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Totton

Totton is a town in the civil parish of Totton and Eling, in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England.

Totton
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The place

Totton is a town in the civil parish of Totton and Eling, in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. In 2021 it had a population of 28,094.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Totton

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
    Titanic Engineers' Memorial

    The Titanic Engineers' Memorial is a memorial in East Park, Southampton, United Kingdom, to the engineers who died in the Titanic disaster on 15 April 1912. The bronze and granite memorial was originally unveiled by Sir Archibald Denny, president of the Institute of Marine Engineers on 22 April 1914.

    6 km · grade II listed sculpture in Southampton, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    SeaCity Museum

    The SeaCity Museum is a museum in Southampton, England, which opened on 10 April 2012 to mark the centenary of RMS Titanic's departure from the city. It is housed within a part of the Grade II* listed civic centre building which previously housed the magistrates' court and police station.

    5.8 km · museum in Southampton, Hampshire, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Southampton City Art Gallery

    The Southampton City Art Gallery is an art gallery in Southampton, southern England. It is located in the Civic Centre on Commercial Road.

    5.9 km · art gallery in Southampton · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Titanic Musicians' Memorial

    The Titanic Musicians' Memorial is a memorial in Southampton, United Kingdom, to the musicians who died in the RMS Titanic disaster on 15 April 1912. The original Titanic Musicians' Memorial was unveiled by the Mayor of Southampton, H Bowyer on 19 April 1913, and was located in the old Southampton library.

    5.9 km · Public sculpture in Southampton, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    County Ground, Southampton

    The County Ground in Southampton, England, was a cricket and football ground. It was the home of Hampshire County Cricket Club from the 1885 English cricket season until the 2000 English cricket season.

    5.5 km · cricket and football ground · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Paultons Park

    Paultons Park is an amusement park located in the New Forest National Park, near the village Ower, in Hampshire, England, with over 70 rides and attractions. The park is situated on the former Paulton's Estate, and covers 140 acres of land and features a collection of around 80 species of birds and animals, in addition to the rides.

    5.6 km · theme park in Hampshire · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Westquay

    Westquay is a shopping centre in Southampton, England. It has an area of 95,600 m2 of retail and leisure space and contains around 130 shops, including major retailers such as John Lewis, Marks & Spencer, Zara, Schuh, Waterstones, Hollister Co.

    6 km · shopping centre in Southampton, England · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Southampton Common

    Southampton Common is a large open space to the north of the city centre of Southampton, England. It is bounded by the districts of Shirley, Bassett, Highfield and Portswood.

    5.5 km · park in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    The Cenotaph

    Southampton Cenotaph is a First World War memorial designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and located in Watts Park in the southern English city of Southampton. The memorial was the first of dozens by Lutyens to be built in permanent form and it influenced his later designs, including the Cenotaph in London.

    6 km · war memorial in Southampton, England · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Grove Place House Northcliffe School

    Grove Place is a Grade I listed building in Nursling, Hampshire. The building was originally a country house and was converted into a lunatic asylum in the 19th century, subsequently used as a farmhouse, and then converted back into a private house before becoming a school in the 1990s, then redeveloped as retirement accommodation in the early 21st century.

    3.4 km · building in Nursling and Rownhams, Test Valley, Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    Hythe Pier

    At 2,100 feet (640 m), this 19th-century iron pier is one of the ten longest piers in the British Isles.

  2. 02
    St Johns Church

    Consecrated in 1874, the church still provides an impressive backdrop as you enter the village from the south.

  3. 03
    All Saints' Church

    Church built between 1170 and 1340, with some fine stained glass windows.

  4. 04
    Calshot Castle

    An artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII on the Calshot Spit between 1539 and 1540 that has been used as an artillery fort, coast guard station and air base.

  5. 05
    Calshot Spit

    Calshot Spit is a one-mile long sand and shingle bank.

  6. 06
    Exbury Gardens and Steam Railway

    Exbury, SO45 1AZ (From Calshot by car only, about 5-6 miles.

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

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Gang Warily Leisure Centre

    Car boot sale on Sunday mornings in the carpark.

  2. 02
    Calshot Activities Centre

    It is one of the largest outdoor adventure centres in Britain.

  3. 03
    Lepe Country Park

    Walking, swimming, birdwatching, wild flower meadows and historic remains from the D-Day landings.

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

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Falcon Inn

    The Square, Fawley, SO45 1DD.

  2. 02
    Bluebird Cafe

    Cafe on the beach for sandwiches, coffee and ice cream.

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

Go there

Getting to Totton

Airports
London Heathrow (LHR), 94 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 95 km · Bristol (BRS), 100 km
Stations
Southampton Central railway station, 5.4 km · Totton railway station, 500 m · Redbridge railway station, 1.3 km · Ashurst New Forest railway station, 4.2 km · Marchwood Military Port, 5.5 km
  • London → Totton
    115 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · £12–16
  • Bristol → Totton
    97 km · quickest by road, 2h 52m · £10–14
  • Luton, Luton → Totton
    130 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · £14–19
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Totton

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Southampton, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    29 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    224 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    513 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    572 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    608 km

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

Around it

Next door to Totton

  • Marchwoodvillage in Hampshire, England, United Kingdom4.8 km
  • Netley Marshvillage in Hampshire, England, United Kingdom3.1 km
  • Copythornevillage and civil parish in Hampshire, England5.4 km
  • Ashurstvillage in Hampshire, England, United Kingdom3.3 km
  • Nurslingvillage in Hampshire, England, UK3.1 km
  • Bartleyvillage in Hampshire, United Kingdom5.4 km