East Hagbourne is a medium sized village lying between Didcot and the Berkshire Downs. It lies about a mile south of Didcot on the B4016 and is linked to Didcot by a straight road of rather uninteresting houses. (Could a clue here be in its name - New Road?) apart from this it is a beautiful old village. The road which winds through the centre of the village from St. Andrew's Church to Lower Cross contains a variety of fine old cottages, red-bricked Georgian, black and white thatched and a few Victorian in style. The former North Hagbourne is now known as Northbourne and was absorbed by the town of Didcot in the late 19th century.

St. Andrew's Church was probably originally an 11th century Saxon church with additions made to it through the ages. The nave and chancel were built in the 12th century on an earlier foundation. The church has a Sanctus bell-cote on the square tower, a Sanctuary Knocker on the door, a regal peal of eight bells and some fine memorial brasses.

A paved footpath from the churchyard of St. Andrew's links East Hagbourne with the village of West Hagbourne, about a half mile to the west the other side of a disused railway embankment.

Three Medieval Crosses once stood in East Hagbourne. A couple of broken stumps are all that remain of the Coscote and Lower Crosses but the Upper Cross is still close to the church. It has five steps and on top two sundials.

Legend has it that The Great Fire of Hagboume in 1659 destroyed cottages that stretched over the fields by the brook all the way to West Hagboume. The Great fire certainly happened but, according to the West Hagbourne Village History Group, this legend is a myth as the fire was restricted to that part of the village east of St. Andrew's and Domesday records prove that the two villages were never linked and have always been separate communities. Apparently Londoners donated money for the relief of villagers in East Hagbourne and this was reciprocated in 1666 by the village when they returned the compliment and dispatched money for the relief of London!

Blotting paper was invented in East Hagbourne, albeit accidentally. However none is now made in the village. The only inn remaining in the village is the Fleur de Lys in Main Road.