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Shaw-cum-Donnington is a civil parish in West Berkshire, England with all of its urban or suburban area immediately north of the largest town in the district, Newbury. It comprises the villages of Shaw and Donnington and contains the partially ruined castle of Donnington Castle which has most of its various outside walls intact. The area is mostly green space but where developed is almost entirely residential with shops and cafés. It has housing immediately north of the town of Newbury.

Shaw cum Donnington
Lake, lawn and house at Donnington Grove, the area's hotel resort.
Public footpath across barley field, typical of the north of the area.
Shaw cum Donnington Location within Berkshire
Area	8.6 km2 (3.3 sq mi)
Population	1,686 (2011 census)[1]
• Density	196/km2 (510/sq mi)
OS grid reference	SU4767
• London	51 miles (82 km)[2]
Civil parish	Shaw cum Donnington
Unitary authority	West Berkshire
Ceremonial county	Berkshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWBURY
Postcode district	RG14
Dialling code	01635
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Royal Berkshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Newbury
List of places UK England Berkshire 51.415°N 1.315°W / 51.415; -1.315

Amenities

The parish church which crosses the River Lambourn bounding the civil parish to the south for a few hundred metres, is of the same name. It has one church which has an active Church of England community at Shaw.[3] and also has the area's Church of England primary school.

The Vodafone World Headquarters are in the south of the village.

Demography

2011 Published Statistics: Population, home ownership and extracts from Physical Environment, surveyed in 2005[1]

Output area	Homes owned outright	Owned with a loan	Socially rented	Privately rented	Other	km² roads	km² water	km² domestic gardens	Usual residents	km²
Civil parish	231	216	162	83	13	0.240	0.110	0.494	1686	8.6

References

External links

Media related to Shaw cum Donnington at Wikimedia Commons

• Berkshire History: Shaw-cum-Donnington Parish Church — St. Mary's Church

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