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Pennington | |
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Pennington, The Square | |
Location within Hampshire | |
Area | 8.79 km2 (3.39 sq mi) |
Population | 6,060 |
• Density | 689/km2 (1,780/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | SZ313945 |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | LYMINGTON |
Postcode district | SO41 |
Dialling code | 01590 |
Police | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
Pennington is a ward (electoral and ecclesiastical) in the civil parish of Lymington and Pennington, in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England, which is defined based on the boundaries of the earlier manor. Pennington Village is at the centre of the ward, with Upper Pennington to the north and Lower Pennington to the south. The population taken at the 2011 census was 6,060. It is in the southernmost part of the New Forest on the Solent coastline near to the town of Lymington.
Pennington sits on the river terrace plateau between Avon Water to the west and Yaldhurst stream to the east. The Solent forms Pennington's southern coastal border. The northern border is Sway Road. The hamlet of Bowling Green is in Upper Pennington on the border with Sway.