Compton and Shawford
Compton and Shawford is a civil parish in the City of Winchester district, immediately southwest of the city, in Hampshire, England.
Compton and Shawford is a civil parish in the City of Winchester district, immediately southwest of the city, in Hampshire, England. Its main settlements are the villages of Compton and Shawford.
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Worth seeing in and around Compton and Shawford
5 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.
- 01Itchen Navigation
The Itchen Navigation is a 10.4-mile disused canal system in Hampshire, England, that provided an important trading route from Winchester to the sea at Southampton for about 150 years. Improvements to the River Itchen were authorised by an act of Parliament in 1665, but progress was slow, and the navigation was not declared complete until 1710.
3.9 km · Disused canal system in Hampshire, England · Wikipedia - 02The Gurkha Museum
The Gurkha Museum commemorates the service of Gurkha soldiers to the British Crown, a relationship that has endured since 1815. It is located in Winchester in Hampshire, England and is part of Winchester's Military Museums.
3.8 km · museum in Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Mary, Twyford
St Mary's Church, Twyford is a Church of England parish church dedicated to the Virgin Mary in the village of Twyford, Hampshire.
1 km · church in Twyford, Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Winchester College War Cloister
The Winchester College War Cloister is a war memorial at Winchester College, in Hampshire, designed by the architect Sir Herbert Baker. The roofed quadrangle is said by Historic England to be the largest known private war memorial in Europe.
3.9 km · Grade I listed war memorial in Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Hockley Railway Viaduct
The Hockley Railway Viaduct is a disused railway viaduct to the south of Winchester in Hampshire, England.
1.6 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Compton and Shawford
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 78 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 81 km · Bristol (BRS), 105 km
- Stations
- Shawford railway station, 200 m
- London → Compton and Shawford100 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · £10–14
- Bristol → Compton and Shawford99 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · £13–18
- Luton, Luton → Compton and Shawford114 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £13–17
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No local-transport research exists yet for Compton and Shawford
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 Compton and Shawford. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inPortsmouth is a major international ferry port, and receives ferries from Jersey and Guernsey (in the Channel Islands), Cherbourg, Caen, Le Havre and St.
- Get inOther nearby south coast ports with ferry service from the continent are Dover, Newhaven, and Poole.
- Get aroundPortsmouth is linked to Gosport by a frequent passenger ferry.
- Get aroundThere are also hovercraft, passenger and car ferry crossings to various towns on the Isle of Wight from Lymington, Southampton, and Portsmouth.
- Go nextThe Isle of Wight is an easy ferry trip from Portsmouth, Southampton or Lymington.
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Next door to Compton and Shawford
Compton and Shawford is 54 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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