Lower Shiplake
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 Lower Shiplake's meadows with wading Egyptian geese and parish church viewed from the Berkshire side of the River Thames. |
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 Shiplake
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| Shiplake shown within Oxfordshire | |
| Area | 4.44 km2 (1.71 sq mi) |
| Population | 1,954 (2011 Census) |
| • Density | 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | SU7678 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Henley-on-Thames |
| Postcode district | RG9 |
| Dialling code | 0118 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Shiplake.net |
Shiplake is a two-centred village and rural civil parish on the left bank of the River Thames centred 2.3 miles (3.7 km) south of Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, England. Binfield Heath away from the Thames was once part of the parish.
Shiplake railway station is the only through station on the Henley Branch Line. The railway crosses the Thames via the iron-girder Shiplake Railway Bridge which built in 1897. The line has train services connected to the national network requiring a change at Twyford to the south. Shiplake College is a large independent school which has many listed buildings.
The A4155 main road from Henley to Reading, Berkshire passes the western edge of the village, but does not go through the village itself.
The parish church dedicated to St Peter and St Paul dates from at least the 13th century and is the centre of the ecclesiastical parish of Shiplake in the diocese of Oxford. In 1869 the Gothic Revival architect, G. E. Street, rebuilt the chancel, north aisle, parts of the south aisle and replaced all its windows' traceries. The church is a Grade II* listed building
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