Cliddesden

Cliddesden
Cliddesden
	Church of St Leonard
	Cliddesden Location within Hampshire
Population	497 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	SU6335049017
District	Basingstoke and Deane;
Shire county	Hampshire;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BASINGSTOKE
Postcode district	RG25
Dialling code	01256
Police	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Fire	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Basingstoke;
	List of places UK England Hampshire 51°14′13″N 1°05′38″W / 51.236830°N 1.093964°W

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.