Kidmore_End

Kidmore End

Kidmore End

Human settlement in England

Not to be confused with Cadmore End.

Kidmore End is a village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, centred 6 miles (10 km) NNW of Reading, Berkshire, an important regional centre of commerce, research and engineering. It is in the low Chiltern Hills, partly in the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The A4074 from Reading towards Oxford passes through the west of the parish and it is located 6 miles from Henley on Thames.

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Amenities and geography

The village is dispersed into four built-up streets or small clusters of homes and has half-timbered cottages, housing ranging from early Georgian to a few late 20th century and early 21st century homes [2] and a public house, the New Inn.[3] The Church of England parish church of Saint John the Baptist, designed by Arthur Billing, was built in 1852.[4] The village school was opened in 1856 and is now a Church of England primary school.[5] Kidmore End Cricket Club plays in the Thames Valley Cricket League.[6] The nearest shop, café and small business services are in Sonning Common, centred 0.5 miles (1 km) north-east. The area is about 3 miles (5 km) long at its longest (north-west to south-east) and includes the named localities of Gallowstree Common by a wooded common, Cane End, Chalkhouse Green and Tokers Green.[7]

Land use

The land use statistics published with the 2011 census show that the area was mostly greenspace, which is agriculture and woodland in this area, with the next highest land use category being domestic gardens, followed by roads, non-domestic buildings and domestic buildings.[8]

Nearest places

References

  1. [1]
    "Area: Kidmore End CP (Parish): Parish Headcounts". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
  2. [2]
    Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 673.
  3. [3]
    The New Inn
  4. [4]
    Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 672.
  5. [5]
    Kidmore End School
  6. [6]
    Kidmore End Cricket Club Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  7. [7]
    Bendall 2000, p. 89.
  8. [8]
    Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005

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