Eastleigh
Sign in to saveEastleigh is a town in Hampshire, England, between Southampton and Winchester. It is the largest town and the administrative seat of the Borough of Eastleigh, with a population of 24,011 at the 2011 census.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Eastleigh
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.civil_parish
- Eastleigh Town
- UK place.static_image_name
- File:Old Town Hall Eastleigh.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Point, Eastleigh's old town hall
- UK place.population
- 24,011
- UK place.population_ref
- (unparished area, 2011 census)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SU4563818844
- UK place.map_type
- Southampton
- UK place.post_town
- EASTLEIGH
- UK place.postcode_area
- SO
- UK place.postcode_district
- SO50
- UK place.dial_code
- 023
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Eastleigh
- UK place.shire_district
- Eastleigh
- UK place.shire_county
- Hampshire
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Eastleigh is a town in Hampshire, England, between Southampton and Winchester. It is the largest town and the administrative seat of the Borough of Eastleigh, with a population of 24,011 at the 2011 census.
The town lies on the River Itchen, one of England's premier chalk streams for fly fishing, and a designated site of Special Scientific Interest. The area was originally villages until the 19th century, when Eastleigh was developed as a railway town by the London and South Western Railway.