Southend, Berkshire

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Southend
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St Peter's Church, Southend Bradfield
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Southend
Location within Berkshire
Population738 (2011 census) [1]
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town READING
Postcode district RG7
Dialling code 0118
Police Thames Valley
Fire Royal Berkshire
Ambulance South Central
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Berkshire
51°25′58″N1°08′32″W / 51.4328°N 1.1421°W / 51.4328; -1.1421 (Southend) Coordinates: 51°25′58″N1°08′32″W / 51.4328°N 1.1421°W / 51.4328; -1.1421 (Southend)

Southend or Bradfield Southend is a small rural village in the west of the civil parish of Bradfield in the English county of Berkshire. [lower-alpha 1] [2] Until the 1965 opening of its church it was a hamlet. In the 2011 census it had 738 residents, forming 33.9% of the civil parish's recorded population.

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Church

St Peter's Church in Southend, Bradfield is in a shared Church of England parish with Bradfield. Opened in 1965, the church seats 100. [3]

Transport

Buses 41 to and from Thatcham stop several times a day in the village. [4] The nearest railway station is Aldermaston, about 3 miles (4.8 km) by road to the south.

Governance

Administratively it is in West Berkshire, below which the civil parish council is responsible for minor recreational and events amenities, as well as being a statutory force and consultee in the town and country planning local plans and for all applications submitted within its area.

After each Periodic review since its 1885 creation, Southend has consistently been in the Newbury Westminster constituency.

Demography

Excluding outlying farms and cottages of Bradfield, Southend, often shown on maps as Bradfield Southend, comprised two Output Areas of the 2011 census. The number of households who had no car or van was 5.7% divided as follows: [5]

Output AreaHouseholds with Cars/VansHouseholds without% withoutPopulation
2011 Census
Area
E00082166 (east half)1301410.7%38861 hectares (150 acres)
E00082167 (west half)13510.7%35057 hectares (140 acres)

Notable residents

Sisters Kate and Pippa Middleton lived here with their family throughout the 1980s. [6]

Citations and footnotes

  1. Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005
  2. "No dataset selected - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".
  3. "Our Churches". 2bsd. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  4. "Plan Your Journey | Traveline".
  5. "Session expired - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".
  6. Party Pieces Princess in News of the World dated 21 November 2010, p. 4
  1. Upper Bucklebury to Bramfield

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