Country: | England |
Official Name: | Upper Woolhampton |
Static Image Name: | Upper Woolhampton, C of E Church and C of E School - geograph.org.uk - 2732.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | St Peter's Church and C of E School |
Coordinates: | 51.4036°N -1.1711°W |
Civil Parish: | Woolhampton |
Unitary England: | West Berkshire |
Region: | South East England |
Lieutenancy England: | Berkshire |
Constituency Westminster: | Newbury |
Os Grid Reference: | SU576675 |
Upper Woolhampton is a village in the English county of Berkshire. It is situated on higher ground, 0.5miles to the north of the parent village of Woolhampton. Both the Grade II listed parish church of St Peter and the village school are located in Upper Woolhampton.[1] Also in the village is the Grade II* listed Woolhampton House, now occupied by Elstree School, a preparatory school that relocated to Woolhampton from Elstree during the Second World War.[2] The Benedictine Douai Abbey community, and its now-closed Douai School is located a further 0.5miles to the north.[1] [3] Upper Woolhampton is part of the civil parish of Woolhampton, and lies in the West Berkshire unitary authority district and the Newbury parliamentary constituency.[1] [4]