Kintbury

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title: "Kintbury" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["kintbury", "villages-in-berkshire", "civil-parishes-in-berkshire", "west-berkshire-district"] topic_path: "general/kintbury" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintbury" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
type	Village and civil parish
official_name	Kintbury
static_image_name	St. Mary's Church and Houses in Kintbury view from the canal.jpg
static_image_caption	St. Mary's Church and Houses in Kintbury, view from the canal.
coordinates
os_grid_reference	SU3867
population	2534
population_ref	(2011 census)
area_total_km2	34.92
civil_parish	Kintbury
unitary_england	West Berkshire
region	South East England
lieutenancy_england	Berkshire
country	England
post_town	Hungerford
postcode_district	RG17
postcode_area	RG
dial_code	01488
constituency_westminster	Newbury
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Kintbury is a village and civil parish in the West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England, between the towns of Newbury and Hungerford. The village has a convenient railway to and , proximity to other transport and local cultural destinations, including Roman and Norman sites, and forms part of a very large Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the North Wessex Downs which extends from the River Thames at Streatley to West Wiltshire. The parish includes the hamlets of Clapton, Elcot and Winding Wood.

Amenities

Amenities in the village have included the Church of England parish church, primary school, a post office, a corner shop, and a bakery. A Roman Catholic youth retreat and work centre, St Cassian's Centre, is south-west of the village centre, between Inglewood and Titcomb. There are two pubs in the village; The Blue Ball and The Dundas Arms. The village has sports facilities including tennis, bowls and football clubs, as well as an indoor leisure centre. The village has an area of Site of Special Scientific Interest on its south eastern border called Catmore and Winterly Copses. The Village has a Local nature reserve called Kintbury Newt Ponds. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Kennet_and_Avon_Canal_at_the_Dundas_Arms,Kintbury-geograph.org.uk-_6270.jpg" caption="Dundas Arms on the Kennet and Avon Canal"] ::

Points of Interest

The village has an area of Site of Special Scientific Interest on its south eastern border called Catmore and Winterly Copses. The Village has a Local nature reserve called Kintbury Newt Ponds.

Transport

Kintbury railway station in the village is served by local services from and to . The Kennet and Avon Canal runs through the village at Kintbury Lock. A horse drawn widebeam canal boat runs public trips from Kintbury, either towards Newbury or towards Hungerford.

Sport and leisure

The village holds an annual "Ray Boxshall Orienteering Fun Day". An orienteering event named after Ray Boxshall who was heavily involved in running the event in the years before he died. Kintbury has two amateur dramatic societies - The Kintbury Players (who generally perform comedic plays), and St Mary's Drama Group who perform an annual pantomime in the Easter half term holiday. Kintbury has a Sports and Leisure centre - the Kintbury Jubilee Centre, run by the community for the community, with fitness classes, clubs, and a hall available to hire. The Jubilee Centre has three tennis courts and is home to Kintbury Tennis Club.

Kintbury is also home to Wessex League club Kintbury Rangers F.C., who play at the Recreation Ground. Notable former players include Southampton F.C striker Charlie Austin and former Everton player Brett Angell.

Notable residents

George Cherry (1822–1887), cricketer and barrister
Robert Harris, author of well-known novels including Fatherland, Enigma and Pompeii
Anthony Howard, political journalist, attended school there.
Roger Mortimer (horse racing journalist) spent his final years living in Kintbury.
Chapman Pincher lived there for many years.
Sir Gordon Richards, 26 times champion jockey, spent his final years there and is buried there.
William Winterbourne, hanged at Reading Gaol for his part in the Swing Riots of 1830, buried in the churchyard

Demography

::data[format=table title="'''2011 Published Statistics: Population, home ownership and extracts from Physical Environment, surveyed in 2005'''"] | Output area||Homes owned outright||Owned with a loan||Socially rented||Privately rented||Other||km2 roads||km2 water||km2 domestic gardens||Usual residents ||km2 | |---| | Civil parish | ::

References

[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005]
"Kintbury Bakery".
"The Dundas Arms Hotel | Pub With Rooms & Restaurant In Kintbury".
[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271002597%27 Magic Map Application]
"Kintbury Newt Ponds". Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust.
"Catmore and Winterly Copses | Site-of-special-scientific-interest | Planning Data".
"Search | Berks Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust".
Image of Kintbury Lock .[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6273 Geograph.org] Retrieved 2014-12-8
"Kintbury Tennis Club home page".
(27 March 2023). "Danny Langford appointed as new Kintbury Rangers boss".
Fort, Hugh. (13 December 2020). "The pretty river-side Berkshire village with three amazing pubs".
"Robert Harris".

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