| Odiham | |
|---|---|
 Odiham High Street | |
  Odiham Location within Hampshire | |
| Population | 4,406 5,616 (civil parish 2011 including North Warnborough)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SU7354250136 |
| • London | 41 miles |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Hook |
| Postcode district | RG29 |
| Dialling code | 01256 |
| Police | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
Odiham (/ˈoʊdiəm/) is a large historic village and civil parish in the Hart district of Hampshire, England. It is twinned with Sourdeval in the Manche Department of France. The 2011 population was 4,406. The parish in 1851 had an area of 7,354 acres with 50 acres covered by water.[2] The nearest railway station is at Hook, on the South West main line. The village had its own hundred, named The Hundred of Odiham.[3] The village is situated slightly south of the M3 motorway and approximately midway between the north Hampshire towns of Fleet and Basingstoke, some 37 miles (59.5 km) north-northeast of Southampton and 43 miles (69 km) southwest of London.
RAF Odiham, home of the Royal Air Force's Chinook heavy lift helicopter fleet, lies to the south of the village.
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
- ^ The Parliamentary gazetteer of England and Wales, Volume 2. Fullerton & co. 1851. p. 197.
- ^ The Hundred of Odiham