Burghclere

Burghclere
Sandham Memorial Chapel, Burghclere
Population	1,152 (2011 Census)[1]
District	Basingstoke and Deane
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Newbury
Postcode district	RG20
Dialling code	01635
Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	North West Hampshire
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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.^[1] The village is near the border of Hampshire with Berkshire, four miles south of Newbury. It is also very close to Newtown and Old Burghclere.

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.

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  1 Community
  


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  2 Transport
  


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  3 Education
  


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  4 Rural scenery
  


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  5 Literature
  


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  6 See also
  


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  7 References
  


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  8 External links
  

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. Bus services to Newbury are Stagecoach routes 21/22/23/24.^[2]

Education

Burghclere has three schools, the Clere School which is a secondary school, Burghclere Primary School and the independent St. Michael's School, which accepts both boarding and day pupils.

Rural scenery

Burghclere has some beautiful rural scenery, so you can walk along the old railway, through many fields, or go for a hike. In the winter time, if it snows, Beacon Hill, or Jacob's Ladder, are where many young people and older people gather for snowballing or sledging.

Literature

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

See also

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  Beacon Hill, a nearby hill fort
  

References

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   ^ http://www.stagecoachbus.com/PdfUploads/Timetable_19981_23%20&%2024%20%28Newbury%20-%20Burghclere%20via%20Ecchinswell%29.pdf
   

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Burghclere.

• Burghclere.net


• Burghclere Primary School


• GENUKI historical gazetteer information

Coordinates: 51°19′N 1°19′W / 51.317°N 1.317°W / 51.317; -1.317

v t e Towns, villages and hamlets in the Basingstoke and Deane District of Hampshire, England
	Towns	Basingstoke Tadley Whitchurch
	Civil parishes	Ashford Hill with Headley Ashmansworth Baughurst Bradley Bramley Burghclere Candovers Chineham Cliddesden Deane Dummer East Woodhay Ecchinswell, Sydmonton and Bishops Green Farleigh Wallop Hannington Herriard Highclere Hurstbourne Priors Kingsclere Laverstoke Litchfield and Woodcott Mapledurwell and Up Nately Monk Sherborne Mortimer West End Newtown North Waltham Nutley Oakley Old Basing and Lychpit Overton Pamber Popham Preston Candover Rooksdown Sherborne St John Sherfield on Loddon Sherfield Park Silchester St Mary Bourne Steventon Stratfield Turgis Tunworth Upton Grey Weston Corbett Weston Patrick Winslade Wootton St Lawrence
	Villages and hamlets	Adbury Aldermaston Soke Aldern Bridge Andwell Ashe Ashe Warren Ashford Hill Ashley Warren Axford Axmansford Binley Bishop's Green Bramley Corner Bramley Green Broadmere Brock's Green Brown Candover Charter Alley Chilton Candover Cole Henley Dunley East Oakley Ecchinswell Ellisfield Ewhurst Freefolk Hare Warren Headley Heath End Ibworth Inhurst Litchfield Little London Lower Woodcott Lower Wyke Malshanger Mapledurwell Middle Wyke Nately Scures Newfound Newnham Newtown Common North Oakley North Sydmonton Old Basing Old Burghclere Pamber End Pamber Green Pamber Heath Penwood Plastow Green Quidhampton Ramsdell Southrope Stoke Spanish Green Sydmonton Tufton Warren Up Nately Upper Woodcott Upper Wootton Tufton Turgis Green Wadwick Wells-in-the-Field West Heath Whitnal Whitway Woolton Hill Wolverton Wolverton Common
	Districts of Basingstoke	Brighton Hill Hatch Warren Kempshott Oakridge South Ham Winklebury Worting Viables

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