of nuclear war.

[2] It is the site of the former Ullenwood army camp which was used during the two World Wars as a U.S. military hospital.

For three decades at the end of the 20th century, Ullenwood Camp was used each summer as accommodation for archaeologists engaged in excavating the site at nearby Crickley Hill.

Pupils came from the UK and overseas, and included children and grandchildren of famous politicians (e.g. Kwame Anthony Appiah) and royal families.

The River Churn, commonly held to be one of, if not the primary sources of the River Thames, is joined within Coberley by a still longer tributary which has its source in the grounds of the National Star College.