Hurley
Village andcivil parish
The Olde Bell inn, originally the guest house for Hurley priory
Hurley Location withinBerkshire
Population	1,854 (2001) 1,923 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid reference	SU826834
Civil parish	Hurley
Unitary authority	Windsor and Maidenhead
Ceremonial county	Berkshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Maidenhead
Postcode district	SL6
Dialling code	01628
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Royal Berkshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Maidenhead
List of places UK England Berkshire 51°32′35″N0°48′29″W / 51.543°N 0.808°W /51.543; -0.808

Hurley is a village and ruralcivil parish inBerkshire, England. Its riverside is agricultural, except forHurley Priory, as are the outskirts of the village. The Olde Bell Inn adjoining the priory is believed to date from 1135.

Hurley is alinear development perpendicular to and adjoining theUpper Thames 4 miles (6.4 km) NW ofMaidenhead and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) ENE ofHenley-on-Thames,Oxfordshire on theA4130. The parish includes thehamlets ofCockpole Green,Warren Row,Knowl Hill,Burchett's Green and part ofLittlewick Green.^[2] Ashley Hill Forest, almost 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the village, is close to and almost equidistant between Warren Row, Knowl Hill and Burchett's Green and is the largest woodland. Other than this, the parish is mainly agricultural; however, many farms havespinneys of woodland adjoining.

• By the river isHurley Priory, a partially moatedBenedictinepriory founded in 1086 as a cell ofWestminster Abbey.^[3] The priory was dissolved in 1536, but its priory church survives as the currentparish church and is aScheduled Monument.^[4]
• 'The Olde Bell' Inn is reputedly the oldest still-working inn in Britain; parts of the inn date to 1135, when it was the hostelry of the priory.^[5]
• The oldmanor estate of Hall Place (1728) is now the home ofBerkshire College of Agriculture.
• TheManor House in the High Street was used as Station Victor, forming part of Operation Sussex, the running of agents in occupied Europe by the AmericanOSS.^[6]
• The former main priory building became a mansion known as Ladye Place, which stood adjoining the present parish church. It was the home of theBarons Lovelace. It was demolished in 1837 as uninhabitable.
• TheGrassland Research Institute (GRI) also had a facility at Hurley until 1992.

Only one of the buildings at the foot of the hill in the south of the village street is listed. This southerly neighbourhood has the local name of Hurley Bottom but is 10 m (33 ft) higher than the riverside parts of the village.

The early 19th-century Frogmill Court is now a farmhouse adjoining the river, which in this parish consists of mainly grazing and pasture meadows. The farmhouse is Grade II listed.^[7] Frogmill Spinney forms a riverside park housing estate. Another group of riverside homes are accessed by a separate lane.^[2]

Hurley is often used as a mooring for leisure craft and by campers. Cricket has been played in Hurley for over 100 years. The club currently plays in the Chiltern League on Saturdays and friendly fixtures against local rivals on Sundays. The ground has aLondon plane tree inside the boundary.^{[citation needed]} The clubhouse was rebuilt in the 1970s after fire destroyed the previous wooden one.^{[citation needed]} TheTemple Golf Club was founded in 1909 and is recognised for its "picturesque [..] Thames valley views".^[8]

• The composerWilliam Crotch was also an artist, and completed the drawingView from Hurley Bottom on 30 August 1806.^[9]

• The village is mentioned in the 1889 comic novelThree Men in a Boat byJerome K. Jerome^[10]
• The village is the setting for "The Invisible Millionaire", a short story in theSaint series byLeslie Charteris.

The village is served by a bus route fromMaidenhead. Closest railway stations areMarlow,Maidenhead andHenley approximately four miles north east, south east and west respectively.

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