Hampshire (including Basingstoke and Deane, East Hampshire, Eastleigh, Fareham, Gosport, Hart, Havant, New Forest, Portsmouth, Rushmoor, Southampton, Test Valley and Winchester) is in the South East of England. It has a population of around 1,760,000 and covers approximately 377,000 hectares. Here is a list of nearby or neighbouring counties: Berkshire, Dorset, Isle of Wight, Surrey, West Sussex, Wiltshire.
Hampshire has a southern border with the English Channel and the Solent straight, which separates it from the Isle of Wight. Its county town is Winchester, which was once the capital of England and where visitors can see a statue of King Alfred. Displayed in the Medieval Winchester Great Hall is a round table which is thought to have been created around 1290 to celebrate the legend of the Round Table, around which met King Arthur and his Knights. The ports of Southampton and Portsmouth are an important part of Hampshires maritime history and the county has inspired artists such as J. M. W. Turner and L. S. Lowry. This naval history is represented by attractions such as the Historic Dockyard, where visitors can see HMS Victory, the flagship of Lord Nelson during the Battle of Trafalgar in the year 1805, and The Mary Rose Museum, with the remains of the Tudor ship which was launched during the reign of Henry VIII, sank in 1545 and was salvaged in 1982. Performing arts venues in Hampshire include the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton, The Anvil in Basingstoke, the Theatre Royal Winchester and The Brook in Southampton.
Built during the 16th century, Breamore House was extensively restored during the 19th century and is set among picturesque parkland. Within the Elizabethan manor house there is period furniture, collections of ceramics, textiles and paintings and the Countryside Museum features exhibits drawn from village life and work during previous centuries. Constructed on the site of an earlier mansion during the 19th century, Highclere Castle has become famous as the location where the television series Downton Abbey is filmed. The exterior architecture is Jacobethan style (mixing Jacobean and Elizabethan architecture), the interior rooms are finely decorated and furnished and the impressive gardens and parkland were designed during the 18th century by the landscape architect Capability Brown. Other attractions in Hampshire include Winchester Cathedral, the Tudor House and Garden in Southampton, Portsmouth City Museum, Beaulieu Abbey-Palace House, Jane Austens House, Romsey Abbey, the remains of Portchester Castle and the New Forest, with its historic landscape and wildlife.
St Johns Hall, Hythe, Southampton, Hampshire
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Queensmead Farnborough, Farnborough, Hampshire
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The Lymington Masonic Hall, Lymington, Lymington, Hampshire
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Lyndhurst Community Centre, central car park, Lyndhurst, Hampshire
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Lymington Masonic Hall, Lymington, Hampshire
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Lyndhurst Community Centre, Lyndhurst, Hampshire
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Portchester Parish Hall, Portchester, Fareham, Hampshire
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Milford On Sea Community Centre, Milford On Sea, Hampshire
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The Lymington Masonic Hall, Lymington, Lymington, Hampshire
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Romsey Town Hall, Romsey, Hampshire
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Queensmead Farnborough, Farnborough, Hampshire
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Wickham Community Centre, Wickham, Hampshire
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Abbey Hall, Netley Abbey, Southampton, Hampshire
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Lyndhurst Community Centre, Lyndhurst, Hampshire
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Lyndhurst Community Centre, Lyndhurst, Hampshire
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Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth, Hampshire
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Lyndhurst Community Centre, central car park, Lyndhurst, Hampshire
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Lymington Masonic Hall, Lymington, Hampshire
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The Lymington Masonic Hall, Lymington, Lymington, Hampshire
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Milford On Sea Community Centre, Milford On Sea, Hampshire
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Queensmead Farnborough, Farnborough, Hampshire
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Romsey Town Hall, Romsey, Hampshire
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West Street, Fareham, Hampshire
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St Johns Hall, Hythe, Southampton, Hampshire
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Lymington Masonic Hall, Lymington, Hampshire
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Lyndhurst Community Centre, Lyndhurst, Hampshire
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Lymington Masonic Hall, Lymington, Hampshire
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Wellington International Horse Trials Country Fair, Heckfield, Hampshire
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Lyndhurst Community Centre, Lyndhurst, Hampshire
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The Lymington Masonic Hall, Lymington, Lymington, Hampshire
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Milford On Sea Community Centre, Milford On Sea, Hampshire
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Queensmead Farnborough, Farnborough, Hampshire
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Lymington Masonic Hall, Lymington, Hampshire
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Brockenhurst Village Hall, Brockenhurst, Hampshire
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Lyndhurst Community Centre, central car park, Lyndhurst, Hampshire
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Portchester Parish Hall, Portchester, Fareham, Hampshire
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The Lymington Masonic Hall, Lymington, Lymington, Hampshire
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Lyndhurst Community Centre, Lyndhurst, Hampshire
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St Marys Church, Fratton, Portsmouth, Hampshire
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Titchfield Community Centre, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire
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Queensmead Farnborough, Farnborough, Hampshire
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Romsey Town Hall, Romsey, Hampshire
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West Street, Fareham, Hampshire
Saturday, 14 October 2023
Lyndhurst Community Centre, central car park, Lyndhurst, Hampshire
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Lymington Masonic Hall, Lymington, Hampshire
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Havant Leisure Centre, Havant, Hampshire
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Lyndhurst Community Centre, Lyndhurst, Hampshire
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Fareham Leisure Centre, Fareham, Hampshire
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Winchester, Hampshire
We are based in Kings Worthy near Winchester and have been making miniatures for just ...
Andover, Hampshire
I am involved in the production of picture art using pebble and rock media with the addition ...
Southampton, Hampshire
My name is Adriana and during the tough period that we had to go through I discovered ...
Whitchurch, Hampshire
Hello! Im a print maker living in Whitchurch Hampshire. I design, carve and print all ...
Southampton, Hampshire
Marchwood candles is a family run business in the new forest. I started marchwood candles ...
Waterlooville, Hampshire
I am a glass artist working form home in Waterlooville, Hampshire. I discovered a passion ...
Whitehill, Hampshire
Bonjour, I am Danny and I am based in Whitehill, Hampshire and this is how it all started ...
Farnborough, Hampshire
My business website is : My-cards.biz I create photo cards and canvases from a selection ...
Southampton, Hampshire
I enjoy making and creating different styles of beaded jewellery, mainly bracelets. I ...
Hayling Island, Hampshire
I create hand crafted driftwood art scenes from driftwood which I collect from the beaches ...
Eastleigh, Hampshire
At Native To Earth, we specialize in creating crafts inspired by nature. With a deep ...
Southampton, Hampshire
As with so many of us, our family has become more and more disturbed by the damage to ...
New Milton, Hampshire
I have enjoyed creative stitching and art-based crafts for almost as long as I can remember. ...
Winchester, Hampshire
I work from the comfort of my home in Winchester. Mainly I focus on making necklaces, ...
Lymington, Hampshire
Hi, we are Jules and Lu and we love creating practical items for the home from unloved ...
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Hi there Im Pauline and I created waxmeltmoments to bring highly fragranced aromas to ...
Lymington, Hampshire
Hello everyone, Im creating wreaths for all occasions. Christmas, Easter, Halloween etc. ...
Southampton, Hampshire
Scents and Gifts ethos is supporting small businesss who make handmade products to order ...
Winchester, Hampshire
All items are handmade from various hardwoods using Mahogany, Oak, Wenge, Sapele, Purple ...
Southampton, Hampshire
I love to use Sterling Silver, Copper Sheet and Wire in my designs I also make Jewellery ...
East Stratton, Hampshire
Elliegant and FUNctional Fused Glass Art Hello and Welcome to Ellie B Glass My affair ...
Emsworth, Hampshire
I started doing ‘paint by numbers’ as a hobby after my wife passed away in 2019. Then, ...
Gosport, Hampshire
I Specialise in celebration cakes, cupcakes, gourmet brownies, tray bakes, cookies and ...
Liss, Hampshire
I’m a mobile hairdresser, but phew weeks ego, I start my own candle business, I’m still ...
Fleet, Hampshire
I make various things from home in Hampshire, including: cards for all occasions crochet ...
Lee On The Solent, Hampshire
Woodburning crafts - just started out and currently made some little pictures to pop ...
Portsmouth, Hampshire
I make Functional Fluid Art items. Trays, Chopping Boards, Tiles , Coasters and Paintings. ...
Fleet, Hampshire
A small business ran by myself through my website. I started a quote Instagram account ...
Waterlooville, Hampshire
Sally and Robb Stone are the artists and photographers behind The Four Corners Studio ...
Lymington, Hampshire
I have a passion for all needle felting but specialise in 3D Dogs and Pets. I am able ...
Ringwood, Hampshire
We are two local female artists who have created a series of watercolours and had them ...
Gosport, Hampshire
I am a 33 year old military man with a father who is passionate about carpentry and a ...
Gosport, Hampshire
Not a business, more of a hobby, I enjoy making things, from cute unicorns to decorative ...
Romsey, Hampshire
Milo and the Moon is created by myself after leaving my job of 8 years designing childrens ...
Southampton, Hampshire
Purple Community Fund ( PCF) is a UK registered charity supporting our sister charity ...
Southampton, Hampshire
Started in 2016, Sam set out to create a candle company, that was different to the rest. ...
Whitchurch, Hampshire
Hi All, Well overall 2022 has been a good year. I have had a stall at Romsey and Hungerford ...
Lymington, Hampshire
We are please to announce that our very own little online shop has gone live. We have ...
Eastleigh, Hampshire
Crafting has been one of my main passions since I was a young child. What started off ...
Southampton, Hampshire
Did you know that when you are buying from an item from a business who made their products ...
Southampton, Hampshire
Teaching Andrew how to put resin on the Coaster was a long winded process. But worth ...
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Had a great two days at my first fayre. Solid lots of items and great feed back on my ...
Ringwood, Hampshire
Two Daft Birds set out on our fist Craft Fair. It took place in Romsey Town Hall on Saturday ...
Ringwood, Hampshire
Janet and I have been friends for many years..through thick and thin and when , like ...
Southampton, Hampshire
Wow! If I told you these were gluten free you wouldn’t believe me! Packed full of rich ...
Winchester, Hampshire
Going into the 4th week of lockdown , we are so lucky to have a garden to sit in and ...
Winchester, Hampshire
In these times of social isolation it is so important to keep busy. We are using this ...
Winchester, Hampshire
Along with a great many people we are finding times very hard. Our first craft fair of ...
Winchester, Hampshire
Halfway through putting our miniatures on the shop listing. Such an easy process so why ...
Eastleigh, Hampshire
A simple blog for those new to Powertex Simple step by step powertex bottle tutori ...
Winchester, Hampshire
Lucky enough Geoff is a very good photographer who runs workshops . Today he has the ...
Winchester, Hampshire
With the wind howling and the rain pouring I spent the time tucked up in my studio making ...
Winchester, Hampshire
1/12th scale jam tarts finished , table almost complete just a few details to go on . ...
Winchester, Hampshire
Writing my first ever blog wasnt as scary as I thought so here goes another. Today I ...
Winchester, Hampshire
I have never blogged before , much to my Grandchildrens disbelieve ! and am really nervous ...
Southampton, Hampshire
I am passionate about wool, it comes from growing up with some contact with sheep rearing ...
(Born 1911 in Ampfield in Hampshire), Fiction
Writer of the well loved and very popular Thomas the tank engine along with many other stories in the railway series of books. He is perhaps better known as the Reverend W. Awdry.
(Born 1881 in Ringwood in Hampshire), Art, Illustration
Known as an artist, illustrator and writer, he was established as a major centre of the arts and crafts movement. He collaborated with his wife Constance Smedley combining design, illustration, text and theatre.
(Born 1829 in Southampton in Hampshire), Painting, Illustration
Sir John Everett Millais, English artist and illustrator, was a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
(Born 1828 in Portsmouth in Hampshire), Fiction, Poetry
Meredith received seven nominations for the Noble Prize for literature. His first novel was The Shaving of Shagpat - a bit like The Arabian Nights (English version 1706). His perhaps most famous piece of poetry was The Lark Ascending which inspired Ralph Vaughan Williams to write his classic work of the same name.
(Born 1588 in Bentworth in Hampshire), Poetry
Wither was an early Jacobean poet and satirist. His writing often got him into trouble and he ended up in Marshalsea prison for libel in 1604.