Warsash
Warsash is a seaside village in southern Hampshire, England, situated at the mouth of the River Hamble, west of the area known as Locks Heath and south of Sarisbury.

Warsash is a seaside village in southern Hampshire, England, situated at the mouth of the River Hamble, west of the area known as Locks Heath and south of Sarisbury. Boating plays an important part in the village's economy, and the village has a sailing club. It is also home to the Warsash Maritime Academy, part of Southampton Solent University, which provides training for Merchant Navy Officers from around the world.
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Worth seeing in and around Warsash
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.
- 01Calshot Castle
Calshot Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII on the Calshot Spit, Hampshire, England, between 1539 and 1540. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire and defend Southampton Water as it met the Solent.
3.7 km · artillery fort on the Calshot Spit, Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St 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.
1.1 km · artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, between 1542 and 1543 · Wikipedia - 03Brooklands
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.
2.8 km · house in Sarisbury, Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Royal 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.
3.3 km · Park in Netley, England · Wikipedia - 05Swanwick 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 - 06Lincegrove 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.
2.6 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 07Hamble 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.
1.2 km · park in Hamble-le-Rice, Eastleigh, Hampshire, England · Wikipedia - 08Brickworks Museum
The Brickworks Museum, also known as Bursledon Brickworks, is a volunteer-run museum in Swanwick, Hampshire, England. It is described as the UK's sole surviving Victorian steam-driven brickworks.
3.7 km · building in Swanwick, Fareham, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09Warsash 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.
900 m · British maritime training college · Wikipedia - 10Hythe to Calshot Marshes
Hythe to Calshot Marshes is a 591.8-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches along the west bank of Southampton Water between Calshot and Marchwood in Hampshire. It is part of Solent and Southampton Water Ramsar site and Special Protection Area, and of Solent Maritime Special Area of Conservation.
3.8 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
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Getting to Warsash
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 85 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 90 km · Bristol (BRS), 115 km
- Stations
- Bursledon railway station, 3.4 km · Netley railway station, 3.8 km · Hamble railway station, 2.8 km · Swanwick railway station, 3.5 km
- London → Warsash109 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · £13–17
- Bristol → Warsash112 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · £16–21
- Luton, Luton → Warsash129 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · £15–20
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No local-transport research exists yet for Warsash
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 Warsash. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inHowever, you can reach Hythe easily from the stations at Lymington and Southampton (via bus or ferry).
From Wikivoyage: Hythe (Hampshire), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Warsash
- Hamble-le-Ricevillage in Hampshire, England, UK1.8 km
- Bursledonvillage and civil parish in Hampshire, United Kingdom3.6 km
- Houndvillage and civil parish in Hampshire, United Kingdom3.9 km
- Whiteleycommunity in Hampshire, England, UK3.9 km
- Locks Heathvillage in Hampshire, England, UK2.5 km
- Sarisburyvillage in Hampshire, England, UK2.4 km