Sandleheath Explained

Official Name:Sandleheath
Static Image Name:Sandle Grange - geograph.org.uk - 1462694.jpg
Static Image Caption:Sandle Grange
Coordinates:50.932°N -1.823°W
Label Position:bottom
Os Grid Reference:SU1214
Population:663
Population Ref:(2001)
680 (2011 Census)[1]
Civil Parish:Sandleheath
Shire County:Hampshire
Region:South East England
Country:England
Constituency Westminster:New Forest West
Post Town:Fordingbridge
Postcode District:SP6
Postcode Area:SP
Dial Code:01425
Website:Sandleheath Parish Council

Sandleheath is a village and civil parish about 1.8miles 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

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

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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 7 January 2017. Office for National Statistics . Neighbourhood Statistics.
  2. Web site: Area selected: New Forest (Non-Metropolitan District) . Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View . Office for National Statistics . 23 July 2010.
  3. Book: Pevsner . Nikolaus . Nikolaus Pevsner . Lloyd . David . The Buildings of England

    Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

    . 1967 . . Harmondsworth .
  4. http://www.sandleheathseascouts.org.uk Sandleheath Sea Scouts