Crays Pond Explained

Official Name:Crays Pond
Coordinates:51.5204°N -1.0831°W
Os Grid Reference:SU 63688 80576
Label Position:top
Civil Parish:Goring Heath
Shire County:Oxfordshire
Region:South East England
Country:England
Postcode District:RG8
Postcode Area:RG

Crays Pond is a hamlet situated in the parish of Goring Heath in South Oxfordshire. Crays Pond is about 2.4miles northeast of Goring-on-Thames and about 7miles northwest of Reading, Berkshire.

Notable residents

Notable residents of Crays Pond include the Russian ballet dancers Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov who both lived in the same Russian-owned safe house at different times.[1]

In 2016 Crays Pond 71-year old resident Doreen Pechey became the oldest person in Britain to pass the Royal Academy of Dance's grade 6 ballet exam and was dubbed "Britain's oldest ballerina".[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Design expert's home was graced by titans of ballet .
  2. Web site: Video: Meet the 71-year-old ballerina .