Woolton Hill
| Woolton Hill | |
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 St Thomas Church (Woolton Hill Church) |
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 Woolton Hill
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| Woolton Hill shown within Hampshire | |
| OS grid reference | SU433615 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWBURY |
| Postcode district | RG20 |
| Dialling code | 01635 |
| Police | Hampshire |
| Fire | Hampshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | East Woodhay parish council |
Woolton Hill is a village in Hampshire, England, within the civil parish of East Woodhay. The village is situated approximately 10 kilometres (six miles) south-west of Newbury and encompasses the smaller hamlet of Broad Layings within its Northern borders. It has a church, church (village) hall, sports club, youth football club, post office, nursery, infants and junior schools and a pub (The Rampant Cat).
An area of farmland, woodland and scattered houses until the mid-eighteenth century, when the new church was built (as a 'daughter church' to the much older ecclesiastical parish of East Woodhay). The village grew rapidly during and since the 1950s and is now much larger (in population terms) than the neighbouring and contiguous village of Highclere. Due to the village's proximity to the A34 road it was the scene of many demonstrations during "the third battle of Newbury" when the Newbury bypass was being built in the 1990s.
Woolton Hill is served by the Stagecoach bus service 7 and 7A from Newbury and Andover.Woodhay railway station used to serve the village on the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway until its closure in the 1960s.The road on which the station lie is still called 'Station Road'. The disused railway line became, in part, the route for the A34 Newbury Bypass.
The village of Woolton Hill is part of the civil parish of East Woodhay and is part of the East Woodhay ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council. The borough council is a Non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council.
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