Aldermaston

Beedon is a charming village, located north of Newbury, boasts some of the most breathtaking countryside the area has to offer.

This charming village offers a tranquil and convenient location, just 3 miles north of the M4 motorway at Beedon Hill and with easy access to the A34 for Oxford.

If you’re looking for a nearby town, Newbury is only 8 miles away, but you’ll also find local facilities at Chieveley.

Chieveley village centre is home to a shop, post office, primary school, nursery, and village hall.

And for food lovers, The Crab & Boar Country Pub serves local game cuisine just outside of the village, plus Ye Olde Redl Lion in Chevely is a very popular local pub..

Chieveley falls within the catchment of the renowned Downs secondary school at Compton.

Beedon is a perfect gateway for country walks and outdoor activities.

Its popular primary school is linked to and within the catchment area for The Downs School for secondary education.

The market town of Newbury has excellent shopping and leisure facilities.

On top of being home to Newbury Racecourse, the town offers a comprehensive range of leisure and educational facilities, along with a large park just minutes away from the town centre in Victoria Park.

The park is next to the canal with a beautiful open space and fantastic sport facilities.

Newbury is also the headquarters of Vodafone UK, offers a railway station on the direct line to London Paddington (the fast train to Paddington has an approx. travel time of 41 minutes). There are also excellent road links via the A34 and M4 motorway, which makes it a convenient place to live for those working in Reading, Oxford, and Southampton.

The village is surrounded by the beautiful North Wessex Downs National Landscapes.

It’s the perfect location for all sorts of outdoor adventures and exploring!

It used to be a chapelry of Chieveley before becoming its own ecclesiastical parish.

The civil parish was formed in the 1890s and was later enlarged in 1934 by gaining land from Hampstead Norreys.

 Langley Hall Inn at World’s End used to be called the Blue Parrot back in the 1990s!

There’s some fascinating history in the area too – for example, local historian Victor Pocock organised a field walk in a south-facing field between Beedon village and Stanmore.

The plough had been turning up Roman coins and pottery for some time, and enough artefacts were found to warrant an exploratory dig.

In affectionate memory of Victor Pocock, a book about Beedon has been written by Iris Llyod.

There  is also a 13th century church and a fantastic  school.

Discover more from West Berkshire Villagers

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading