| Type: | Village |
| Official Name: | East Garston |
| Static Image Name: | EastGarston(AndrewSmith)Aug2006.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Junction of Front Street, Back Street and Roger's Lane |
| Coordinates: | 51.486°N -1.476°W |
| Os Grid Reference: | SU3676 |
| Population: | 459 |
| Population Ref: | (2011 census)[1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 8.05 |
| Civil Parish: | East Garston |
| Lieutenancy England: | Berkshire |
| Unitary England: | West Berkshire |
| Region: | South East England |
| Country: | England |
| Post Town: | Hungerford |
| Postcode District: | RG17 |
| Postcode Area: | RG |
| Dial Code: | 01488 |
| Constituency Westminster: | Newbury |
| Website: | The Berkshire Village of East Garston |
East Garston is a village and civil parish on the River Lambourn, about 5.5miles north of Hungerford in West Berkshire. The river flows through the village, dividing many houses from the main road, so that each has a bridge over the river to the front door.
The civil parish of East Garston comprises the village of East Garston, together with a considerable area of rural downland to the north and south. The parish has approximately 226 dwellings. In 2011 the population was 449, in an area of 4500acres.[2] [3] The parish has boundaries with the Berkshire parishes of Fawley, Great Shefford, Hungerford and Lambourn, and with the Oxfordshire parish of Letcombe Bassett.[3]
The Church of England parish church of All Saints is a flint built church dating back to the 12th century. Situated on the northwestern edge of the village, it is Grade II* listed. The East Garston Bellringers was re-formed in 1998.
The village has a village hall, social club and cricket club, and is the home of the Garston Gallopers, a mixed Morris dancing side. The Gallopers' colours are purple and green, the "village" colours from the school uniform and the racing colours of a prominent racehorse trainer from the village..
| + 2011 Published Statistics: Population, home ownership and extracts from Physical Environment, surveyed in 2005 | |||||||||||
| 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 | 51 | 47 | 48 | 33 | 4 | 0.08 | 0.0001 | 0.13 | 459 | 8.05 |