3-bedroom house · SN6 8RS
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About
This three-bedroom semi-detached home is situated on the edge of Watchfield in a well-regarded development.
Lapwing Lane has excellent transport links of the A420 to Swindon and Oxford as well as numerous walks on your doorstep.
Benefitting from driveway parking, a garage, and a good-sized enclosed rear garden, this property would suit first time buyers, downsizers, and investors alike.
The accommodation comprises a well-appointed and recently fitted kitchen with floor and wall mounted shaker style units.
This is open plan to the living / dining room which is very bright and has French double doors out to the conservatory. This provides excellent additional reception space and overlooks the garden.
On the first floor are two double bedrooms and a single bedroom. The master offers fitted wardrobes and an en-suite shower room. The family bathroom completes the accommodation.
Outside there is a single garage with off road parking in front. The private rear garden is a good-size and has a decked area and is predominantly laid to lawn.
Please note there is a service charge on the development for the upkeep of common areas Watchfield has a charming village centre with a church, village hall and public house, and a small shopping centre with a public house and a restaurant near the roundabout with the A420.
The Defence Academy of the United Kingdom provides post-graduate level education for UK and overseas military personnel.
Many students and staff live in the village and play an active part in community life.
The excellent village primary school has children from several different countries, which makes for an interesting learning environment.
Together, Watchfield and Shrivenham make one of the larger village areas within the Vale of the White Horse and are located to the north east of Swindon (circa 5 miles) and to the south west of the market town of Faringdon (circa 5 miles).
A bypass built in 1984 ensures that the rural atmosphere of both villages is preserved. Shrivenham also has an extremely active community.
There is a lovely tree-lined high street with shops, restaurants, public houses, a doctors’ surgery, and Methodist and Church of England churches.
There is also a newly built primary school with nursery, and a golf course. Both villages are ideally located for access to the M4 at Swindon and the A420 leading to Oxford and beyond.
There is a frequent bus service from Swindon to Oxford and back.
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