Compton
Compton and Shawford is a civil parish in the City of Winchester district, immediately southwest of the city, in Hampshire, England. Its main settlements are the villages of Compton and Shawford.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 2,310 residents
- Description: village in Winchester, Hampshire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Compton, Hampshire” and “Compton, Winchester”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of All Saints and Shawford railway station.
Shawford railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shawford railway station serves the villages of Twyford, Compton and Shawford in Hampshire, England. It is 69 miles 50 chains down the line from London Waterloo. This station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway.
Shawford Down
Nature reserve
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shawford Down is a 19.6-hectare Local Nature Reserve south of Winchester in Hampshire. It is owned by Hampshire County Council and managed by Hampshire Countryside Service.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bar End and Colden Common.
Bar End
Suburb
Photo: Peter Facey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bar End is an area of Winchester, Hampshire, England. It lies on the east bank of the River Itchen to the north of St. Catherine's Hill and is the location of a park and ride car park serving the city centre. Bar End is situated 2 miles northeast of Compton.
Colden Common
Village
Photo: Hassocks5489, CC0.
Colden Common is a civil parish in the Winchester District of Hampshire, England, approximately 5 miles south of the city of Winchester, covering an area of 690.74 hectares with a resident population of approximately 4,000 people. Colden Common is situated 2½ miles south of Compton.
Hursley
Village
Photo: Nicholsr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hursley is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England with a population of around 900 in 2011. It is located roughly midway between Romsey and Winchester on the A3090. Hursley is situated 2½ miles west of Compton.
Compton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Compton and Shawford, Winchester District, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.02963° or 51° 1′ 47″ northLongitude
-1.33728° or 1° 20′ 14″ westPopulation
2,310Elevation
269 feet (82 metres)Open location code
9C3W2MH7+V3OpenStreetMap ID
node 5837145840OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2652491Wikidata ID
Q24651806
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Compton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Compton”
- Dutch: “Compton”
- Irish: “Compton”
- Ladin: “Compton”
- Polish: “Compton”
- Spanish: “Compton (Hampshire)”
- Spanish: “Compton”
- Swedish: “Compton, Winchester”
- Swedish: “Compton”
- “Compton”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Compton”. Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.