Petersfield
Sign in to savePetersfield is a market town and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is north of Portsmouth. The town has its own railway station on the Portsmouth Direct line, the mainline rail link connecting Portsmouth and London. Situated below the northern slopes of the South Downs, Petersfield lies wholly within the South Downs National Park.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Petersfield High Street - geograph.org.uk - 17503.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Petersfield High Street
- UK place.static_image_2_name
- 150px
- UK place.static_image_2_caption
- Flag
- UK place.official_name
- Petersfield
- UK place.population
- 14,974
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Petersfield
- UK place.shire_district
- East Hampshire
- UK place.shire_county
- Hampshire
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- East Hampshire
- UK place.post_town
- PETERSFIELD
- UK place.postcode_district
- GU31, GU32
- UK place.postcode_area
- GU
- UK place.dial_code
- 01730
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SU748232
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Petersfield is a market town and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is north of Portsmouth. The town has its own railway station on the Portsmouth Direct line, the mainline rail link connecting Portsmouth and London. Situated below the northern slopes of the South Downs, Petersfield lies wholly within the South Downs National Park.
The town is on the crossroads of well-used north–south (formerly the A3 road which now bypasses the town) and east–west routes (today the A272 road) and it grew as a coach stop on the Portsmouth to London route. Petersfield is twinned with Barentin in France, and Warendorf in Germany.