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Shaw-cum-Donnington

Shaw-cum-Donnington
Lake, Donnington - geograph.org.uk - 1791043.jpg
Lake, lawn and house at Donnington Grove, the area's hotel resort.
Footpath across Barley Field - geograph.org.uk - 35846.jpg
Public footpath across barley field, typical of the north of the area.
Shaw-cum-Donnington is located in Berkshire
Shaw-cum-Donnington
Shaw-cum-Donnington
Shaw-cum-Donnington shown within Berkshire
Area 8.6 km2 (3.3 sq mi)
Population 1,686 (2011 census)
• Density 196/km2 (510/sq mi)
OS grid reference SU4767
• London 51 miles (82 km)
Civil parish
  • Shaw cum Donnington
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NEWBURY
Postcode district RG14, RG18 (small part)
Dialling code 01635
Police Thames Valley
Fire Royal Berkshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Berkshire
51°24′54″N 1°18′54″W / 51.415°N 1.315°W / 51.415; -1.315Coordinates: 51°24′54″N 1°18′54″W / 51.415°N 1.315°W / 51.415; -1.315

Shaw-cum-Donnington is a civil parish in West Berkshire, Berkshire, England with all of its urban or suburban area immediately north of () the largest town in the district, Newbury. It comprises the villages of Shaw and Donnington and contains the partially ruined castle of Donnington Castle which has most of its various outside walls intact.

The area is mostly green space but where developed is almost entirely residential with shops and cafés. It has housing immediately north of (contiguous with) the town of Newbury. It comprises the villages of Shaw and Donnington and contains the partially ruined castle of Donnington Castle which has most of its various outside walls intact.

The ecclesiastical parish church which crosses the River Lambourn bounding the civil parish to the south for a few hundred metres, is of the same name and otherwise of about the same borders. It has one church which has an active Church of England community at Shaw.

Shaw, the eastern clustered development also has the area's Church of England primary school.


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