Great Bedwyn
Great Bedwyn is a village and civil parish in the east of the English county of Wiltshire.
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Location
Great Bedwyn is located some five miles south-west of Hungerford and seven miles south-east of Marlborough, on the Kennet and Avon Canal and the West of England Main Line railway to the West Country. Although a relatively small village, Great Bedwyn is the site of Bedwyn railway station and is the terminus of the rail commuter service from London and Reading, acting as a railhead for the town of Marlborough to which it is linked by buses which connect with the trains.
Position: grid reference SU278645
Nearby towns and cities: Hungerford, Marlborough, Newbury, Swindon
Nearby villages: Little Bedwyn, Chisbury, Wilton, Froxfield, Burbage, Shalbourne
Nearby places of interest: Crofton Pumping Station, Wilton Windmill
Local Government
Great Bedwyn is a civil parish with an elected parish council. It falls within the areas of Kennet District Council and Wiltshire County Council. All three councils are responsible for different aspects of local government.
In the 2002 census, the parish had a population of 1,347.
See also
External links
Sources
- Wiltshire County Council Website page on Great Bedwyn, retrieved 18:50 Oct 29, 2004 (UTC)
- Kennet District Council Website page on Great Bedwyn Parish, retrieved 18:50 Oct 29, 2004 (UTC)