Jump to content

Beggarwood

Add links
Coordinates: 51°14′14″N 1°07′28″W / 51.237163°N 1.124491°W / 51.237163; -1.124491
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 5.80.40.158 (talk) at 21:44, 8 May 2018 (Update for the new Community Centre). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Beggarwood
Beggarwood is located in Hampshire
Beggarwood
Beggarwood
Location within Hampshire
OS grid referenceSU612490
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBASINGSTOKE
Postcode districtRG22
Dialling code01256
PoliceHampshire and Isle of Wight
FireHampshire and Isle of Wight
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Hampshire
51°14′14″N 1°07′28″W / 51.237163°N 1.124491°W / 51.237163; -1.124491

Beggarwood is a housing estate of Basingstoke, in the English county of Hampshire. The estate is located approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south-west of Basingstoke town centre. It was built almost completely in one phase between 2001 and 2009. There is a shop,[1] a nursery,[2] a pharmacy,[3] a dentist,[4] a doctors' surgery,[5] and allotments[6] on Broadmere Road.[citation needed]

Beggarwood Park

The Beggarwood Park is to the north of the estate. There is a play area within the park, which was built in 2010. The Beggarwood Wildlife Group is encouraging chalk land fora to grow in the park.[7]

Beggarwood Community Centre

A new Community Centre for Beggarwood was built in 2018, it is located on the edge of Beggarwood Park, next to the Co-op. It also has a brand new Cafe.

Basingstoke Golf Club

Basingstoke Golf Club lies to the north west of the Beggarwood Estate. The club was established in 1907 in the grounds of Kempshott House. Kempshott House was demolished in the 1960s, Kempshott Estate.

Basingstoke Golf Club [8]

Public Transport

The Stagecoach Buses no 8 & 12 serve the Beggarwood estate. See the Stagecoach tite for timetables[9]

References

  1. ^ https://finder.coop.co.uk/food/store/RG22-4AQ/57-58-broadmere-road
  2. ^ http://www.kiddicaru.com/our-nurseries/basingstoke-nursery/
  3. ^ http://www.boots.com/en/Store-Locator/Boots-Basingstoke-Beggarwood-Surgery/
  4. ^ http://www.beggarwooddental.com/
  5. ^ http://www.beggarwoodsurgery.co.uk
  6. ^ https://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/allotments
  7. ^ http://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/leisure/conservation/Old+Down+and+Beggarwood+Wildlife+Group.htm
  8. ^ http://www.basingstokegolfclub.co.uk/pages.php/index.html
  9. ^ http://www.stagecoachbus.com/timetables.aspx


Stub icon

This Hampshire location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beggarwood&oldid=840280044"