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| Highclere Village Hall The Village Hall is available to all Groups,Societies, Clubs and for Social events. To find out the current charge rates for hiring the hall, please telephone 01635 253860. |
| Highclere Castle
One of England’s great country houses, home of the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon |
| Woolton Hill Junior School
Our local junior school |
| Our Member of Parliament
Sir George Young, our Member of Parliament has one of the most active web sites of any MP. It now includes an “Ask an MP” feature in which Sir George invites questions from constituents on any topic. |
| Woolton Hill Post Office and Stores
Our local Post Office is on the web – newspapers, groceries, off-licence, national lottery, video rental. |
| Tesco Direct
Tesco now supports Internet shopping and home delivery in the Highclere area. There is a charge of £5 per delivery. You choose a two-hour delivery time slot between 10am-10pm Monday to Saturday or 10am-3pm Sunday. |
| Newbury Weekly News
The main local newspaper for Newbury and West Berkshire |
| Newbury Town Centre Management
Responsible for development of the Town centre |
| Newbury Show
A major agricultural and district show, held in September each year. Their website has now been revamped and is much more informative. For dates of this year’s Show see our Diary page. |
| Woodhay Picture Gallery
See and buy paintings and etchings by today’s British Artists. The Online Gallery is open year-round and there are regular exhibitions, see our diary for details of the next one. |
| The Corn Exchange
Newbury’s Town Centre arts and cultural venue – professional and amateur plays, shows, concerts and films. Order tickets for the Corn Exchange through Ticketlinks and help towards the cost of our Village website! |
| Newbury Rugby Club
The site has details of the fixture list, club facilities and membership. A season ticket costs £50. |
| Newbury Community Website
There is a forum for public discussion and an events calendar to which you can add events. |
| The Newbury Show
Held every year in September at the purpose built showground close to the M4/A34 junction. |
| The Clere School
Our local secondary school for children up to GCSE. |
| Queen Mary’s College, Basingstoke
One of the sixth form and further education colleges available for local children following their GCSEs. But don’t bother trying it – their website is simply a page saying “this site is under construction”! |
| Newbury College
Our local college of further education. Their web site has been substantially upgraded and now includes an online prospectus. Also a “Virtual Newbury College” initiative for online learning. |
| Cricklade College, Andover
One of the sixth form (and higher education) colleges available for local children after their GCSEs. |
| Hampshire County Council
The County Council’s home page. |
| HantsWeb
A large and long-established site with many local Hampshire links and directories, run by Hampshire County Council |
| Communities Online
Communities Online is a support organisation for local community websites and other local initiatives that use the Internet for local community purposes. |
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| St Martin’s Primary School, East Woodhay
A Church of England school for children 4-11 years, established as a National School in 1834. |
| The Hawk Conservancy, Weyhill (near Andover)
Open to the public, with flying demonstrations most afternoons, this specialist facility is the UK’s leading centre for the conservation and study of Birds of Prey. |
| Autumn Cottage Diary
Personal notes about crafts, nature, and other matters by local resident Roz Cawley. “Autumn Cottage” is a three-hundred-year-old house in Penwood. |
| Kick FM
Our very own local radio station. The website tells you what is on air when, who’s who, and how to get your local news on to Kick FM (see the “Feedback” link). |
| The Newbury Society
The Society is “dedicated to improving the environment of the attractive and historic town of Newbury, Berkshire, UK”. Their website provides and events diary, information about the Town, historical information and online copies of the Society’s newsletter. However we couldn’t find information on “how to join”? |
| Newbury Building Society
Our local mortgage lender and savings society – still mutual! |
| Meridian Television
Our local TV station, based in Newbury and covering the South and South East. See our Local Directory for contact details. |
| Badger’s Heritage -
Badger’s Heritage sells mounted prints of pen and ink drawings of scenes from Hampshire and surrounding counties, this link takes you direct to Robert Brock’s pen and ink drawing of Highclere Church. |
| The Anvil, Basingstoke
Modern performing arts venue. The website has a complete “What’s On” section. The Anvil regularly hosts Symphont orchestra concerts. |
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| Ticketlinks
When you use Ticketlinks to order your theatre or cinema tickets online, this earns a small commission payment which helps to maintain our Highclere and District website. |
| Highclere Farm www.highclerefarmnewbury.co.uk
Local bed and breakfast near Highclere Castle |
| Andover Town Central
This is a local website for and about Andover, run by a local computer company. It includes a directory of local businesses, but it isn’t clear whether entries in the directory are free (which would make the directory more comprehensive) or paid advertising. |
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| Hampshire Constabulary
Lots of interesting stuff here as well as contact details for our local police. |
| Basingstoke and District Grapevine
A quite comprehensive site with lots of information about organisations, services and activities in and around Basingstoke. |
| Newbury Spring Festival
Newbury’s big music and arts event, with activities to suit all tastes, from symphony concerts to jazz and light entertainment. The 2001 Festival starts on Saturday 5th May, but you wouldn’t know that from the Festival’s web site which (sadly) seems to look back rather than forwards! |
| Food for Thought
All aspects of catering and hospitality for private parties, business events, weddings and other social functions.Telephone 01635 253816 |
| This is Hampshire
Site with a collection of information about local activities and places in Hampshire, including sections sponsored by the Basingstoke & North Hampshire Gazette. |
| Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke
The web site includes “What’s on now” and “What’s on next”, seating plan and various ways to book (but no online booking as yet). Quite a lively presentation of their programme. |
| UK Online Citizens Portal
New Government “one stop shop” linking public services for citizen access. You can register as a user, which opens up access to government consultations and citizen-to-citizen discussion. There is a “life episodes” feature that links government info and services to particular activities, for example: “dealing with crime”, “going on holiday”, “moving home”. Don’t get too excited, the “portal” is in its early days. But I did manage to find and complete an online form for passport renewal! |
| Thorngrove School
Preparatory (fee-paying) school located in Highclere, for pupils aged 2+ to 13 years. A straightforward, informative site, though it would be good to see more work from the pupils – at present the site is simply an online brochure. |
| Winchester Cathedral
Don’t visit Hampshire without pausing for a while to pray here and to marvel at the shrines of Kings and Queens and other notables, the workmanship of middle ages craftsmen, and the continuity of Christian tradition. The choir is good too! For a very interesting and well-constructed (unofficial) “tour of Winchester Cathedral”, visit http://home.clara.net/reedhome/winchester/main.htm. This site is image-rich and pages do take time to appear, but the wait can be worthwhile. |
| The Watermill Theatre
Newbury’s famous little theatre, in a converted watermill set in lovely gardens, stages a series of original productions every year. The performance standards are generally excellent and the Watermill often gets favourable reviews in the national as well as the local press. |
| Newbury Operatic Society
A simple page at the Newbury Community site – out of date when visited at the end of May 2000, it stillshows the April 2000 Mikado as their next show. |
| St Nicolas Church, Newbury
The parish church of Newbury town centre has a very active Christian programme and is also the venue for the key symphony concerts in the Newbury Spring Festival. |
| Berkshire Learning and Skills Council
This has taken over responsibility for publicly funding post-16 years training in Berkshire. For West Berkshire it lists the following organisations: * i a g – information advice & guidance (http://www.berkshire-iag.org.uk/) * Education-Business Link, phone 279900 * Way Ahead Careers (http://www.wayahead-careers.co.uk) * Newbury College (www.newbury-college.ac.uk) * West Berkshire Adult and Community Learning (though the web url given for this is just the West Berks Council site – www.westberks.gov.uk) * West Berkshire Local Learning Partnership (same website) * Work-based Training Providers (0800 775566) How anyone is meant to find their way through this mish-mash is a great mystery! |
| St Michael and All Angels, Highclere
The Parish Church of Highclere has a separate section at this website, with diary, news, details of the pattern of worship and many Christian links. |
| Grace before (and after) meals
A collection of “grace” prayers suitable for many occasions, brought together by a nice guy called Tim. |
| The Children’s Society
Working at the grass roots to reach and help vulnerable children and young people. |
| What is at www.highclere.com?
Our address is highclerevillage.com because highclere.com was already “taken” when Rod Chamberlain generously registered and donated the name and the first months of the site hosting. www.highclere.com is the address of Glazebrook & Co., Inc, who sell the “Glazebrook Collection” of fine English silver from premises in Rancho Mirage, California, USA. We have written to ask why they chose the name Highclere. |
| Highclere in Tasmania
There’s a town called Highclere in Tasmania. So far the only online reference we’ve found is a list of post towns at this site, plus the fact that the North West Tasmania Aeromoddellers Club flies there (http://www.nwaeromodellers.com/). Any further links please let us know! |
| East Woodhay website
The site has a noticeboard, parish council section, local links and some interesting local history as well as a very neat page that provides the local bus timetables. |
| St Mary Bourne Parish (church site)
Highclere and St Mary Bourne are in the same ward for District Council elections, although the two villages are about seven miles apart! There is a wandering cross-country road between them, through Crux Easton, Woodcott and Egbury, but the quickest way is round two sides of the triangle via Hurstbourne Tarrant (which is in a quite different ward – indeed a different district council – Test Valley!). However the very beautiful country along both the A343 and B3048 makes the journey rewarding! |
| Newbury Library Online
Did you know that you can now search the Library catalogue on the Internet? Sadly its the same pretty basic and unhelpful user interface as you get when you visit and use it at the library, but at least they are trying! You can also renew your books online. Not obvious how to log in. Go to ‘catalogue’ then select ‘Membership Details’ from the top card index menu. You need a pin which you can get when you visit the library. And it’s easy to make an error when entering the very long ‘library card number’. However, once you get through, and get your library card number and pin number right, renewing a book is swift and easy. |
| Kingsclere Village Website
Launched in March 2002, the site has an attractive “Tabs” index and lots of local information. It would be nice to see more pictures! |
| Kingsclere – History and Genealogy
Interesting site with extracts from a range of historical materials about Kingsclere and its surrounding area. |
| Country Land and Business Association
Among other things, the association is running a campaign for better support to broadband Internet provision in rural areas. |
| Countryside Alliance
Organisers of the Liberty and Livelihood march in London in September 2002. What started mainly as a campaign against the banning of foxhunting has broadened to become a general programme lobbying on countryside and rural matters. |
| The Red House Pub
For real ale, good food, traditional pub games – and the meeting place of our History Group. |
| Newbury Theatre Website
This enterprising site has details of all (so far as one can tell) live theatre venues, clubs etc in the area as well as the live theatre in Oxford, Basingstoke and Reading. There’s a very useful page showing what’s on around the area by date. |
| New Era Players
A local theatre club (Wash Common), distinguished by having its own theatre, and worth joining to enjoy their performances even if you have no ambition to perform, direct, make costumes or paint scenery! |
| Newbury Nomads
Nomads are a small dramatic arts group who present one major show a year in the Corn Exchange, as well as organising many social events and activities. New members welcome. |
| Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke
Click to find out what’s on when. The Haymarket is a lively theatre, complete with bars and restaurant. |
| Basingstoke and Deane Rural Strategy
This page at the District Council site describes “a co-ordinated framework for addressing issues facing rural areas”. There is a 4.5 .pdf file that can be downloaded. |
| Basingstoke and Deane Local Plan
This section of the District Council site give details of the local planning strategy. The Basingstoke and Deane website has no mention of village design statements – at least according to their site search facility. |
| Hampshire Schools
page with links to some school websites and details of all state schools in the County |
| Angela Maxwell State Benefit Consultant
Everything you wanted to know about state benefits. |
| BERKSHIRECAM
A weekly updated site of views in and around the Royal County of Berkshire plus much more. |
| Fabulous Weddings
Fabulous Wedding will take a way the stress for your special day…Wedding Planning and Coordination with your perfect planning partner, working creatively with you. A Wedding Isn’t A Wedding Unless It’s A Fabulous Wedding…. |
| Basingstoke & Deane District Council
An effective and useful website, where an increasing proportion of the council’s services are ‘online’ or have online connections. Highclere is at the far Northern boundary of the Basingstoke & Deane district council’s area. Although geographically and administratively we are in Hampshire our nearest town is Newbury and postally we are in Berkshire (postcodes starting “RG” for Reading). We rely on our District Councillors to make sure the Basingtoke council doesn’t forget us out here in the rural hinterland! |
| Hampshire County Council
The County was one of the first in the UK to put significant emphasis on its website, which includes the general purpose ‘hantsnet’ site as well as information about and from the council. Highclere is part of the ‘Whitchurch and Clere’ division for county council elections and our present representative is Councillor John Wall, a Liberal Democrat. Turnout in the ward in 2001 was 68%, down from 77% in 1997. |
| Berkshire Cam
Excellent photographs from in and around our neighbouring county. |
| Newbury Athletic Club
A useful website but with annoying popups! |
| Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
The Borough council’s website continues to improve. There are now online forms through which you can email a contact in each department. And some departments even publish a departmental email address. All planning applications are listed online and in some cases the details are also accessible. |
| The Wayfarers’ Walk
The Wayfarers Walk extends 70 miles between the coast near Portsmouth and Inkpen Beacon just across the Berkshire border. It connects with other long distance paths at Emsworth (the Sussex Border Path), at Bedhampton (the Solent Way) and at Inkpen Beacon (the Test Way). Linking with the Wayfarers Walk are six circular walks each consisting of a network of paths of varying distances. Near the villages of Burghclere and Kingsclere the Wayfarer’s Walk traverses Watership Down, the setting for Richard Adams’ best-selling book of the same name about a community of rabbits. |
| The White Horse at Uffington
The White Horse of Uffington, with its elegant lines of white chalk bedrock, is thought to be the oldest hill figure in Britain. The image is a stylised representation of a horse (some would say dragon) some 374 feet in length, and is thought to date back as far as 1000BC in the late Bronze Age. |
| Kennet and Avon Canal
Fifty-seven miles of man made waterway, linking the River Avon to the west with the River Kennet to the East, and including the famous Caen Hill flight of no less than 16 locks! |
| Savernake Forest
Privately owned, but with plentiful public access )keep to the paths!), this beauty spot is just this side of Marlborough, off the A4. |
| Accidents and Emergencies
North Hampshire Hospital, Basingstoke. Go to Basingstoke via Kingsclere and then follow the signs from the Basingstoke ring road. Driving time about 25 minutes. There is a minor injuries unit (8am-10pm only) at the Community Hospital in Thatcham, use the A34 and A4, the hospital is on the left off the A4 between Newbury and Thatcham. |
| North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Highclere is within the boundary of the AONB, which provides protection against inappropriate development. The website includes the Management Plan. This is the largest AONB in the South East and the third largest nationally. |
| The Ridgeway – National Trail
North of the A4 but readily accessible. 137 km (85 miles) long, much of it following the ancient chalk ridge route used by prehistoric man, The Ridgeway offers the chance to get away from the bustle of life in this busy part of England. Perfect, but not too strenuous, for long distance use, this Trail is also ideal for day trips or less. |
| Basingtsoke Voluntary Services
Support, help and information for all kinds of voluntary services and organisations. together with a ‘volunteer bureau’ which helps people who want to do voluntary work to choose and get in touch with appropriate organisations. |
| The ARK – Basingtoke’s Medical Research Centre
An International facility on our doorstep. |
| Bus and other timetables
This excellent site now includes local bus timetables – enter your postcode and destination. |
| highclerefilmclub
Films for the villagers of Highclere and surrounding areas. |
| Highclere Society
The Highclere Society’s own website – opened 2008 |
| Berkshire garden services
Berkshire garden services was founded in 2001 to provide well managed, Professional garden services and grounds maintenance services in berkshire and the surrounding areas. The inspiration behind the business is simple. To provide a proffessional, efficient and easy to use garden services for both commercial and private clients, while keeping exemplarary high standards. The complete 21st Century garden services solution. We suggest viewing our garden services gallery to see the different examples of our work. Once you are satisfied, please call us to arrange a meeting where we can assess your individual requirements, quickly and effectively. We look forward to hearing from you. |
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