Hamble-le-Rice
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Hamble-le-Rice, commonly known as Hamble, is a village and civil parish in the borough of Eastleigh, in Hampshire, England. It is best known for being a flying training centre during the Second World War and is a popular yachting location. The village and the River Hamble also featured in the 1980s BBC television series ''Howards' Way''. The village centre, known as The Square, Hamble, has a more traditional English village aesthetic which differentiates it from the small industrial areas (mostly marinas) close to the village. In 2011 it had a population of 4695.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Hamble-le-Rice is referenced by 286 other articles, and connects out to World War II, civil parish and Eastleigh.
It is catalogued under topics including Borough of Eastleigh, Civil parishes in Hampshire and Villages in Hampshire.
Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.
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cached 2146h agoPlace details
- Locality
- Eastleigh
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 3,939
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Hamble-le-Rice
- UK place.static_image_name
- Bus in The Square - geograph.org.uk - 1464808.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Square, Hamble
- UK place.static_image_2_name
- hamble crest.jpg
- UK place.static_image_2_caption
- The village crest
- UK place.type
- Village
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SU479066
- UK place.post_town
- Southampton
- UK place.postcode_area
- SO
- UK place.postcode_district
- SO31
- UK place.dial_code
- 023
- UK place.population
- 4,695
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.civil_parish
- Hamble-le-Rice
- UK place.shire_district
- Eastleigh
- UK place.shire_county
- Hampshire
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Eastleigh
- Population
- 4695
- Official website
- www.hamblepc.org.uk
- Image
- The church tower at St Andrew, Hamble - geograph.org.uk - 1463446.jpg
- Dialing code
- 023
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- Commons category
- Hamble-le-Rice
- postal code
- SO31
- OS grid reference
- SU479066
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Location
- History
- Aerospace
- Industrial areas
- Schools
- The river and environment
- Fuel terminal
- Transport links
- People
- Sport and leisure
- References
- External links
Hamble-le-Rice, commonly known as Hamble, is a village and civil parish in the borough of Eastleigh, in Hampshire, England. It is best known for being a flying training centre during the Second World War and is a popular yachting location. The village and the River Hamble also featured in the 1980s BBC television series ''Howards' Way''. The village centre, known as The Square, Hamble, has a more traditional English village aesthetic which differentiates it from the small industrial areas (mostly marinas) close to the village. In 2011 it had a population of 4695.
==Location== Hamble-le-Rice is on the south coast of England, south-east of Southampton at the tip of the Hamble peninsula, bounded by Netley, Butlocks Heath, Bursledon, Southampton Water and the River Hamble.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hamble-le-Rice” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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