Bishopstoke
Bishopstoke is a village and civil parish in the Eastleigh district of Hampshire, England.
Bishopstoke is a village and civil parish in the Eastleigh district of Hampshire, England. It is recorded as "Stoke" as early as 948 AD when King Eadred granted land there to a thegn called Aelfric. Stoke later came into the possession of the Bishops of Winchester, giving rise to the modern name. The village is about a mile east of Eastleigh town centre, and is on the eastern bank of the River Itchen. It adjoins Fair Oak on the east.
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Worth seeing in and around Bishopstoke
7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Ten Acres
Ten Acres, known as the Silverlake Stadium for sponsorship purposes, is a football ground in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England. It has been the home of Eastleigh F.C. since 1957 when they moved from Walnut Avenue.
3.5 km · stadium in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England · Wikipedia - 02Emmanuel Baptist Church
Eastleigh is a town in Hampshire, England, between Southampton and Winchester. It is the largest town and the administrative seat of the Borough of Eastleigh, with a population of 24,011 at the 2011 census.
2.1 km · church in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Eastleigh Museum
Eastleigh Museum was a museum situated in Eastleigh, a town in Hampshire, England, which opened in October 1986. In 2014, ownership of the Eastleigh Museum was transferred to the Hampshire Cultural Trust as part of a larger transfer of museums from Hampshire County Council and Winchester City Council.
1.8 km · Museum in Eastleigh, United Kingdom (closed) · Wikipedia - 04Itchen Valley Country Park
Itchen Valley Country Park is a country park in West End, Hampshire, England which covers 440 acres of woodland, meadow and amenity areas. As the name suggests, the River Itchen runs through the park, although it cannot be accessed as this section is privately owned by the Lower Itchen fisheries.
3 km · Park in Hampshire, England · Wikipedia - 05Lakeside Country Park
Lakeside Country Park is a country park just south of the town of Eastleigh in Hampshire. The park covers 60 acres and is home to the Eastleigh Lakeside Steam Railway.
2.8 km · Railway park in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06St. Nicolas' Church, North Stoneham
St Nicolas Church is an Anglican parish church at North Stoneham, Hampshire which originated before the 15th century and is known for its "One Hand Clock" which dates from the early 17th century, and also for various memorials to famous individuals.
3.6 km · church in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07St Mary's Church, Bishopstoke
The Church of St Mary's is an Anglican Church in Bishopstoke, Hampshire. St Mary's was designed by Edward Prioleau Warren and built during 1890/91 by Wheeler Bros.
1 km · grade II listed church in Bishopstoke, Eastleigh, Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Eastleigh Museum
The museum contains information about how Eastleigh became a railway town and the history of the railway in Eastleigh.
- 02St Mary's Church
- 03Marwell Zoological Park
Accessible by road or by Stagecoach bus 69 (4 buses on Su only)),.
- 04The Railwayman Statue
A statue celebrating Eastleigh's railway history.
- 05Charlotte Mary Yonge Statue
- 06Shears Mill
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Things to do
- 01Vue Cinemas
Swan Centre.
- 02Hollywood Bowl Eastleigh
- 03The Point
- 04Partyman World of Play
Large indoor soft play area for children.
- 05Leigh Road Park
Park with bandstand, war memorial and children's playground.
- 06Lakeside Country Park
An area of land left behind by the gravel extraction for the M27 Motorway.
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Where to eat
The majority of places to eat are in the places mentioned in the 'Buy' section above, but here are nine that aren't:
- 01Badi Mirchi
Traditional Indian restaurant serving lots of dishes containing chilli; their name does mean "big chilli" in Hindi after all!
- 02Hursley Café
4 Hursley Rd, Chandler's Ford, SO53 2FU,.
- 03The Cleveland Bay
1 Pilgrims Cl, Chandler's Ford SO53 4ST,.
- 04Sandra's Fish & Chips
- 05The Hiltonbury Farmhouse
North Millers Dale, Chandler's Ford, SO53 1SZ, manager@lanterninns.co.uk.
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Getting to Bishopstoke
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 82 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 82 km · Bristol (BRS), 107 km
- Stations
- Southampton Airport, 2.8 km · Eastleigh railway station, 1.5 km · Southampton Airport Parkway railway station, 3.2 km
- London → Bishopstoke103 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £11–15
- Bristol → Bishopstoke104 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · £14–19
- Luton, Luton → Bishopstoke120 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · £13–18
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Bishopstoke
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bishopstoke. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe CityLink bus runs from the station via the Westquay shopping centre to Town Quay, where the catamaran to the Isle of Wight and the ferry to Hythe depart.
- Get inThere are no international ferry services: these call in Portsmouth about to the east.
- Get inHowever, regular vehicle and passenger ferries operate to Southampton from Cowes on the nearby Isle of Wight and the village of Hythe in the New Forest.
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If you know how people move in Bishopstoke – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Bishopstoke
Bishopstoke is 60 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Eastleighmain town in the Borough of Eastleigh, Hampshire, England1.6 km
- Colden Commonvillage and civil parish in Hampshire, UK3.5 km
- Allbrooksuburb and civil parish in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England3.1 km
- Boyatt Woodvillage in Eastleigh, Hampshire, United Kingdom2.6 km
- Fair Oak and Horton Heathcivil parish in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England2.7 km
- Horton Heathvillage in Hampshire, United Kingdom2.8 km