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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cached 1555h 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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