| Static Image Name: | St Marks Church, Ampfield - geograph.org.uk - 860214.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | St Mark's Church |
| Type: | Village |
| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Ampfield |
| Coordinates: | 51.0114°N -1.4226°W |
| Population: | 1,474 |
| Population Ref: | (2001) 1,583 (2011 Census)[1] |
| Shire District: | Test Valley |
| Shire County: | Hampshire |
| Civil Parish: | Ampfield |
| Region: | South East England |
| Constituency Westminster: | Romsey and Southampton North |
| Post Town: | Romsey |
| Postcode District: | SO51 |
| Postcode Area: | SO |
| Dial Code: | 01794 |
| Os Grid Reference: | SU406237 |
Ampfield is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Test Valley in Hampshire, England, between Romsey, Eastleigh, and Winchester. It had a population at the 2001 census of 1,474,[2] increasing to 1,583 at the 2011 Census.[1]
Knapp was named in the Domesday Book in 1086, in the Edgegate Hundered.[3]
Ampfield lies on sands and clays of Eocene age near the northern edge of the Hampshire Basin. Ampfield Wood on the London Clay[4] to the north of the village is crossed by the Monarch's Way long distance footpath. The parish includes the hamlets of Knapp and Gosport.
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The village church is St Mark. Its construction took 3 years, finishing in 1841. It has stained glass windows dating from the 1850s.[5]
The Potters Heron Hotel, renowned for its thatched roof, is situated in Ampfield Village.
The author of the Thomas the Tank Engine series of books, Rev. W Awdry, was born in Ampfield Vicarage.