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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.

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The place

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.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

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.

  1. 01
    Calshot 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
  2. 02
    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.

    1.1 km · artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, between 1542 and 1543 · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Brooklands

    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
  4. 04
    Royal 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
  5. 05
    Swanwick 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
  6. 06
    Lincegrove 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
  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.

    1.2 km · park in Hamble-le-Rice, Eastleigh, Hampshire, England · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Brickworks 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
  9. 09
    Warsash 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
  10. 10
    Hythe 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

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.

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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 → Warsash
    109 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · £13–17
  • Bristol → Warsash
    112 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · £16–21
  • Luton, Luton → Warsash
    129 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · £15–20
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Not yet researched

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.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

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

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    18 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    238 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    507 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    584 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    620 km

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

Around it

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