Ramsdell is a small village in the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

Wootton St Lawrence with Ramsdell Wootton is an English place name meaning ''place by the wood''. The standard pronunciation rhymes the first syllable with ''foot''. Places ;Places in England called Wootton *Wootton, Bedfordshire *Wootton Fitzpaine, Dorset *Wootton, New Forest, ham ...

, in the

Basingstoke and Deane Basingstoke and Deane is a local government district with borough status in Hampshire, England. The main town is Basingstoke, where the council is based. The district also includes the towns of Tadley and Whitchurch, along with numerous vil ...

district, in the English county of

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. Ramsdell neighbours with Charter Alley only 1/2 mile up the road. The town of

Tadley Tadley is a town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England, north of Basingstoke and south west of Reading, Berkshire, Reading. During the 1950s and 1960s, the Atomic Weapons Estab ...

is away with the nearest shops. Ramsdell lies near other towns the largest being

Basingstoke Basingstoke ( ) is a town in Hampshire, situated in south-central England across a valley at the source of the River Loddon on the western edge of the North Downs. It is the largest settlement in Hampshire without city status in the United King ...

(7 miles) with Newbury only in the other direction. Other nearby villages include West Heath, Stoney Heath, Baughurst, Monk Sherborne, and

Wootton St Lawrence Wootton St Lawrence is a small village in the civil parish of Wootton St Lawrence with Ramsdell, in Hampshire, England, west of Basingstoke. The name is derived from the Old English ''wudu tun'' meaning woodland settlement or farm. History Th ...

Village life

Ramsdell is a typical English village with the

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traditionally being the main focal point and also with a

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village hall A village hall is a public building in a rural or suburban community which functions as a community centre without a religious affiliation. United Kingdom In the United Kingdom, a village hall is a building which is owned by a local gover ...

and a community

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located by the cricket ground along with a children's play park. The focal point of the village is the cross roads right in the centre where Basingstoke Road meets Ewhurst Lane and Monk Sherborne road. Christ Church is located on one of the corners with the village hall nearby. Events in Ramsdell include weekly cricket matches in the summer months, a bi-annual Fete and an annual village tennis tournament. There is also a monthly ladies' club meeting in the village hall. The local pub is called the White Hart.

Transport

Ramsdell is located from the A339 which links Basingstoke to Newbury. From Basingstoke the M3 links to

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and

Southampton Southampton is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. It is located approximately southwest of London, west of Portsmouth, and southeast of Salisbury. Southampton had a population of 253, ...

. A bus service operates in term time to the Clere school and St. Gabriel's School both in Newbury. Basingstoke station is the nearest main railway station linking to

and the south coast but Bramley station only away links to

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. The nearest

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s are

() and London Heathrow ()

References

External links

Ramsdell conservation area proposal
* {{authority control Villages in Hampshire Basingstoke and Deane