Yateley
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Yateley is a suburban town
and civil parish in the English
county of Hampshire
. It lies in the north-eastern corner of Hart District Council
. It includes the settlements of Frogmore
and Darby Green
. It had a population of 21,011 according to the 2001 census
. The four wards that comprise Yateley and their 2001 populations are Yateley East (5,168), Yateley North (5,078), Yateley West (5,149), and Frogmore & Darby Green (5,616). The 2009 projection was 20,214, according to the Hart District Council website . Yateley Town Council is one of the few local councils to have been recognised under the national 'Quality Council' award scheme.
national route, lined by Yateley Common and Blackbushe Airport
. It lies some 35 miles (56 km) west-south-west of London
and 15 miles (24 km) south of Reading
.
, the Dog & Partridge public house
and the village green is still referred to as 'the village'. Yateley Green is a larger open area slightly to the west where there are tennis courts, a playground, Town Council offices and 'The Tythings' community hall and is the location for the annual May Fayre, one of the largest events of its kind in southern England. Yateley Cricket
Club is situated adjacent to the Blackwater Valley golf course
, off Chandlers Lane. There are several traditional public houses, besides the Dog & Partridge: the White Lion, the Royal Oak, the Cricketers, the Anchor and The Highwayman (formerly Poets' Corner, formerly the Monteagle Arms, formerly The Lanes).
For a town harbouring in excess of 20,000 residents, Yateley has relatively few amenities due to its proximity to several larger population centres such as Farnborough
, Camberley
, Bracknell
and Reading
. Therefore Yateley town centre is somewhat underdeveloped relative to the needs of its population and resembles the centre of a large village rather than a sizeable commuter town
. The town still retains its village hall which lies a short walk from the village centre close to the heart of the Yateley Conservation Area.
and Guildford
with a slowly improving standard of public transport but with no direct link to London. It also contains within its boundaries the Blackbushe Airport complex, which caters for leisure flights, flying lessons and small business flight operations. The complex also contains a thriving car auction, a go-kart track, parts of an abandoned World War II
airfield, i.e. those parts of RAF Hartfordbridge that are not now part of Blackbushe Airport, and is the venue for the popular Blackbushe Sunday Market. It also has several bus routes such as the 3 (Stagecoach Group) and the 71, 81 and 82 (Fleet Buzz).
Darby Green and Potley FC - Darby Green FC and Potley and Frogmore FC merged with each other in 2010 due to lack of players.
'Yate' meaning 'Gate' (into Windsor Forest) and 'Lea' which was a 'forest clearing'. The town's logo is a three-barred gate with the keys of Saint Peter
(the church dedication) and the Tudor rose
of Hampshire. The parish was originally much larger, covering both Blackwater and Hawley
.
Yateley Hall in the town dates from the 13th century, but the town itself was mentioned in the Domesday Book
of 1086. In the early 17th century, Monteagle Farm was one of the minor properties of the 'discoverer' of the Gunpowder Plot
, Lord Monteagle
. A tradition has grown up that some of the first plans for the plot were put together there, but this is highly unlikely. However, roads of the residential area around Monteagle Lane have been named after some of the conspirators in memory of the connection.
Through the next few centuries, Yateley developed into a coaching-hub between London and Reading. Local legend has it that the curate of Yateley, named Parson Darby, was a highwayman
who used the Reading Road as his main stamping ground. Darby Green, where he was hanged, is named after him. The "beast" of Yateley Morris Men is a hooden horse wearing a highwayman's disguise, in memory of Parson Darby.
The Yateley Society is a registered charity one aim of which is to research and provide information to the public on the history, natural history, architecture and geography of Yateley.
in School Lane and Frogmore Community College
on the Reading Road are both comprehensive secondary schools
. They also both have leisure centres, and Yateley School has a 6th Form.
Following the closure and amalgamation of St Peter's Church of England
Junior School and Yateley Infant School a new Primary School opened in September 2010, Cranford Park CE Primary School . which caters for around 200 students, the new school will move into state of the art facilities on Cranford Park Drive in September 2011.
Other schools in Yateley are Westfields Infant and Junior Schools in School Lane for around a total of 630 students. Potley Hill Primary School, located next to Frogmore Community College, caters for 200 students and Newlands Primary School, in Dungells Lane, caters for around 200.
Yateley Manor School is an independent school
catering for around 500 pupils aged 3 to 13.. The majority of pupils from Yateley go on to Lord Wandsworth College
, Wellington College, Berkshire
and Farnborough Hill. The school is a very active supporter of chess and strongly recognizes the benefits of chess in the curriculum. It has just (2008) become the new sponsor of the National Schools Chess Championships .
The nearest university is the University of Reading
, its Whiteknights campus lying 14 miles to the northeast of Yateley.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
and civil parish in the English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
county of Hampshire
Hampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
. It lies in the north-eastern corner of Hart District Council
Hart (district)
Hart is a local government district in Hampshire, England, named after the River Hart. Its council is based in Fleet. It was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the urban district of Fleet, and the Hartley Wintney Rural District.Hart District is one of the...
. It includes the settlements of Frogmore
Frogmore, Hampshire
Frogmore is a small sub-village in the northeast of the civil parish of Yateley in the English county of Hampshire.It adjoins Darby Green and lies between the towns of Yateley and Blackwater....
and Darby Green
Darby Green
Darby Green is part of the parish of Yateley, North East Hampshire, England. The electoral ward of Frogmore and Darby Green is separated from the rest of the parish by a small gap around Clarks Farm, until recently a composting farm in the mushroom producing industry...
. It had a population of 21,011 according to the 2001 census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
. The four wards that comprise Yateley and their 2001 populations are Yateley East (5,168), Yateley North (5,078), Yateley West (5,149), and Frogmore & Darby Green (5,616). The 2009 projection was 20,214, according to the Hart District Council website . Yateley Town Council is one of the few local councils to have been recognised under the national 'Quality Council' award scheme.
Location
Yateley's northern border is the River Blackwater around the Yateley Lakes (including Trilakes Country Park which is actually in the neighbouring parish of Sandhurst in Berkshire). Its southern border is the A30A30 road
The 284 miles A30 road from London to Land's End, historically known as the Great South West Road used to provide the most direct route from London to the south west; more recently the M3 motorway and A303 road performs this function for much of the route and only parts of A30 now retain trunk...
national route, lined by Yateley Common and Blackbushe Airport
Blackbushe Airport
Blackbushe Airport , in the civil parish of Yateley in the north-east corner of the English county of Hampshire, comprises an airfield, much reduced in size since its heyday, a British Car Auctions site, a kart track owned by Camberley Kart Club, and a small business park...
. It lies some 35 miles (56 km) west-south-west of London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and 15 miles (24 km) south of Reading
Reading, Berkshire
Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London....
.
Amenities
Yateley is a residential area with local businesses and light service industries. The B3272 Reading Road acts as the town's main business link, with numerous shops and other businesses located along this road. The area around St Peter's churchChurch of England parish church
A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative region, known as a parish.-Parishes in England:...
, the Dog & Partridge public house
Public house
A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...
and the village green is still referred to as 'the village'. Yateley Green is a larger open area slightly to the west where there are tennis courts, a playground, Town Council offices and 'The Tythings' community hall and is the location for the annual May Fayre, one of the largest events of its kind in southern England. Yateley Cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
Club is situated adjacent to the Blackwater Valley golf course
Golf course
A golf course comprises a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing ground, fairway, rough and other hazards, and a green with a flagstick and cup, all designed for the game of golf. A standard round of golf consists of playing 18 holes, thus most golf courses have this number of holes...
, off Chandlers Lane. There are several traditional public houses, besides the Dog & Partridge: the White Lion, the Royal Oak, the Cricketers, the Anchor and The Highwayman (formerly Poets' Corner, formerly the Monteagle Arms, formerly The Lanes).
For a town harbouring in excess of 20,000 residents, Yateley has relatively few amenities due to its proximity to several larger population centres such as Farnborough
Farnborough, Hampshire
-History:Name changes: Ferneberga ; Farnburghe, Farenberg ; Farnborowe, Fremborough, Fameborough .Tower Hill, Cove: There is substantial evidence...
, Camberley
Camberley
Camberley is a town in Surrey, England, situated 31 miles southwest of central London, in the corridor between the M3 and M4 motorways. The town lies close to the borders of both Hampshire and Berkshire; the boundaries intersect on the western edge of the town where all three counties...
, Bracknell
Bracknell
Bracknell is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Bracknell Forest in Berkshire, England. It lies to the south-east of Reading, southwest of Windsor and west of central London...
and Reading
Reading, Berkshire
Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London....
. Therefore Yateley town centre is somewhat underdeveloped relative to the needs of its population and resembles the centre of a large village rather than a sizeable commuter town
Commuter town
A commuter town is an urban community that is primarily residential, from which most of the workforce commutes out to earn their livelihood. Many commuter towns act as suburbs of a nearby metropolis that workers travel to daily, and many suburbs are commuter towns...
. The town still retains its village hall which lies a short walk from the village centre close to the heart of the Yateley Conservation Area.
Transport
Yateley is a mainly commuter town with excellent private car links to London, Reading, AldershotAldershot
Aldershot is a town in the English county of Hampshire, located on heathland about southwest of London. The town is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council...
and Guildford
Guildford
Guildford is the county town of Surrey. England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the administrative headquarters of the South East England region...
with a slowly improving standard of public transport but with no direct link to London. It also contains within its boundaries the Blackbushe Airport complex, which caters for leisure flights, flying lessons and small business flight operations. The complex also contains a thriving car auction, a go-kart track, parts of an abandoned World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
airfield, i.e. those parts of RAF Hartfordbridge that are not now part of Blackbushe Airport, and is the venue for the popular Blackbushe Sunday Market. It also has several bus routes such as the 3 (Stagecoach Group) and the 71, 81 and 82 (Fleet Buzz).
Football Team(s)
Yateley FC - Yateley FC is a club established in 1927 for men's football. In 1967 Yateley Juniors FC was formed for Youth players. In 2008 both clubs merged to form a single club called Yateley FC. They have 13 youth teams from U6s to U18s, and three men's teams.Darby Green and Potley FC - Darby Green FC and Potley and Frogmore FC merged with each other in 2010 due to lack of players.
History
The name Yateley derives from the Middle EnglishMiddle English
Middle English is the stage in the history of the English language during the High and Late Middle Ages, or roughly during the four centuries between the late 11th and the late 15th century....
'Yate' meaning 'Gate' (into Windsor Forest) and 'Lea' which was a 'forest clearing'. The town's logo is a three-barred gate with the keys of Saint Peter
Saint Peter
Saint Peter or Simon Peter was an early Christian leader, who is featured prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The son of John or of Jonah and from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee, his brother Andrew was also an apostle...
(the church dedication) and the Tudor rose
Tudor rose
The Tudor Rose is the traditional floral heraldic emblem of England and takes its name and origins from the Tudor dynasty.-Origins:...
of Hampshire. The parish was originally much larger, covering both Blackwater and Hawley
Blackwater and Hawley
Blackwater and Hawley is a civil parish in the Hart district of Hampshire, England, on the border with Surrey. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 5,849. The parish includes Minley, Blackwater and Hawley, which are both part of the Aldershot Urban Area. It was once part of the...
.
Yateley Hall in the town dates from the 13th century, but the town itself was mentioned in the Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
of 1086. In the early 17th century, Monteagle Farm was one of the minor properties of the 'discoverer' of the Gunpowder Plot
Gunpowder Plot
The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was a failed assassination attempt against King James I of England and VI of Scotland by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby.The plan was to blow up the House of...
, Lord Monteagle
William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle
William Parker, 13th Baron Morley, 4th Baron Monteagle was an English peer, Lord of Morley, Hingham, Hockering, &c., in Norfolk, the eldest son of Edward Parker, 12th Baron Morley , and of Elizabeth Stanley, daughter and heiress of William Stanley, 3rd Baron Monteagle .When quite a youth he...
. A tradition has grown up that some of the first plans for the plot were put together there, but this is highly unlikely. However, roads of the residential area around Monteagle Lane have been named after some of the conspirators in memory of the connection.
Through the next few centuries, Yateley developed into a coaching-hub between London and Reading. Local legend has it that the curate of Yateley, named Parson Darby, was a highwayman
Highwayman
A highwayman was a thief and brigand who preyed on travellers. This type of outlaw, usually, travelled and robbed by horse, as compared to a footpad who traveled and robbed on foot. Mounted robbers were widely considered to be socially superior to footpads...
who used the Reading Road as his main stamping ground. Darby Green, where he was hanged, is named after him. The "beast" of Yateley Morris Men is a hooden horse wearing a highwayman's disguise, in memory of Parson Darby.
The Yateley Society is a registered charity one aim of which is to research and provide information to the public on the history, natural history, architecture and geography of Yateley.
Education
Yateley SchoolYateley School
Yateley School is the largest secondary school in North East Hampshire. The school teaches over 1500 students aged 11 – 16, and the attached sixth form college caters for ages 16–18. The school has Arts College status. The school had its latest Ofsted Report in 2010.Yateley School contains three ...
in School Lane and Frogmore Community College
Frogmore Community College
Frogmore Community College is a state secondary school based in Yateley, Hampshire, UK drawing attendeees from Yateley, nearby Blackwater, Darby Green and Sandhurst...
on the Reading Road are both comprehensive secondary schools
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
. They also both have leisure centres, and Yateley School has a 6th Form.
Following the closure and amalgamation of St Peter's Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
Junior School and Yateley Infant School a new Primary School opened in September 2010, Cranford Park CE Primary School . which caters for around 200 students, the new school will move into state of the art facilities on Cranford Park Drive in September 2011.
Other schools in Yateley are Westfields Infant and Junior Schools in School Lane for around a total of 630 students. Potley Hill Primary School, located next to Frogmore Community College, caters for 200 students and Newlands Primary School, in Dungells Lane, caters for around 200.
Yateley Manor School is an independent school
Independent school
An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...
catering for around 500 pupils aged 3 to 13.. The majority of pupils from Yateley go on to Lord Wandsworth College
Lord Wandsworth College
Lord Wandsworth College, often abbreviated to LWC, is a medium-sized fully co-educational independent school in Hampshire, England. It takes both day and boarding pupils from the ages of 11 - 18. It is set among farmland adjacent to the small village of Long Sutton, near the small town of Odiham...
, Wellington College, Berkshire
Wellington College, Berkshire
-Former pupils:Notable former pupils include historian P. J. Marshall, architect Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, impressionist Rory Bremner, Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge, author Sebastian Faulks, language school pioneer John Haycraft, political journalist Robin Oakley, actor Sir Christopher...
and Farnborough Hill. The school is a very active supporter of chess and strongly recognizes the benefits of chess in the curriculum. It has just (2008) become the new sponsor of the National Schools Chess Championships .
The nearest university is the University of Reading
University of Reading
The University of Reading is a university in the English town of Reading, Berkshire. The University was established in 1892 as University College, Reading and received its Royal Charter in 1926. It is based on several campuses in, and around, the town of Reading.The University has a long tradition...
, its Whiteknights campus lying 14 miles to the northeast of Yateley.
In the media
- Flora ThompsonFlora ThompsonFlora Jane Thompson was an English novelist and poet famous for her semi-autobiographical trilogy about the English countryside, Lark Rise to Candleford.-Early life and family:...
, author of the recently televised period drama 'Lark Rise to CandlefordLark Rise to CandlefordLark Rise to Candleford is a trilogy of semi-autobiographical novels about the countryside of north-east Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, England, at the end of the 19th century. They were written by Flora Thompson and first published together in 1945...
' is recorded in the 1901 Census as living and working in the Yateley Post Office.
- In the hit British TV mockumentaryMockumentaryA mockumentary , is a type of film or television show in which fictitious events are presented in documentary format. These productions are often used to analyze or comment on current events and issues by using a fictitious setting, or to parody the documentary form itself...
The OfficeThe Office (UK TV series)The Office is a British sitcom television series that was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 9 July 2001. Created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the programme is about the day-to-day lives of office employees in the Slough branch of the fictitious...
, lead character David BrentDavid BrentDavid Brent is a fictional character in the BBC television mockumentary The Office, as well as a recurring character in the NBC series of the same name, portrayed by co-writer and director Ricky Gervais. Brent is a white-collar office middle-manager and the principal character of the BBC series...
explains to the audience "When I’m finished with SloughSloughSlough is a borough and unitary authority within the ceremonial county of Royal Berkshire, England. The town straddles the A4 Bath Road and the Great Western Main Line, west of central London...
there’s… ReadingReading, BerkshireReading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London....
, AldershotAldershotAldershot is a town in the English county of Hampshire, located on heathland about southwest of London. The town is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council...
, BracknellBracknellBracknell is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Bracknell Forest in Berkshire, England. It lies to the south-east of Reading, southwest of Windsor and west of central London...
, you know. I’ve got DidcotDidcotDidcot is a town and civil parish in Oxfordshire about south of Oxford. Until 1974 it was in Berkshire, but was transferred to Oxfordshire in that year, and from Wallingford Rural District to the district of South Oxfordshire...
, Yateley…". There is a medium-sized business park located near Blackbushe Airport which has all the hallmarks of Slough's business estate.
- The Dog and Partridge public house in Yateley used to be the official headquarters of the Official Monster Raving Loony PartyOfficial Monster Raving Loony PartyThe Official Monster Raving Loony Party is a registered political party established in the United Kingdom in 1983 by musician and politician David Sutch , better known as Screaming Lord Sutch.-History:...
. Its one-time feline leader, Catmandu, was tragically run over on Reading Road.
- Brendan Phipps, keyboardist for top Madness Tribute band One Step BehindOne Step BehindOne Step Behind is a Madness tribute band from London, UK. They were formed by former Verulam School schoolmates, drummer Kieran McAleer and bass player Sean Kelly in 1993....
grew up in Yateley.
- In the Test the Nation programme on English and spelling broadcast on BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
television, the overall winner from the Internet was a man from Yateley. However, the programme spelt the name of the town, "Yately".
- A number of members of the 1980s band, BreatheBreathe (band)Breathe were a London based group formed in the early 1980s.-Career:Originally a larger, five-person band called Catch 22, all the members were actually childhood friends who went to Yateley School together in Hampshire where they lived. They later trimmed down to a quartet. Phill Harrison left to...
, were from Yateley and attended Yateley SchoolYateley SchoolYateley School is the largest secondary school in North East Hampshire. The school teaches over 1500 students aged 11 – 16, and the attached sixth form college caters for ages 16–18. The school has Arts College status. The school had its latest Ofsted Report in 2010.Yateley School contains three ...
. Richard "Abs" Breen, from the boyband, 5ive, also went to Yateley School, as did Terry Abbott, lead vocalist/guitarist from (the now split) band Vex RedVex RedVex Red were a band from Aldershot, England who merged hard rock with electronica. They were signed to US Producer Ross Robinson's Virgin Records Imprint record label, I Am, after sending a demo EP to Robinson. They litigated their way off the label in late 2002, and singer Terry Abbott formed a...
and currently in SeptembreSeptembreSeptembre are a British alternative rock band formed by the previous singer of Vex Red, Terry Abbott. He formed the band after Vex Red were dropped from their record label in late 2002. After playing a few gigs around the UK and releasing an EP, Septembre had to be put on hiatus due to their bass...
.
- Richie Mills, drummer with now split indie noise-merchants CableCable (British band)Cable were a British alternative rock band, formed in the early 1990s by Matt Bagguley , Darius Hinks , Suza Ward , Pete Darrington and Martin Syvret , followed by Neil Cooper, formerly of The Beyond . Cooper left in 1995 to form Gorilla with other ex-members of The Beyond, and was replaced by...
grew up in Yateley, and attended Yateley School between 1983-1988.
- Sonny BlackSonny BlackSonny Black is a leading acoustic guitarist based in the UK, who plays blues, rags and original compositions usually fingerstyle or slide. "Sonny Black" is a pseudonym adopted when he began the first "Sonny Black's Blues Band"...
a leading UK acoustic guitarist also lives in Yateley.
- Contemporary artist James Robert FordJames Robert FordJames R Ford is a contemporary British mixed media and installation artist.-Work:Ford's projects include House Gymnastics , Feecal the little chocolate starfish , General Carbuncle and Six Degrees of Smoking...
grew up in Yateley and attended Yateley School. A number of his projects, including House GymnasticsHouse GymnasticsHouse Gymnastics is a sport created by James Robert Ford and Spencer Harrison.This fitness regime is akin to an indoor version of Parkour or an internet based, Fluxus "happening", which encourages maximum audience participation. The participant uses their surroundings in their house as apparatus...
, General Carbuncle, and 33 Things to do before you're 10, have taken place in Yateley.
- Bromheads JacketBromheads JacketBromheads are a two-piece English garage rock band originating from Sheffield, England-History:Bromheads was formed in Sheffield in 2005, from the ashes of a band called Fixated. Although often compared to other Sheffield bands who found fame around the same time, such as Arctic Monkeys and...
band lead singer Tim Hampton grew up in Yateley and attended Yateley School. The video for 'Lesley Parlafitt' was filmed in a Yateley pub. Track number 13 on album Dits from the Commuter BeltDits from the Commuter BeltDits From The Commuter Belt is the name of the debut album by the Sheffield band Bromheads Jacket. The album was released on 13 November 2006 in the UK on Marquis Cha Cha record label...
is called 'Hazy In Yateley'.
- Luci Anscombe, Author of Mind Games attended Yateley School from 1979 - 1984. A former Broadcast Journalist for Radio Maldwyn in Montgomeryshire, Mid Wales, she now works freelance for Capital Radio. She has interviewed many major celebrities and leading politicians including former PM Tony Blair, as well as HRH Prince of Wales.
- Sean DevereuxSean DevereuxSean Devereux was an English Salesian missionary and aid worker murdered in Kismayo, Somalia in 1993 while working for UNICEF...
, a charity worker in SomaliaSomaliaSomalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...
came from Yateley. He was assassinated for speaking out against national oppression and Sean Devereux Park is named after him.
- The body of missing school girl Amanda DowlerAmanda DowlerAmanda Jane "Milly" Dowler was a 13-year-old English girl who was abducted on her way home from school in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, on 21 March 2002, and subsequently murdered...
was found in woodland close by on 18 September 2002
- David CopelandDavid CopelandDavid John Copeland is a former member of the British National Party and the National Socialist Movement, who became known as the "London Nail Bomber" after a 13-day bombing campaign in April 1999 aimed at London's black, Bangladeshi and gay communities.Over three successive weekends between 17...
, known as the "London nailbomber" after a 13-day bombing campaign in April 1999 aimed at London's black, Asian, and gay communities, grew up in Yateley, though resided in Cove near FarnboroughFarnborough, Hampshire-History:Name changes: Ferneberga ; Farnburghe, Farenberg ; Farnborowe, Fremborough, Fameborough .Tower Hill, Cove: There is substantial evidence...
at the time of the attack.
- Chris BenhamChris BenhamChristopher 'Chris' Charles Benham is an English cricketer. Benham is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Frimley, Surrey. He attended Yateley School across the county border at Yateley in Hampshire...
, a Hampshire cricketer, grew up in Yateley and attended Yateley School.
- Author Danny KingDanny King (author)- Early life :Danny King was born in Slough, Berkshire. He is the second son of Michael James King, a bricklayer, and Dorothy May King. He and his two brothers, Ralph and Robin, lived on the Britwell Estate until 1979, when they moved to Yateley, Hampshire. He attended Yateley School but failed to...
grew up in Yateley and attended Yateley School.
- Yateley's fishing complex has become synonymous with carp fishingCarp fishingCarp is a common name for various species of freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, a very large group of fish native to Europe and Asia. They have been introduced to various locations around the world, though with mixed results....
in the UK, famous anglers are regular visitors to the complex which has had a large amount of press coverage in the angling world.