Ampfield
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Ampfield | |
Ampfield shown within Hampshire |
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Population | 1,474[1] |
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OS grid reference | |
Parish | Ampfield |
District | Test Valley |
Shire county | Hampshire |
Region | South East |
Constituent country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Romsey |
Postcode district | SO51 |
Dialling code | 01794 |
Police | Hampshire |
Fire | Hampshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
European Parliament | South East England |
UK Parliament | Romsey |
List of places: UK • England • Hampshire |
Ampfield is a village and civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England, between Romsey, Eastleigh, and Winchester.
Ampfield lies on sands and clays of Eocene age near the northern edge of the Hampshire Basin. Ampfield Wood on the London Clay[2] to the north of the village is crossed by the Monarch's Way long distance footpath. The parish includes the small hamlets of Knapp and Gosport.
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- ^ Parish Headcounts, Area: Ampfield CP. Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics (2001). Retrieved on 2008-03-09.
- ^ British Geological Survey (2002), Winchester. England and Wales Sheet 299. Solid and Drift Geology, 1:50,000 Series geological map, Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological Survey, ISBN 0-7518-3340-1