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West Hagbourne is a village and civil parish in the Berkshire Downs about 2 miles (3 km) south of Didcot. The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 259.[1]

West Hagbourne
Part of the village
West Hagbourne Location within Oxfordshire
Area	4.12 km2 (1.59 sq mi)
Population	259 (2011 Census)
• Density	63/km2 (160/sq mi)
OS grid reference	SU5187
Civil parish	West Hagbourne
District	South Oxfordshire
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Didcot
Postcode district	OX11
Dialling code	01235
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Wantage
Website	West Hagbourne Oxfordshire
List of places UK England Oxfordshire 51.584°N 1.258°W / 51.584; -1.258

History

The village was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire and from the former Wallingford Rural District to the district of South Oxfordshire. It was separated from East Hagbourne in the late Middle Ages.^{[citation needed]}

Amenities

West Hagbourne's Church of England parish church is St Andrew's, East Hagbourne. West Hagbourne has a public house, the Horse and Harrow.[2]

Education

Hagbourne Church of England Primary School[3] in neighbouring East Hagbourne serves West Hagbourne. The County secondary schools that serve West Hagbourne are in Didcot: St. Birinus School (for boys) and Didcot Girls School.

Transport

Thames Travel route 94 serves West Hagbourne from Mondays to Fridays, linking the village with Didcot town and with Didcot Parkway railway station. Buses run mostly once an hour, with a half-hourly service in the evening peak. There is no Saturday or Sunday service.[4]

References

Sources

• Ditchfield, PH; Page, William, eds. (1924). "Hagbourne". A History of the County of Berkshire. Victoria County History. Vol. IV. assisted by John Hautenville Cope. London: The St Katherine Press. pp. 475–484.

External links

• West Hagbourne Oxfordshire

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