Lower Woodcott

Lower Woodcott
Lower Woodcott
	Lower Woodcott Lower Woodcott shown within Hampshire
OS grid reference	SU4440454702
Civil parish	Litchfield and Woodcott ;
District	Basingstoke and Deane ;
Shire county	Hampshire ;
Region	South East ;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WHITCHURCH
Postcode district	RG28
Dialling code	01256
Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Basingstoke ;
	List of places UK England Hampshire 51°17′23″N1°21′53″W / 51.2897°N 1.3646°W Coordinates: 51°17′23″N1°21′53″W / 51.2897°N 1.3646°W

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Lower Woodcott is a small village in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, Englannd. Its nearest town is Whitchurch, which lies approximately 4.3 miles (6.7 km) south-east from the village.

Basingstoke and Deane is a local government district and borough in Hampshire, England. Its primary settlement is Basingstoke. Other settlements include Bramley, Tadley, Kingsclere, Overton, Oakley, Whitchurch and the hamlet of Deane, some 7 miles (11 km) from Basingstoke.

Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England. The county town is the city of Winchester. Its two largest cities, Southampton and Portsmouth, are administered separately as unitary authorities; the rest of the county is governed by Hampshire County Council.

Whitchurch is a town in Hampshire, England. It is on the River Test, 13 miles (21 km) south of Newbury, Berkshire, 12 miles (19 km) north of Winchester, 8 miles (13 km) east of Andover and 12 miles (19 km) west of Basingstoke. Much of the town is a Conservation Area. Because of the amount of wildlife in and near the River Test, its course and banks are designated as Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Governance

The village is part of the civil parish of Litchfield and Woodcott,^[1] and is part of the Burghclere, Highclere and St Mary Bourne ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council.^[2] The borough council is a Non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council.

In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government, they are a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of ecclesiastical parishes which historically played a role in both civil and ecclesiastical administration; civil and religious parishes were formally split into two types in the 19th century and are now entirely separate. The unit was devised and rolled out across England in the 1860s.

Litchfield and Woodcott is a civil parish in the English county of Hampshire.

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties in a two-tier arrangement.

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References

↑ "Hampshire County Council's legal record of public rights of way in Hampshire" (PDF). 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
↑ "Basingstoke and Deane Wards info". 2010. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2011.

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[1] "Hampshire County Council's legal record of public rights of way in Hampshire" (PDF). 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2011.

[2] "Basingstoke and Deane Wards info". 2010. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2011.

v t e Towns, villages and hamlets in the Basingstoke and Deane District of Hampshire, England
	Towns	Basingstoke Tadley Whitchurch
	Civil parishes	Ashford Hill with Headley Ashmansworth Baughurst Bradley Bramley Burghclere Candovers Chineham Cliddesden Deane Dummer East Woodhay Ecchinswell, Sydmonton and Bishops Green Farleigh Wallop Hannington Herriard Highclere Hurstbourne Priors Kingsclere Laverstoke Litchfield and Woodcott Mapledurwell and Up Nately Monk Sherborne Mortimer West End Newtown North Waltham Nutley Oakley Old Basing and Lychpit Overton Pamber Popham Preston Candover Rooksdown Sherborne St John Sherfield on Loddon Sherfield Park Silchester St Mary Bourne Steventon Stratfield Turgis Tunworth Upton Grey Weston Corbett Weston Patrick Winslade Wootton St Lawrence
	Villages and hamlets	Adbury Aldermaston Soke Aldern Bridge Andwell Ashe Ashe Warren Ashford Hill Ashley Warren Axford Axmansford Binley Bishop's Green Bramley Corner Bramley Green Broadmere Brock's Green Brown Candover Charter Alley Chilton Candover Cole Henley Dunley East Oakley Ecchinswell Ellisfield Ewhurst Freefolk Hare Warren Headley Heath End Ibworth Inhurst Litchfield Little London Lower Woodcott Lower Wyke Malshanger Mapledurwell Middle Wyke Nately Scures Newfound Newnham Newtown Common North Oakley North Sydmonton Old Basing Old Burghclere Pamber End Pamber Green Pamber Heath Penwood Plastow Green Quidhampton Ramsdell Southrope Stoke Spanish Green Sydmonton Tufton Warren Up Nately Upper Woodcott Upper Wootton Tufton Turgis Green Wadwick Wells-in-the-Field West Heath Whitnal Whitway Woolton Hill Wolverton Wolverton Common
	Districts of Basingstoke	Brighton Hill Hatch Warren Kempshott Oakridge South Ham Winklebury Worting Viables

Lower Woodcott
Lower Woodcott Lower Woodcott shown within Hampshire
OS grid reference	SU4440454702
Civil parish	Litchfield and Woodcott
District	Basingstoke and Deane
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WHITCHURCH
Postcode district	RG28
Dialling code	01256

Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire
Ambulance	South Central

EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Basingstoke
List of places UK England Hampshire 51°17′23″N1°21′53″W / 51.2897°N 1.3646°W / 51.2897; -1.3646 Coordinates: 51°17′23″N1°21′53″W / 51.2897°N 1.3646°W / 51.2897; -1.3646

Lower Woodcott

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