West Hagbourne

West Hagbourne
West Hagbourne  West Hagbourne shown within Oxfordshire
Population	265 (2001 census)
OS grid reference	SU5187
Civil parish	West Hagbourne
District	South Oxfordshire
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Didcot
Postcode district	OX11
Dialling code	01235
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Wantage
Website	West Hagbourne Oxfordshire
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West Hagbourne is a village and civil parish in the Berkshire Downs about 2 miles (3 km) south of Didcot. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire and from the former Wallingford Rural District to the district of South Oxfordshire.

Amenities

West Hagbourne's Church of England parish church is St. Andrew's, East Hagbourne.

West Hagbourne has a public house, the Horse & Harrow.

Education

Hagbourne Church of England Primary School in neighbouring East Hagbourne serves West Hagbourne. The County secondary schools that serve West Hagbourne are in Didcot: St. Birinus School (for boys) and Didcot Girls School.

Transport

The village is served six times daily Monday — Saturday by Heyfordian Travel route 94 from West Hagbourne to Didcot via Blewbury.

Current developments

The character of the village would be changed by Vale of White Horse District Council's plans to expand the town of Didcot. Building development on a large area of land to the west of Didcot, to be known as Great West Park, would add 3,000 houses to Didcot. Further plans for 2010, to a further 3,000 or more houses as part of the South East regional development plan, will further change the nature of the villages that lie on the periphery of the town of Didcot.

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