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 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]