Crays Pond
(Redirected from Cray's Pond)
| 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 |
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.
Notable residents
[edit]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]
References
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