Winchfield | |
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Winchfield Court, formerly Winchfield Hospital. | |
Location within Hampshire | |
Population | 664 (2011 Census)[1] |
OS grid reference | SU768527 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Hook |
Postcode district | RG27 |
Dialling code | 01252 |
Police | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
Winchfield is a small village in the Hart District of Hampshire in the South-East of England. It is situated 1 mile (1.6 km) south-west of Hartley Wintney, 8 miles (13 km) east of Basingstoke, 2 miles (3.2 km) north-east of Odiham and 38 miles (61 km) west of London. It is connected to London Waterloo and Basingstoke by the South West Main Line.
Winchfield consists of a recently rebuilt village hall (in 1998), a church, a 17th century inn called the Winchfield Inn and a combination of old residential properties and new ones.
In the 2011 census Winchfield parish had a population of 664.[1] The population is scattered across this wide parish, which includes Potbridge, settlement around Winchfield church, Winchfield Hurst and Shapley Heath.