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Sherfield on Loddon | |
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The village duck pond | |
Location within Hampshire | |
Population | 1,636 (Census, 2001) 3,107 (2011 Census)[1] |
OS grid reference | SU680580 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | HOOK |
Postcode district | RG27 |
Dialling code | 01256 |
Police | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
Sherfield on Loddon—formerly Sherfield upon Loddon[2]—is a village and civil parish in the English county of Hampshire. It is located at grid reference SU680580, approximately 12 miles (19 km) south of Reading and 6 miles (10 km) north of Basingstoke.
At the 2001 census it had a population of 1,594. This had increased to 1,644 at the 2011 Census, with a further 1,463 assigned to the Sherfield Park development on the edge of Basingstoke,[3] prior to it being separated to form a parish of its own in 2016.