Hale Common Explained

Hale Common is a farming hamlet on the Isle of Wight. Hale Common is on the A3056 road between Lake and Arreton. Hale Common is northeast of Bathingbourne and northwest of Branstone. It is in the civil parish of Godshill.

Overview

Hale Common features "The Fighting Cocks" pub.[1] There is a strawberry farm in Hale Common, called Hollands Strawberry Farm. Hollands Strawberry Farm has a shop, and also allows people to pick their own strawberries.[2]

There are two fishing lakes in Hale Common, called the Hale Manor lakes.[3] One is available for those who purchase a "day ticket" and the other allows fishing by those members of a syndicate.[4] [5] [6] These lakes are the site of a wetland restoration project by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.[7]

Hale Common also is the site of a car dealership and service station.[8] There are several other businesses in Hale Manor, including other farms,[9] and engineering, concrete and construction services.

External links

50.6544°N -1.2269°W

Notes and References

  1. http://www.thefightingcocks-iw.com// Fighting Cocks official website
  2. http://www.gourmetbritain.com/shops_entry.php?item=2664 Hollands Strawberry Farm
  3. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/500753 Hale Common fishing lake picture
  4. http://www.isleofwighttouristguide.com/Articles/Article_49.asp Fishing on the Isle of Wight
  5. http://www.touristnetuk.com/so/ISLEW/activities/fishing/index.asp Isle of Wight - Angling, game fishing, sea fishing, etc
  6. http://www.isleofwight.com/coursefishing/page2.html Course Fishing Isle of Wight
  7. https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20061031120000/http://www.wildonwight.co.uk/resources/publications/haps/WetlandsHAPRevpublished2003.pdf Biodiversity Action Plan for the Isle of Wight January 2003 Isle of Wight Biodiversity Action Plan: Wetlands Habitat Action Plan
  8. http://www.iwight.com/council/departments/planning/appsdip/AppDetails3.aspx?frmId=6930 Planning Application - A/00485/H, P/00899/04
  9. http://www.british-asparagus.co.uk/howtobuy6.php British Asparagus vendors