Cliddesden is a village and a parish in Hampshire, England located 3 miles south of Basingstoke, close to the M3 motorway. In the 2001 census it had a population of 489, increasing to 497 at the 2011 Census.[1] The land and housing are currently protected as it is within a Conservation Zone and has many areas of beauty and rolling countryside.
The village was formerly served by Cliddesden railway station on the now defunct Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway. The station was used in the making of several films. In the 1937 film Oh, Mr Porter!, Cliddesden appeared as 'Buggleskelly'. A short length of railway track was installed in the centre of the Viables Roundabout in Basingstoke in 1976 to commemorate the line at a point close to its original route.[2] The B3046 runs through the village centre.[3]
About 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the southwest lies one of the highest points on the Hampshire Downs, Farleigh Hill (208 m).[3]
Location
Position: grid reference SU631489
Nearby towns and cities: Alton, Andover, Basingstoke, Newbury, Winchester
Nearby villages: Axford, Dummer, Ellisfield, Farleigh Wallop, Herriard, Hook, Kingsclere, North Waltham, Oakley, Old Basing, Overton, Steventon, Whitchurch.
References
- ^ a b "Civiul Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ Southern Evening Echo 11-03-1976
- ^ a b Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map series.
External links
Media related to Cliddesden at Wikimedia Commons
- Organisations
- Cliddesden Village Hall
- Cliddesden Community Conservation Group (3CG)
- Cliddesden Primary School
- St Leonard's Church, Cliddesden
- Environment
- Miscellaneous
- Map sources for Cliddesden
- Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway
