Netley

Worth seeing in and around Netley

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.

1. 01
   Netley 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.

   600 m · abbey in Hampshire, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Netley 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.

   600 m · castle in Netley village on the border of Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   St 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.

   3.5 km · artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, between 1542 and 1543 · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Hythe Pier Railway

   Passenger railway on Hythe Pier, forming part of transport link between Hythe and Southampton, England

   3 km · Wikipedia
5. 05
   National Oceanography Centre

   The National Oceanography Centre is a marine science research and technology institute based across two sites, one in Southampton and one in Liverpool, England. It is the UK’s largest institute for integrated sea level science, coastal and deep ocean research and technology development.

   3.6 km · oceanographic research institute in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Solent Sky

   Solent Sky is an aviation museum in Southampton, England. The museum depicts the history of aviation in Southampton, the Solent area and Hampshire.

   3.8 km · aviation museum in Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Hamble 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.

   3.5 km · park in Hamble-le-Rice, Eastleigh, Hampshire, England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Itchen College

   Itchen Sixth Form College is a mixed sixth form college in Bitterne, Southampton, Hampshire, England. It was established in 1906 and was originally a mixed secondary school, it later became Itchen Grammar School under the reforms of the Butler Education Act.

   3.8 km · college in Southampton, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Lee-on-The Solent to Itchen Estuary

   Lee-on-The Solent to Itchen Estuary is a 585.9-hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches along the coast between Southampton and Gosport in Hampshire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

   4 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Hythe Pier

    Hythe Pier, the Hythe Pier Railway and the Hythe Ferry provide a link between the port of Southampton and Hythe on the other side of Southampton Water. It is used both by commuters and tourists, and forms an important link in the Solent Way, England Coast Path and E9 European coastal paths.

    3 km · pier in Hythe, New Forest, Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Eastleigh Museum

   The museum contains information about how Eastleigh became a railway town and the history of the railway in Eastleigh.

2. 02
   St Mary's Church
3. 03
   Marwell Zoological Park

   Accessible by road or by Stagecoach bus 69 (4 buses on Su only)),.

4. 04
   The Railwayman Statue

   A statue celebrating Eastleigh's railway history.

5. 05
   Charlotte Mary Yonge Statue
6. 06
   Shears Mill

From Wikivoyage: Netley, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

1. 01
   Vue Cinemas

   Swan Centre.

2. 02
   Hollywood Bowl Eastleigh
3. 03
   The Point
4. 04
   Partyman World of Play

   Large indoor soft play area for children.

5. 05
   Leigh Road Park

   Park with bandstand, war memorial and children's playground.

6. 06
   Lakeside Country Park

   An area of land left behind by the gravel extraction for the M27 Motorway.

From Wikivoyage: Netley, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

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:

1. 01
   Badi Mirchi

   Traditional Indian restaurant serving lots of dishes containing chilli; their name does mean "big chilli" in Hindi after all!

2. 02
   Hursley Café

   4 Hursley Rd, Chandler's Ford, SO53 2FU,.

3. 03
   The Cleveland Bay

   1 Pilgrims Cl, Chandler's Ford SO53 4ST,.

4. 04
   Sandra's Fish & Chips
5. 05
   The Hiltonbury Farmhouse

   North Millers Dale, Chandler's Ford, SO53 1SZ, manager@lanterninns.co.uk.

From Wikivoyage: Netley, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Netley

Airports

London Gatwick (LGW), 87 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 91 km · Bristol (BRS), 111 km

Stations

Port of Southampton, 3.9 km · Bursledon railway station, 3.6 km · Netley railway station, 800 m · Hamble railway station, 1.7 km · Woolston railway station, 3.2 km

• London → Netley

  111 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · £13–17
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• Bristol → Netley

  108 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · £15–21
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• Luton, Luton → Netley

  129 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £15–20
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No local-transport research exists yet for Netley

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 Netley. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

If you know how people move in Netley – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.