| Southend | |
|---|---|
 St Peter's Church, Southend Bradfield | |
  Southend Location within Berkshire | |
| Population | 738 (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 | |
Southend or Bradfield Southend is a small rural village in the west of the civil parish of Bradfield in the English county of Berkshire.[a][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 Area | Households with Cars/Vans | Households without | % without | Population 2011 Census |
Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E00082166 (east half) | 130 | 14 | 10.7% | 388 | 61 hectares (150 acres) |
| E00082167 (west half) | 135 | 1 | 0.7% | 350 | 57 hectares (140 acres) |
Notable residents
Sisters Kate and Pippa Middleton lived here with their family throughout the 1980s.[6]
Citations and footnotes
- ^ Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005
- ^ "No dataset selected - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".
- ^ "Our Churches". 2bsd. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ "Plan Your Journey | Traveline".
- ^ "Session expired - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".
- ^ Party Pieces Princess in News of the World dated 21 November 2010, p. 4
- ^ Upper Bucklebury to Bramfield
External links
Media related to Southend, Bradfield at Wikimedia Commons
This page was last edited on 2 June 2022, at 16:02