Beedon

Beedon is a village and civil parish about 6½ miles (10.4 km) north of Newbury in West Berkshire, England.

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

Geography

The village has outlying farmhouses and is otherwise clustered west of the A34 road.

History

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

Natural conservation areas

Beedon has a site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) just to the north-east of the village, called Ashridge Wood.[2]

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

Amenities

Transport

Beedon is served by Newbury and District bus services 6 and 6A from Newbury.[3]

Notable buildings

Manor house

Beedon manor house was built in 1553[4] but mostly dates from the early in the 18th century.[5]

Parish church

The Church of England parish church of Saint Nicholas is a Grade I listed building[6] built in about 1220.[7]

See also

References
  1. Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005
  2. "Magic Map Application". Magic.defra.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Ford, David Nash (2020). West Berkshire Town and Village Histories. Wokingham: Nash Ford Publishing. pp. 34–37. ISBN 9781905191031.
  5. Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). The Buildings of England: Berkshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 85.
  6. Historic England (24 November 1966). "Church of Saint Nicholas (Grade I) (1136040)". National Heritage List for England.
  7. Page, William; Ditchfield, P.H., eds. (1924). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 4. pp. 40–43.

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