Former Horris Hill School, Horris Hill, Newtown, Newbury, RG20
Key Features
- Opportunity to acquire a former day and boarding preparatory school (Use Class C2), with academic, boarding and residential properties set in extensive grounds
- Located in the attractive rural location of Newton, Hampshire
- Available as a whole or in lots
- Well-maintained buildings and grounds suitable for continued educational use or redevelopment
- Includes several residential properties which could be acquired separately
- Offered freehold with vacant possession
- Various opportunities for alternative uses including residential, retirement, care or other mixed uses, subject to the usual consents
- Price on Application
Description
The school is located in Newtown, a sought-after village on the outskirts of Newbury in Hampshire. The property is located within Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council in an attractive rural location just under a mile from the village of Newtown. Newtown is a predominantly residential village on the outskirts of Newbury. The neighbouring properties include generally detached houses with large gardens and large areas of both open grassland and woodland. The nearest town is Newbury, 2.6 miles to the north, with Basingstoke 12.4 miles to the south east.
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-07-17
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
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- Water
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- Heating
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- Broadband
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- Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions
- Public Rights of Way
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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- Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
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- Parking
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- Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
1.8 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
Predicted 4G and 5G signal; indoor signal depends on building materials.
Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.
Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.
Nearest Schools
Primary
- Falkland Primary School1.1 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 422
- Type
- Community school
- Highwood Copse Primary School1.2 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 149
- Type
- Free schools
- Burghclere Primary School1.3 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 95
- Type
- Community school
- John Rankin Infant and Nursery School1.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 2 to 7
- Pupils
- 240
- Type
- Academy converter
- John Rankin Junior School1.8 milesOfsted: Inadequate *
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Pupils
- 311
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
Secondary
- Park House School1.1 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Pupils
- 981
- Type
- Academy converter
- The Clere School1.2 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 382
- Type
- Community school
- St Bartholomew's School1.9 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,905
- Type
- Academy converter
- Trinity School3.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,349
- Type
- Academy converter
- Kennet School4.5 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,824
- Type
- Academy converter
* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.
Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.
Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.
Amenities
Supermarket
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.
Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.
Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.
Flood Risk
Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Planning map: Flood Zone 1.
Surface water
Not at the pin: mapped about 10 metres away.
These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.
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