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Dundas Arms on the Kennet and Avon Canal |
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Kintbury
Kintbury shown within Berkshire |
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| Population | 2,593 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | SU383669 |
| Parish | Kintbury |
| Unitary authority | West Berkshire |
| Ceremonial county | Berkshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Hungerford |
| Postcode district | RG17 |
| Dialling code | 01488 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Royal Berkshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Newbury |
| List of places: UK • England • Berkshire | |
Kintbury is a village and civil parish in West Berkshire, England, between the towns of Newbury and Hungerford.
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In Kintbury there is the Church of England parish church of Saint Mary, Church of England primary school, post office, corner shop, and a butcher. The Roman Catholic youth retreat centre, St Cassian's Centre, is south-west of the village, between Inglewood and Titcomb. There are three pubs in the village called the Blue Ball, The Dundas Arms[1] and The Prince Of Wales. The Blue Ball and the Dundas Arms both serve food. The Blue Ball has a wood fired pizza oven in the garden. There is a tennis club, a bowls club, and a football club.
Kintbury railway station in the village is served by local services from Reading and Newbury to Great Bedwyn. The Kennet and Avon Canal [1] also runs through the village at Kintbury Lock [2]. A horse drawn widebeam narrowboat runs public trips from Kintbury, either towards Newbury or towards Hungerford.
In 2009 plans were drawn up to address road safety in the village with traffic calming measures to be installed in 2010.
Kintbury was named by the Sunday Times in 2007 as in the top ten of England's most sought after villages.
Kintbury was spelt Cynetanbyrig in the 10th century and Kenetebury in the 13th century. After Saint Birinus converted the people of Berkshire to Christianity in the mid 7th century, minsters soon became established in the county from which priests were sent out into the countryside. One such was founded at Kintbury, possibly it was the 'holy place' mentioned in the will of the Saxon thegn, Wulfgar, in 935. Although this is often considered to have been a monastery, Kintbury Abbey.
Kintbury was featured in the television series "The Last Salute" in a scene which lasted approximately 20 seconds, as well as Danny Dire's YouTube sensation, Britain's Toughest Villages.
The village holds an annual "Ray Boxshall Orienteering Fun Day". An orienteering event named after Ray Boxshall who was heavily involved in running the event in the years before he passed away Kintbury has two very good amateur drama societies - The Kintbury Players (who generally perform comedic plays), and also St Mary's Drama Group who perform an annual pantomime in the Easter half term holiday.