Cliddesden

Cliddesden
Hampshire
Church of St Leonard
Location
Grid reference:	SU630490
Location:	51°14’13"N, 1°5’38"W
Data
Population:	497  (2011)
Post town:	Basingstoke
Postcode:	RG25
Dialling code:	01256
Local Government
Council:	Basingstoke and Deane
Parliamentary constituency:	Basingstoke

Cliddesden is a village in Hampshire, in the north of the county, narrowly escaping the dulling embrace of Basingstoke just to the north, from which it is separated by the M3 motorway. The village is three miles south of Basingstoke town centre; far closer to its developments. The 2001 Census recorded a population of 489, increasing to 497 at the 2011 Census. The land and housing are currently protected as it is within a Conservation Zone and has many areas of beauty and rolling countryside.

The village was formerly served by Cliddesden railway station on the now defunct Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway. The station was used in the making of several films: in the 1937 film Oh, Mr Porter!, Cliddesden appeared as 'Buggleskelly'. A short length of railway track was installed in the centre of the Viables Roundabout in Basingstoke in 1976 to commemorate the line at a point close to its original route. The B3046 runs through the village centre.

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Cliddesden)

• Cliddesden Village Hall
• Cliddesden Primary School
• Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway: University of Portsmouth