Hamble-le-Rice
Hamble-le-Rice, commonly known as Hamble, is a village and civil parish in the borough of Eastleigh, in Hampshire, England.
Hamble-le-Rice, commonly known as Hamble, is a village and civil parish in the borough of Eastleigh, in Hampshire, England. It is best known for being a flying training centre during the Second World War and is a popular yachting location. The village and the River Hamble also featured in the 1980s BBC television series Howards' Way. The village centre, known as The Square, Hamble, has a more traditional English village aesthetic which differentiates it from the small industrial areas close to the village. In 2011 it had a population of 4695.
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Worth seeing in and around Hamble-le-Rice
10 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.
- 01Netley Abbey
Netley Abbey is a ruined late medieval monastery in the village of Netley near Southampton in Hampshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1239 as a house for monks of the austere Cistercian order.
3.5 km · abbey in Hampshire, UK · Wikipedia - 02Netley Castle
Netley Castle is a former artillery fort constructed in either 1542 or 1544 by Henry VIII in the village of Netley, Hampshire. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and it defended Southampton Water near the Solent.
3.6 km · castle in Netley village on the border of Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St Andrew's Castle
St Andrew's Castle was an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, between 1542 and 1543. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended Southampton Water near the Solent.
600 m · artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, between 1542 and 1543 · Wikipedia - 04Brooklands
Brooklands is an 18th-century country house in Sarisbury in Fareham in the English county of Hampshire. The grounds of the house overlook the River Hamble.
2.9 km · house in Sarisbury, Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Royal Victoria Country Park
The Royal Victoria Country Park is a country park in Netley, Hampshire, England, by the shores of Southampton Water. It comprises 200 acres of mature woodland and grassy parkland, as well as a small shingle beach.
2 km · Park in Netley, England · Wikipedia - 06Warsash Maritime School
Warsash Maritime School, formerly Warsash Maritime Centre and Warsash Maritime Academy, is a maritime training college that is part of Solent University. The college provides education, training, consultancy and research to the international shipping and off-shore oil industries.
1.8 km · British maritime training college · Wikipedia - 07Swanwick Shore Strict Baptist Chapel
Swanwick Shore Strict Baptist Chapel is a Strict Baptist place of worship in Lower Swanwick, a village in the Borough of Fareham in Hampshire, England. It has been in continuous use for worship since 1844, when it succeeded a converted boat-shed which had become unsuitable.
3.2 km · chapel in Lower Swanwick, Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Lincegrove and Hackett's Marshes
Lincegrove and Hackett's Marshes is a 37.8-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the west bank of the River Hamble between Southampton and Fareham in Hampshire. It is part of Solent and Southampton Water Ramsar site and Special Protection Area, and of Solent Maritime Special Area of Conservation.
2.3 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 09Hamble Common
Hamble Common is a Public Park, Public Common and Scheduled Monument in Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, not too far from Southampton. The site is 22-hectare and formerly hosted an Iron Age settlement as well as a Tudor Castle.
500 m · park in Hamble-le-Rice, Eastleigh, Hampshire, England · Wikipedia - 10Church of All Saints
All Saints' Church is the parish church for Fawley in the county of Hampshire. It is one of the three original medieval parish churches along the area to the west of Southampton Water know locally as the Waterside.
3.7 km · Grade I listed church in Fawley, Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Hamble-le-Rice
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 86 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 91 km · Bristol (BRS), 114 km
- Stations
- Bursledon railway station, 3.2 km · Netley railway station, 2.5 km · Hamble railway station, 1.7 km · Fawley railway station, 3.4 km
- London → Hamble-le-Rice110 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · £13–17
- Bristol → Hamble-le-Rice111 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · £15–21
- Luton, Luton → Hamble-le-Rice130 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · £15–20
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- Get inHowever, you can reach Hythe easily from the stations at Lymington and Southampton (via bus or ferry).
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Next door to Hamble-le-Rice
- Bursledonvillage and civil parish in Hampshire, United Kingdom3.2 km
- Fawleyvillage and civil parish in Hampshire, England, United Kingdom3.9 km
- Netleyvillage in Hampshire, England3 km
- Houndvillage and civil parish in Hampshire, United Kingdom2.5 km
- Warsashvillage in Hampshire, England, UK1.5 km
- Hookvillage in Fareham, Hampshire, England3.3 km