Beggarwood

Beggarwood
Beggarwood
 Beggarwood shown within Hampshire
OS grid referenceSU612490
DistrictBasingstoke and Deane
Shire countyHampshire
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town BASINGSTOKE
Postcode district RG22
Dialling code 01256
Police Hampshire
Fire Hampshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK ParliamentBasingstoke
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Coordinates: 51°14′14″N 1°07′28″W / 51.237163°N 1.124491°W / 51.237163; -1.124491

Beggarwood is a housing estate of Basingstoke, in the English county of Hampshire. The estate is located approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south-west of Basingstoke town centre. It was built almost completely in one phase between 2001 and 2009. There is a shop, a nursery, http://www.kiddicaru.com/nurseries_basingstoke.htm, a pharmacy, a dentist and a doctors' surgery, http://www.beggarwoodsurgery.co.uk/ on Broadmere Road.

Beggarwood Park

The Beggarwood Park is to the north of the estate. There are plans to provide a play area within the park. The Beggarwood Wildlife Group is encouraging chalk land fora to grow in the park. http://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/leisure/conservation/Old+Down+and+Beggarwood+Wildlife+Group.htm

Basingstoke Golf Club

Basingstoke Golf Club lies to the north west of the Beggarwood Estate. The club was established in 1907 in the grounds of Kempshott House. Kempshott House was demolished in the 1960s, Kempshott Estate.

Basingstoke Golf Club http://www.basingstokegolfclub.co.uk/pages.php/index.html

Public Transport

The Stagecoach Buses no 8 & 12 serve the Beggarwood estate. See the Stagecoach tite for timetables, http://www.stagecoachbus.com/timetables.aspx

Connectivity

Beggarwood suffers from some of the worst connectivity in and around the basingstoke area.
Broadband speeds of an estimated 0.3-1.2 Mbps. No fiber connectivity exists.
Mobile Signal is poor to non-existent when indoors and Edge/GPRS when outdoors. (Depending on the area of beggarwood)

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