Knowle | |
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Location within Hampshire | |
Population | 1,511 — 2011 census: larger output areas[1] |
OS grid reference | SU559095 |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | FAREHAM |
Postcode district | PO17 |
Dialling code | 01329 |
Police | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
Knowle is a village with mainly 21st century shops and businesses in the civil parish of Wickham and Knowle, in the Winchester district of Hampshire, England that sits high on the left bank of the Meon between the Southampton and Portsmouth conurbations. It is in the south of the parish of Wickham and Knowle in which it ranks in population about 25% behind Wickham. Its nearest town is Fareham, adjoining an inlet of Portsmouth Harbour approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east.