Pangbourne
Sign in to savePangbourne is a village and civil parish on the River Thames in the West Berkshire unitary area of the county of Berkshire, England. Pangbourne has shops, churches, schools and a village hall. Outside its grouped developed area is an independent school, Pangbourne College.
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Place details
- Locality
- Pangbourne
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 3,802
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.type
- Village and civil parish
- UK place.static_image_name
- uk-pangbourne-centre.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Pangbourne village centre
- UK place.official_name
- Pangbourne
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.civil_parish
- Pangbourne
- UK place.unitary_england
- West Berkshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Berkshire
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire
- UK place.population
- 3277
- UK place.population_ref
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- West Berkshire
- Population
- +2981
- Area
- +679.25
- Body of water
- River Pang
- Image
- Uk-pangbourne-centre.jpg
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- P12749
- Helene Böhlau
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- Geography
- History
- Governance
- Transport
- Recreational Groups
- Pangbourne and District Silver Band
- Pangbourne Twinning Association
- Pangbourne Tennis Club
- 1st Purley and Pangbourne (Scouts)
- Pangbourne Rotary Club
- Demography and land use
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Pangbourne is a village and civil parish on the River Thames in the West Berkshire unitary area of the county of Berkshire, England. Pangbourne has shops, churches, schools and a village hall. Outside its grouped developed area is an independent school, Pangbourne College.
==Toponymy== Pangbourne's name is recorded from 844 as Old English Pegingaburnan (dative case), which means "the stream of the people of [a man called] Pǣga".