Towns & cities · South East England
Wargrave
Wargrave — village and civil parish in Borough of Wokingham, Berkshire, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Nearest railway station
- Wargrave · 0.7 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Wargrave is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. It covers approximately 16,280,000 km². Recent population estimates put it at around 3,803 people. Wikidata describes it as: "village and civil parish in Borough of Wokingham, Berkshire, England, UK". Coordinates: 51.4990°, -0.8670°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Chilterns
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Wargrave () is a historic village and civil parish in Berkshire, England. The village is primarily on the River Thames but also along the confluence of the River Loddon and lies on the border with southern Oxfordshire. The village has many old listed buildings, two marinas with chandlery services for boats, a boating club and rises steeply to the northeast in the direction of Bowsey Hill, with higher parts of the village generally known as Upper Wargrave. In Upper Wargrave is a Recreation Ground with a cricket club, bowls club, football pitches and tennis club. Wargrave is situated in the A321 road 7 miles (11 km) from both Maidenhead and Reading and 3 miles (4.8 km) from Henley-on-Thames. The village is larger than the county average, having its own railway station on the Henley Branch Line, off the Great Western Main Line from London Paddington; the village is quickly accessible to nearby parts of the M4 corridor, particularly Berkshire and Heathrow Airport and local major centres of employment include Reading and Maidenhead, with smaller businesses and additional commercial facilities in nearby Henley-on-Thames and Wokingham.
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Background
History
]] The first documentary evidence of the settlement was recorded in 1061 which indicates that it was a village and had a manor in the feudal system. The Domesday Book of 1086 records the settlement as having a population of 250. Wargrave Manor occupies its medieval site on the northern outskirts, bounded by its lower meadow that overlooks Wargrave Marsh below it, which is drained farmland downstream and the local primary floodplain. However this building, while also grade II listed, is larger, with a modest landscaped park. It is late Georgian and altered later in a painted stucco with moulded, chamfered quoins, moulding over second floor windows, hipped slate roof with several chimneys,…
Description
in Wargrave]] There are marinas and Wargrave Boating Club for those who use the River Thames for leisure and sport. In August, the Wargrave & Shiplake Regatta is held over two days on the Shiplake riverbank opposite. The regatta combines serious and light-hearted racing in canoes, dinghies, dongolas and skiffs. It is the largest community event of the year having taken place since 1867. The event ends with a large firework display on the Saturday night. Wargrave is mentioned in Jerome K. Jerome's, 1889 book Three Men in a Boat, a humorous account of a boating holiday on the River Thames:
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- Coordinates
- 51.4990, -0.8670
- District
- Wokingham
- Parish
- Wargrave
- Postcode
- RG10 8DW
- Parliamentary constituency
- Wokingham
- Population
- 3,803
- Nearest railway station
- Wargrave — 0.7 km
- Official site
- www.wargrave.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q598948 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Wargrave (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Church Street, Wargrave, c. 1888.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Wargrave?
- Wargrave is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode RG10 8DW), in the parish of Wargrave.
- Is Wargrave a protected site?
- Yes — Wargrave is part of the Chilterns National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Wargrave free to visit?
- Yes, Wargrave is free to enter.
- How do I get to Wargrave?
- The nearest railway station is Wargrave, about 0.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode RG10 8DW.