Town in Hampshire, England
Bishops Waltham
Bishop's Waltham is a medieval market town situated at the source of the River Hamble in Hampshire, England.
It has a foot in the South Downs National Park and is located at the midpoint of a long-established route between Winchester and Portsmouth. It is home to the ruins of Bishop's Waltham Palace, a Scheduled Ancient Monument under English Heritage management, and a well-preserved high street with many listed buildings which now house independent shops.
How locals move
Getting around Bishops Waltham the local way
- 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.
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