Beggarwood

Beggarwood
Beggarwood  Beggarwood shown within Hampshire
OS grid reference	SU612490
District	Basingstoke and Deane
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BASINGSTOKE
Postcode district	RG22
Dialling code	01256
Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Basingstoke
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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)