West Hagbourne

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West Hagbourne
Berkshire

West Hagbourne
Location
Grid reference: SU5187
Location: 51°35’2"N, 1°15’29"W
Data
Population: 265  (2001)
Post town: Didcot
Postcode: OX11
Dialling code: 01235
Local Government
Council: South Oxfordshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
Wantage
Website: West Hagbourne village website

West Hagbourne is a village in Berkshire, within the Berkshire Downs 2 miles south of Didcot.

The village has a public house, the Horse & Harrow, and a Church of England Primary School.

Current developments

The character of the village would be changed by local District Council's plans to expand the town of Didcot. Building development on a large area of land to the west of Didcot, to be known as Great West Park, would add 3,000 houses to Didcot. Further plans for 2010, to a further 3,000 or more houses as part of the South East regional development plan, will further change the nature of the villages that lie on the periphery of the town of Didcot. It is not known how the abolition of regional special strategies will affect the move to absorb West Hagbourne into "Greater Didcot".

Outside links

Duck pond
Duck pond
("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about West Hagbourne)

References

Books

  • Page, W.H.; Ditchfield, P.H., eds (1924). A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 4. Victoria County History. pp. 475–484.