East Garston

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East Garston
East Garston (Berkshire)
East Garston

East Garston shown within Berkshire
Population 532 (2001)
OS grid reference SU363765
Parish East Garston
Unitary authority West Berkshire
Ceremonial county Berkshire
Region South East
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Thames Valley
Fire Royal Berkshire
Ambulance South Central
European Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Newbury
List of places: UK • England • Berkshire

Coordinates: 51°29′10″N 1°28′33″W / 51.486148, -1.475746

Junction of Front Street, Back Street and Roger's Lane
Junction of Front Street, Back Street and Roger's Lane

East Garston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire. It is situated in the West Berkshire district, on the River Lambourn, between Eastbury and Great Shefford.

East Garston Cricket Club plays about 20 matches per year, some on Thursday evenings, others on Sunday afternoons. East Garston Bellringers was formed in 1998. The village also has a Village Hall and Social Club.

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[edit] Government

The civil parish of East Garston comprises the village of East Garston, together with a considerable are of rural downland to the north and south. The parish has approximately 226 dwellings and a population of 532 (2001 census), in an area of 4,500 acres (18 km²).[1][2]

The parish shares boundaries with the Berkshire parishes of Fawley, Great Shefford, Hungerford and Lambourn, and with the Oxfordshire parish of Letcombe Bassett.[2]

The parish is part of the unitary authority of West Berkshire, and lies within Newbury parliamentary constituency.[2]

[edit] Famous residents

  • The parents of Will Young, Pop Idol winner in 2002, live in Poughley in the south of the parish.
  • Archie Ward, Musician

[edit] References

  1. ^ East Garston.info (2007). Welcome to the village of East Garston. Retrieved on 2007-01-10.
  2. ^ a b c Election Maps. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved on 2008-02-27.

[edit] Gallery

All Saints Church

Cottages on Front Street

[edit] Links

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Settlements in West Berkshire
Towns: Hungerford | Newbury | Thatcham
Civil parishes: Aldermaston | Aldworth | Ashampstead | Basildon | Beech Hill | Beedon | Beenham | Boxford | Bradfield | Brightwalton | Brimpton | Bucklebury | Burghfield | Catmore | Chaddleworth | Chieveley | Cold Ash | Combe | Compton | East Garston | East Ilsley | Enborne | Englefield | Farnborough | Fawley | Frilsham | Great Shefford | Greenham | Hampstead Norreys | Hamstead Marshall | Hermitage | Holybrook | Inkpen | Kintbury | Lambourn | Leckhampstead | Midgham | Padworth | Pangbourne | Peasemore | Purley-On-Thames | Shaw-cum-Donnington | Speen | Stanford Dingley | Stratfield Mortimer | Streatley | Sulhamstead | Theale | Tidmarsh with Sulham | Tilehurst | Ufton Nervet | Wasing | Welford | West Woodhay | West Ilsley | Winterbourne | Woolhampton | Yattendon
Other villages and suburbs: | Aldermaston Wharf | Ashmore Green | Bagnor | Burnt Hill | Calcot | Donnington | Eastbury | Halfway | Hell Corner | Lambourn Woodlands | Little Heath | Lower Basildon | Marsh Benham | Shaw | South Fawley | Stockcross | Upper Basildon | Upper Lambourn | Upper Woolhampton | Wash Common | Weston | Woodlands St Mary | World's End