Shaw-cum-Donnington explained

Country:England
Type:Civil parish
Official Name:Shaw cum Donnington
Static Image Name:Lake, Donnington - geograph.org.uk - 1791043.jpg
Static Image Caption:Lake, lawn and house at Donnington Grove, the area's hotel resort.
Static Image 2 Name:Footpath across Barley Field - geograph.org.uk - 35846.jpg
Static Image 2 Caption:Public footpath across barley field, typical of the north of the area.
Coordinates:51.415°N -1.315°W
Population:1686
Population Ref:(2011 census)[1]
Area Total Km2:8.6
Civil Parish:Shaw cum Donnington
Unitary England:West Berkshire
Region:South East England
Lieutenancy England:Berkshire
Constituency Westminster:Newbury
Post Town:NEWBURY
Postcode District:RG14
Postcode Area:RG
Dial Code:01635
Os Grid Reference:SU4767
London Distance:[2]

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.

Amenities

The ecclesiastical parish 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.

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Notes and References

  1. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005
  2. http://www.gridreferencefinder.com Grid reference Finder measurement tools
  3. Web site: Shaw cum Donnington parish . The Church of England . 11 December 2014.