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Burghclere

Village and civil parish in Hampshire, England

Summary

Village and civil parish in Hampshire, England

Field	Value
country	England
static_image_name	Sandham Memorial Chapel, Burghclere - geograph.org.uk - 27053.jpg
static_image_caption	Sandham Memorial Chapel, Burghclere
official_name	Burghclere
population	1152
population_ref	(2011 Census)
shire_district	Basingstoke and Deane
shire_county	Hampshire
region	South East England
constituency_westminster	North West Hampshire
post_town	Newbury
postcode_district	RG20
postcode_area	RG
dial_code	01635

Remains of [[Burghclere railway station]] in 1963

Burghclere is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. According to the 2011 census the village had a population of 1,152. The village is near the border of Hampshire with Berkshire, four miles south of Newbury. The closest settlements are Newtown, Old Burghclere and Newtown Common.

Work by the 20th-century artist Stanley Spencer can be found in the Sandham Memorial Chapel. The Church of the Ascension is on Church Lane in Burghclere.

Community

There are community clubs such as Stagecoach Newbury which is held at The Clere School, and there is a Sports and Social club. There are allotments, and a small memorial garden. In addition, there is a large playing field.

Transport

The nearest railway station is Newbury. Burghclere had its own station on the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway but the station closed in 1960. Limited bus services to Newbury are provided by Stagecoach route 7A (as of March 2019).

Education

Burghclere has three schools, the Clere School which is a secondary school, Burghclere Primary School and the independent St. Michael's School, run by the traditionalist Catholic Society of St Pius X, which accepts both boarding and day pupils.

Rural scenery

Burghclere has beautiful rural scenery for walking and hiking, including an old railway. When it snows, many gather for snowballing or sledging at Beacon Hill and Jacob's Ladder.

Literature

The rabbit warren where Cowslip lived in Richard Adams' Watership Down was in High Wood, just north-east of Burghclere village.

In the book Rural Rides published by William Cobbett in 1822 the name of the village was recorded as Berghclere.

References

"Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
https://tiscon-maps-stagecoachbus.s3.amazonaws.com/Timetables/South/Andover/Andover_31-03-19_Route%207_webfile.pdf{{Dead link. (September 2024)
(1912). "Rural rides".

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