๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Architect Clough Williams-Ellis is associated with Compton. He was an active supporter of the National Trust, and the Council for the Protection of Rural England.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Compton is a village and civil parish in the River Pang valley in the Berkshire Downs about 6 miles (9.7ย km) south of Didcot.
Geography Compton is buffered from neighbouring settlements by cultivated fields to all sides. The village is in a gently-sloped dry valley and the fledgling Pang seasonally enters from the north west and discharges in the south east and may be joined at the centre of the village by the Roden from the north, when winter bournes rise to fill their channels. Elevations vary from 95 to 155ย m (312 to 509ย ft) AOD. Compton has a site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) just to the south west of the village, called Ashridge Wood.
Parish church The bell tower of the Church of England parish church of Saint Mary and Saint Nicholas was built in the 13th century and has Perpendicular Gothic features that were added in the 15th century. In 1850 the nave and chancel were modernised or rebuilt and in 1905 the Gothic Revival architect John Oldrid Scott added the north aisle.
Former railway In 1882 the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway was completed through the parish and Compton railway station was opened. British Railways withdrew passenger services from the line and closed Compton station in 1962. BR had closed Compton goods yard by 1964. Through freight traffic was withdrawn in 1964 and the line was closed and dismantled during 1967.
Bus service From 18 February 2013, Compton is served by Newbury and District bus services 6 and 6A from Newbury.
Education The academically successful The Downs School local authority secondary school is in Compton. In the 21st century its new science building was named The Hubble after American astro-physicist Edwin Hubble. Compton Church of England Primary School is located on School Road. The school emblem is a stag.
One section of the Institute for Animal Health, now the Pirbright Institute was at Compton, along with the Edward Jenner Institute for Vaccine Research.
Economy: Industry Despite Compton being a small village, in 2006 it became the founding place of a chemical manufacturing company called Carbosynth. Since 2019, it has merged with Swiss company Biosynth AG within the fine chemical industry and now operates under the name Biosynthยฎ.
Compton has a population of over 1,571 people. Compton also forms part of the wider West Berkshire District which has a population of over 158,450 people. It is also a part of the larger Berkshire County. Compton is situated near Newbury.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Architect Clough Williams-Ellis is associated with Compton. He was an active supporter of the National Trust, and the Council for the Protection of Rural England.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Newham 51.517
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Ealing 51.518
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Finsbury 51.522
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Maidenhead 51.523
๐ฉ๐ช Senftenberg 51.526
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ St Pancras 51.526
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Acton 51.514
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ City of London 51.513
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Hayes 51.513
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Tower Hamlets 51.509
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Slough 51.508
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Bridgend 51.507
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Thurrock 51.507
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Oxford -1.25
๐ฌ๐ญ Cape Coast -1.247
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Kirkby-in-Ashfield -1.245
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Middlesbrough -1.237
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Middlesborough -1.236
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Didcot -1.232
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Loughborough -1.224
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Rugby -1.26
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Sutton-in-Ashfield -1.261
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Abingdon -1.267
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Locks Heath -1.269
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Bolsover -1.288
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Newport -1.288
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Abingdon-on-Thames -1.29
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Ryde -1.302
Locations Near: Compton -1.253,51.515
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Didcot -1.232,51.602 d: 9.8
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Newbury -1.323,51.401 d: 13.6
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Abingdon -1.267,51.667 d: 16.9
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Abingdon-on-Thames -1.29,51.678 d: 18.3
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Oxford -1.25,51.75 d: 26.1
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Reading -0.967,51.45 d: 21.1
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Basingstoke -1.09,51.262 d: 30.3
๐ณ๐ฟ Blenheim -1.361,51.841 d: 37
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Witney -1.49,51.78 d: 33.7
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Andover -1.477,51.207 d: 37.6
Antipodal to: Compton 178.747,-51.515
๐ณ๐ฟ Dunedin 170.474,-45.884 d: 19143.9
๐ณ๐ฟ Otago 170.483,-45.867 d: 19143
๐ณ๐ฟ Christchurch 172.617,-43.517 d: 19014.5
๐ณ๐ฟ Rolleston 172.383,-43.583 d: 19013
๐ณ๐ฟ Timaru 171.249,-44.397 d: 19047.6
๐ณ๐ฟ Balclutha 169.75,-46.233 d: 19134.3
๐ณ๐ฟ Canterbury 171.58,-43.543 d: 18979.2
๐ณ๐ฟ Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 18837.6
๐ณ๐ฟ Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 18833.3
๐ณ๐ฟ Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 18833.3