Crays Pond
Crays Pond is a hamlet situated in the parish of Goring Heath in South Oxfordshire. Crays Pond is about 2.4 miles (3.9 km) northeast of Goring-on-Thames and about 7.0 miles (11.3 km) northwest of Reading, Berkshire.
Crays Pond | |
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Crays Pond Location within Oxfordshire | |
OS grid reference | SU 63688 80576 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Postcode district | RG8 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Oxfordshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
Notable residents
Notable residents of Crays Pond include the Russian ballet dancers Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov who both lived in the same Russian-owned safe house at different times.[1]
In 2016 Crays Pond 71-year old resident Doreen Pechey became the oldest person in Britain to pass the Royal Academy of Dance's grade 6 ballet exam and was dubbed "Britain's oldest ballerina".[2]
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