Gallowstree Common

Gallowstree Common
The Reformation Public House
Gallowstree Common is located in Oxfordshire
Gallowstree Common
Gallowstree Common
Location within Oxfordshire
OS grid referenceSU6980
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townReading
Postcode districtRG4
Dialling code0118
PoliceThames Valley
FireOxfordshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
WebsiteKidmore End Parish Council
List of places
UK
England
Oxfordshire
51°30′58″N 1°00′22″W / 51.516°N 1.006°W / 51.516; -1.006

Gallowstree Common is a hamlet in South Oxfordshire, England,[1][2] about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north of Reading, Berkshire.

The village had a public house, the Reformation, which was controlled by the Brakspear brewery. In 2023, the brewery sold the pub garden for housing and the pub is to be turned into a veterinary surgery.[3] Antony Worrall Thompson was chef at an earlier public house in the village, the Greyhound, which closed in 2009.[4] In 2011, a Diamond Jubilee Pavilion was constructed at a recreation ground in the hamlet at a cost of £590,000; it hosts Kidmore End Cricket Club.[5]

The village has two woods: New Copse[6] and Withy Copse.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Roberts, Hannah (24 March 2022). "Abandoned Berkshire cottage auctioned off for well over its guide price as 25 people compete to bid". BerkshireLive. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  2. ^ French, Andrew (17 October 2020). "Brave soldier's conviction for landlady's murder 'unsafe'". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Village pub being turned into veterinary surgery". Henley Standard. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  4. ^ Serck, Linda (26 January 2009). "Last orders for AWT pub". BBC Berkshire. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Pavilion not viable after costs soar, says council". Henley Standard. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Ash trees that profited from Great Storm are under threat of disease". Henley Standard. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2024.