Beedon

Beedon is a village and civil parish about 6½ miles (10.4 km) north of Newbury in West Berkshire, England. The village has outlying farmhouses and is otherwise clustered west of the A34 road.

Beedon

Saint Nicholas Church
Beedon
Location within Berkshire
Area8.05 km2 (3.11 sq mi)
Population459 (2011 census)[1]
• Density57/km2 (150/sq mi)
OS grid referenceSU4878
Civil parish
  • Beedon
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNewbury
Postcode districtRG20
Dialling code01635
PoliceThames Valley
FireRoyal Berkshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament

Manor house

Beedon manor house was built early in the 18th century.[2]

Church

The Church of England parish church of Saint Nicholas was built in about 1220.[3]

Transport

From 18 February 2013, Beedon is served by Newbury and District bus services 6 and 6A from Newbury.[4]

Geography

Beedon has a site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) just to the north east of the village, called Ashridge Wood.[5]

Demography
2011 Published Statistics: Population, home ownership and extracts from Physical Environment, surveyed in 2005[1]
Output areaHomes owned outrightOwned with a loanSocially rentedPrivately rentedOtherkm² roadskm² waterkm² domestic gardensUsual residentskm²
Civil parish5147483340.070.00070.14598.05

Military

There was a RAF decoy airfield opened to the west of the town during WWII. and its role was to deflect the bombing of real airfields. It was parented by nearby RAF Station Harwell, in Oxfordshire, England.

See also
  • List of civil parishes in Berkshire

References
  1. Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005
  2. Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). The Buildings of England: Berkshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 85.
  3. Page, William; Ditchfield, P.H., eds. (1924). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 4. pp. 40–43.
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Magic Map Application". Magic.defra.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

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