Ramsdell

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Coordinates: 51°18′49″N 1°09′43″W / 51.313613°N 1.162038°W

Ramsdell
Parish Church
Ramsdell Ramsdell shown within Hampshire
Population	75 (approx)
OS grid reference	SU585575
Civil parish	Wooton St Lawrence
District	Basingstoke and Deane
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Tadley
Postcode district	RG26
Dialling code	01256
Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	North West Hampshire
List of places UK England Hampshire

For other uses, see Ramsdell (disambiguation).

Ramsdell is a small village in the English county of Hampshire. Ramsdell neighbours with Charter Alley only 1/2 mile up the road. The town of Tadley is 5 miles (8.0 km) away with the nearest shops. Ramsdell lies near other towns the largest being Basingstoke (7 miles) with Newbury only 15 miles (24 km) in the other direction. Other nearby villages include West Heath, Stoney Heath, Baughurst, Monk Sherborne, and Wootton St Lawrence.

The village is part of the census area Baughurst which has a population of 2,473.^[1]

Village life

Ramsdell is a typical English village with the church traditionally being the main focal point and also with a cricket ground, village hall and a community tennis court located by the cricket ground along with a children's play park. The focal point of the village is the cross roads right in the centre where Basingstoke Road meets Ewhurst Lane and Monk Sherborne road. Christ Church is located on one of the corners with the village hall nearby.

Events in Ramsdell include weekly cricket matches in the summer months, a bi-annual Fete^[2] and an annual village tennis tournament. There is also a monthly ladies' club meeting in the village hall. The local pub is called the White Hart.

Transport

Ramsdell is located 1-mile (1.6 km) from the A339 which links Basingstoke to Newbury. From Basingstoke the M3 links to London and Southampton. A daily bus service runs through Ramsdell linking up the Basingstoke hospital and on into the town centre. A service also operates in term time to the Clere school and St. Gabriel's School both in Newbury. Basingstoke is the nearest main train station linking to London and the south coast but Bramley (Hampshire) railway station only 3 miles (4.8 km) away links to Reading. The nearest international airport is either Southampton Airport (27 miles (43 km)) or London Heathrow (31 miles (50 km))

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v t e Towns, villages and hamlets in the Basingstoke and Deane District of Hampshire, England

	Towns	Basingstoke Tadley Whitchurch

	Civil parishes	Ashford Hill with Headley Ashmansworth Baughurst Bramley Burghclere Candovers Chineham Cliddesden Deane Dummer East Woodhay Ecchinswell, Sydmonton and Bishops Green Farleigh Wallop Hannington Herriard Highclere Hurstbourne Priors Kingsclere Laverstoke Litchfield and Woodcott Mapledurwell and Up Nately Monk Sherborne Mortimer West End Newtown North Waltham Nutley Oakley Old Basing and Lychpit Overton Pamber Popham Preston Candover Rooksdown Sherborne St John Sherfield on Loddon Silchester St Mary Bourne Steventon Stratfield Turgis Tunworth Upton Grey Weston Corbett Weston Patrick Winslade Wootton St Lawrence

	Villages and hamlets	Adbury Aldermaston Soke Aldern Bridge Andwell Ashe Ashe Warren Ashford Hill Ashley Warren Axford Axmansford Binley Bishop's Green Bramley Corner Bramley Green Broadmere Brock's Green Brown Candover Charter Alley Chilton Candover Cole Henley Dunley East Oakley Ecchinswell Ellisfield Ewhurst Freefolk Hare Warren Headley Heath End Ibworth Inhurst Litchfield Little London Lower Woodcott Lower Wyke Malshanger Mapledurwell Middle Wyke Nately Scures Newfound Newnham Newtown Common North Oakley North Sydmonton Old Basing Old Burghclere Pamber End Pamber Green Pamber Heath Penwood Plastow Green Quidhampton Ramsdell Southrope Stoke Spanish Green Sydmonton Tufton Warren Up Nately Upper Woodcott Upper Wootton Tufton Turgis Green Wadwick Wells-in-the-Field West Heath Whitnal Whitway Woolton Hill Wolverton Wolverton Common

	Districts of Basingstoke	Brighton Hill Hatch Warren Kempshott Oakridge South Ham Winklebury Worting Viables

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