Shaw cum Donnington
Civil parish
Lake, lawn and house at Donnington Grove, the area's hotel resort.
Public footpath across barley field, typical of the north of the area.
Shaw cum Donnington is located in Berkshire
Shaw cum Donnington
Shaw cum Donnington
Location within Berkshire
Area8.6 km2 (3.3 sq mi)
Population1,686 (2011 census)[1]
• Density196/km2 (510/sq mi)
OS grid referenceSU4767
• London51 miles (82 km)[2]
Civil parish
  • Shaw cum Donnington
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWBURY
Postcode districtRG14
Dialling code01635
PoliceThames Valley
FireRoyal Berkshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament

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.

Demography

2011 Published Statistics: Population, home ownership and extracts from Physical Environment, surveyed in 2005[1]
Output areaHomes owned outrightOwned with a loanSocially rentedPrivately rentedOtherkm2 roadskm2 waterkm2 domestic gardensUsual residentskm2
Civil parish23121616283130.2400.1100.49416868.6

References

  1. 1 2 Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005
  2. ↑ Grid reference Finder measurement tools
  3. ↑ "Shaw cum Donnington parish". The Church of England. Retrieved 11 December 2014.

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