Letcombe Bassett

Letcombe Bassett
Source of Letcombe Brook
Letcombe Bassett Location within Oxfordshire
Population	148 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	SU3785
Civil parish	Letcombe Bassett
District	Vale of White Horse
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Wantage
Postcode district	OX12
Dialling code	01235
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Didcot and Wantage
Website	Letcombe Bassett Parish Meeting
List of places UK England Oxfordshire 51°33′47″N 1°27′47″W / 51.563°N 1.463°W / 51.563; -1.463

Letcombe Bassett is a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3 km) southwest of the market town of Wantage in the Vale of White Horse. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred the Vale of White Horse to Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 148.^[1] The village is a spring line settlement, being the source of Letcombe Brook at the foot of the Berkshire Downs escarpment. Hackpen, Warren & Gramp's Hill Downs Site of Special Scientific Interest is in the parish.^{[citation needed]}