Sandleheath | |
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![]() Sandle Grange | |
Location within Hampshire | |
Population | 663 (2001) 680 (2011 Census)[1] |
OS grid reference | SU1214 |
Civil parish |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Fordingbridge |
Postcode district | SP6 |
Dialling code | 01425 |
Police | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
Website | Sandleheath Parish Council |
Sandleheath is a village and civil parish about 1.8 miles (2.9 km) west of Fordingbridge in the New Forest District of Hampshire, England. It has a population of 663,[2] increasing to 680 at the 2011 Census. It lies immediately north-east of the traditional (i.e. real) tripoint between Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire.
History
[edit]Sandle Manor is an Elizabethan manor house that was extended in 1900 and 1936.[3]
The Church of England parish church of Saint Aldhelm was designed by the architect Charles Ponting and built in 1907.[3]
Economy and amenities
[edit]The village has a small area of common land at its centre, a village shop and post office and a small industrial estate. Sandleheath has a Sea Scout group[4] which has a hall in the village.
References
[edit]- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ "Area selected: New Forest (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^ a b Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David (1967). The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.
- ^ Sandleheath Sea Scouts
External links
[edit] Media related to Sandleheath at Wikimedia Commons