Cliddesden

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Cliddesden village pond.
Cliddesden village pond.
Church of St. Leonard in Cliddesden.
Church of St. Leonard in Cliddesden.
Section of track from the Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway on the Viables Roundabout in Basingstoke.
Section of track from the Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway on the Viables Roundabout in Basingstoke.

Cliddesden is a parish in Hampshire, United Kingdom located 3 miles south of Basingstoke, close to the M3 motorway. In the 2001 census it had a population of 489. The land and housing are currently protected as it is within a Conservation Zone and has many areas of beauty and rolling countryside.

Cliddesden formerly had a station on the Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway and the railway was used in the making of several films. In the 1937 film Oh, Mr Porter!, Cliddesden appeared as 'Buggleskelly'. A short length of track is preserved on the Viables Roundabout in Basingstoke.

[edit] Location

Position: grid reference SU631489

Nearby towns and cities: Andover, Basingstoke, Newbury,Winchester

Nearby villages: Alton, Axford, Dummer, Farleigh Wallop, Hook, Kingsclere, North Waltham, Oakley, Old Basing, Overton, Steventon, Whitchurch.

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