Bishop's Green

Not to be confused with Bishop's Green, Essex

Bishops Green
Hampshire
Beech Road, Bishop's Green
Location
Grid reference:	SU500631
Location:	51°21’55"N, 1°16’56"W
Data
Post town:	Newbury
Postcode:	RG20
Dialling code:	01635
Local Government
Council:	Basingstoke and Deane
Parliamentary constituency:	North West Hampshire

Bishops Green is a village in northernmost Hampshire, on south bank of the River Enborne, which here forms the border with Berkshire to the north.

History

Bishops Green expanded greatly during Second World War, when the original few houses and farms were joined by the Eagle Road and Ashlands housing estates, both built for the nearby American air base of RAF Greenham Common. After the War a number of Nissen huts were used to re-home local families, these being replaced by 95 new houses by Basingstoke Rural District Council in the early 1950s. At the same time the United States Air Force built new housing alongside this development, doubling the size of the estate.

The base closed in 1992 and the American Air Force housing was transferred to Sovereign Housing Association. The original 95 council houses were, from 1995 onwards, replaced over a period of 7 years by a new £20 million development of 148 homes.

The village has a shop, village hall and a camping site.

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Bishop's Green)

• www.bishopsgreen.org
• www.commmunityyouth.org