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This is a list of settlements in the county of Hampshire, England.Places highlighted in bold type are towns or cities.. The Isle of Wight was in Hampshire until 1890. [a] Bournemouth and adjacent parishes in the far west [b] were transferred to the ceremonial and administrative county of Dorset in 1974.
Some of the larger settlements of the county of Hampshire, with cities in bold, and district centres in yellow. Lyndhurst, district HQ for New Forest also shown. This is a list of settlements in Hampshire by population based on the results of the 2011 census .
Southampton [a] is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England.It is located approximately 80 miles (130 km) southwest of London, 20 miles (32 km) west of Portsmouth, and 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Salisbury.
Slightly further out there are many surrounding towns and villages as well as the city of Chichester which are not directly close to Southampton or Portsmouth, or necessarily in their travel to work areas. [25] Some of these settlements rely on the latter cities for employment or retail due to close proximity but are not limited to these alone.
The SO postcode area, also known as the Southampton postcode area, [2] is a group of 23 postcode districts in southern England, within nine post towns.These cover south and central Hampshire, including Southampton, Winchester, Alresford, Brockenhurst, Eastleigh, Lymington, Lyndhurst, Romsey and Stockbridge.
Romsey (/ ˈ r ɒ m z i / ROM-zee) is a town in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. The town is situated 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Southampton, 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Winchester and 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Salisbury. It sits on the outskirts of the New Forest, just over 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of its eastern edge ...
It is situated between the eastern edge of the New Forest and the River Test, close to the city of Southampton but outside the city boundary; the town is within the New Forest non-metropolitan district. Surrounding towns and villages include Ashurst, Marchwood, Cadnam and Ower.
Hedge End is situated near Junctions 7 and 8 of the motorway. With access to the new infrastructure, there was rapid expansion of the village with office parks, out-of-town superstores and new residential areas. The most recent major development in Hedge End has been that of Grange Park, situated to the north and east of the village centre.