East Ilsley is a downland village north of Newbury, lying immediately east of the A34 within the North Wessex Downs National Landscape. It is a good fit for buyers who want open countryside and a close community without giving up quick road access to Newbury, Oxford and the M4. Our Newbury team handle sales, lettings and property management in East Ilsley and nearby villages such as West Ilsley, Compton and Hampstead Norreys.
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SALES
01635 35010
LETTINGS
01635 581991
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
01635 523707
ADDRESS
118 Bartholomew Street, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 5DT
At Jones Robinson, estate agents serving East Ilsley, we value your home.
We give an accurate, honest view of what your home is worth, and we understand that leaving a village home is a big decision. Our Newbury team at 118 Bartholomew Street, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 5DT handle sales, lettings and property management for East Ilsley and the downland villages around it, reached by heading south down the A34. We help sellers achieve the right price, act as letting agents for landlords, and can manage your rental from start to finish.
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East Ilsley sales and lettings are handled by our Newbury team, who will be your point of contact from the first valuation through to completion or move-in day. Our Newbury office is rated 4.9 out of 5 from over 2,600 Google reviews.
Call the Newbury team: 01635 35010
Areas we cover around East Ilsley: West Ilsley, Compton, Hampstead Norreys, Beedon, Peasemore, Chieveley, Brightwalton, Farnborough and Aldworth.
Life in East Ilsley is shaped by the Downs. The Ridgeway National Trail passes beneath the A34 about a mile north of the village, and footpaths lead out across open downland in every direction. In the centre, the pond and the small green give the village its character, and The Crown and Horns on Compton Road, a 250-year-old inn serving food and real ales, is popular with walkers coming off the Ridgeway. The Ilsleys Primary School is on Church Hill, federated with the primary school at nearby Hampstead Norreys, and Newbury is the main centre for shopping and services.
For centuries this was sheep country. A charter of 1620 formalised a sheep fair held here since the reign of Henry II, and through the nineteenth century it was the second largest in the country after Smithfield, with up to 80,000 sheep penned in a single day. Racehorses have been trained on the surrounding gallops for around 200 years, the famous Eclipse was foaled nearby in 1764, and racing is still part of everyday life, with a trainer based at Summerdown. The Grade I listed, partly Norman Church of St Mary overlooks brick and flint cottages grouped around the pond and green, with later houses on the village edges.
The A34 runs past the village, linking south to Newbury and the M4 at Chieveley and north to Didcot and Oxford. Compton's station closed in 1962, so rail commuters typically drive to Didcot Parkway for direct services to London Paddington, and buses 6 and 6A connect East Ilsley with Newbury.
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