
Netley
Netley, officially Netley Abbey, is a village on the south coast of Hampshire, England.
It is situated to the south-east of the city of Southampton, and flanked on one side by the ruins of Netley Abbey and on the other by the Royal Victoria Country Park.
Getting to Netley
Wikivoyage has a guide to Rail travel in Great Britain Eastleigh has good national rail links; the three stations serving the area are all on the South Western Main Line from London to Weymouth.
- 01Eastleigh Station
The South Western Railway service from London Waterloo runs every 30 min to 1 hr, and the journey takes 1 hr 20 min.
- 02Chandler's Ford Station
Very similar service pattern to Eastleigh station.
- 03Southampton Airport Parkway Station
Crosscountry and South Western services from Bournemouth (45 min), Reading (45 min), Birmingham New Street (2 hr 30 min) and Manchester Piccadilly (4 hr) are available.
- 04Southampton Airport
Worth seeing
- 01Eastleigh Museum
The museum contains information about how Eastleigh became a railway town and the history of the railway in Eastleigh.
- 02St Mary's Church
- 03Marwell Zoological Park
Accessible by road or by Stagecoach bus 69 (4 buses on Su only)),.
- 04The Railwayman Statue
A statue celebrating Eastleigh's railway history.
- 05Charlotte Mary Yonge Statue
- 06Shears Mill
Things to do
- 01Vue Cinemas
Swan Centre.
- 02Hollywood Bowl Eastleigh
- 03The Point
- 04Partyman World of Play
Large indoor soft play area for children.
- 05Leigh Road Park
Park with bandstand, war memorial and children's playground.
- 06Lakeside Country Park
An area of land left behind by the gravel extraction for the M27 Motorway.
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:
- 01Badi Mirchi
Traditional Indian restaurant serving lots of dishes containing chilli; their name does mean "big chilli" in Hindi after all!
- 02Hursley Café
4 Hursley Rd, Chandler's Ford, SO53 2FU,.
- 03The Cleveland Bay
1 Pilgrims Cl, Chandler's Ford SO53 4ST,.
- 04Sandra's Fish & Chips
- 05The Hiltonbury Farmhouse
North Millers Dale, Chandler's Ford, SO53 1SZ, manager@lanterninns.co.uk.
Getting around Netley the local way
- 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. Last edited 2026-09.
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