Compton
Built-up area in West Berkshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.516, -1.255 |
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| OS grid ref: | SU 51 79 |
| Population: | 1,571 |
| Dialling code: | 01635 (Newbury) |
Compton is a small village and civil parish in West Berkshire, a few miles south of Newbury set on the rolling chalk of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Its position on the downs gives it a rural feel of farmland, hedgerows and walking routes, with the downland landscape and nearby valleys reflecting a long history of mixed agriculture and traditional village cottages clustered around a parish church and green.
Locally the economy still leans on farming and small local businesses, while many residents commute to larger centres such as Reading or London. The village has the familiar social trappings of rural Berkshire - a village hall, a pub and community events - and benefits from proximity to the racehorse training country of Lambourn and good road links, so it combines quiet countryside life with reasonable access to regional services.
Postcode districts covering Compton
Most populated places nearby
- Reading 12.6 miles
- Swindon 23.2 miles
- Oxford 16.4 miles
- High Wycombe 23.1 miles
- Basingstoke 18.8 miles
- Bracknell 22.7 miles
- Maidenhead 22.7 miles
- Andover 23.1 miles
- Wokingham 19.3 miles
- Fleet 24.4 miles
- Abingdon-on-Thames 11 miles
- Newbury 8.1 miles
Neighbouring places
- East Ilsley Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Aldworth Parish 2.3 miles
- Hampstead Norreys Built-up area 2.3 miles
- Beedon Parish 2.7 miles
- West Ilsley Parish 3.4 miles
- Yattendon Parish 3.8 miles
- Blewbury Built-up area 3.9 miles
- Aston Upthorpe Parish 4 miles
- Ashampstead Parish 4.1 miles
- Peasemore Built-up area 4.1 miles
- Hermitage Built-up area 4.1 miles
- Chieveley Built-up area 4.2 miles
Example postcodes in Compton
RG20 6RA, RG20 6QU, RG20 6QS, RG20 6QN, RG20 6AA, RG20 6NW, RG20 6NU, RG20 6PA, RG20 7PQ … See all
Transport links
- London Heathrow Airport 34.5 miles
- Southampton Airport 39.3 miles
- Goring & Streatley Railway Station 5.2 miles
- Cholsey Railway Station 5.6 miles
Hotels near Compton Ad
- The Crown & Horns 4 1.7 miles
- The Swan, Streatley, Berkshire 4 4.8 miles
- The Red Lion 3.7 miles
- The Royal Oak, Yattendon 4 4 miles
- YHA Streatley on Thames 3 4.6 miles
- Bull Inn 4.6 miles
- Orida Hotels Newbury 4 5.1 miles
- The Bunk Inn 4 5.1 miles
- The Bull Inn Pub 6.3 miles
- Milton Hill 3 6.9 miles
Schools in Compton
- Compton C.E. Primary School Primary
- The Downs School Secondary
Local points of interest
- Didcot Railway Centre Museum 6.8 miles
- Newbury Racecourse Recreation 8.6 miles
- Aldermaston Court Estate 10.2 miles
- Sulhampstead House Estate 10.6 miles
- Swyncombe House Estate 12.4 miles
- Crowsley Park Estate 13.1 miles
- Madejski Stadium Stadium 13.4 miles
- Mortimer Lodge Estate 13.6 miles
- Kassam Stadium Stadium 14 miles
- Mortimer House Estate 14.1 miles
- University of Reading University 14.3 miles
- The Vyne Historic site 16.1 miles