Wymering
Wymering is a residential area of the city of Portsmouth, in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. Unlike the majority of Portsmouth, it is located on the mainland rather than Portsea Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb of Portsmouth, in Hampshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Wymering, Hamsphire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Queen Alexandra Hospital and Church of St Peter and St Paul.
Queen Alexandra Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Colin Babb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Queen Alexandra Hospital is a large NHS hospital in Portsmouth, Hampshire. Located in Cosham, it is run by Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust and has a Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit attached.
Fort Widley
Fort
Photo: Martyn Pattison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fort Widley is one of the forts built on top of Portsdown Hill between 1860 and 1868 on the recommendation of the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cosham and Widley.
Cosham
Suburb
Photo: Michael Ford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cosham is a northern suburb of Portsmouth lying within the city boundary but off Portsea Island, in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 along with Drayton and Wymering and Bocheland, Frodington and Copenore on the island.
Widley
Neighborhood
Photo: Basher Eyre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Widley is an area of the Greater Portsmouth conurbation in Hampshire, near Waterlooville and Purbrook. It is on the dip slope of the South Downs just north of the ridge called Portsdown Hill.
Purbrook
Village
Photo: Basher Eyre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Purbrook is a village in the Borough of Havant in Hampshire, England. Purbrook is on the outskirts of Waterlooville just north of the Portsmouth. Purbrook village is part of Purbrook Ward which also includes Widley and Crookhorn and had a population of 9,281, taking up 7.7% of Havant borough's population. Purbrook is situated 2 miles northeast of Wymering.
Wymering
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.84992° or 50° 50′ 60″ northLongitude
-1.07741° or 1° 4′ 39″ westElevation
115 feet (35 metres)Open location code
9C2WRWXF+X2OpenStreetMap ID
node 360810092OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Polish to Swedish—“Wymering” goes by many names.
- Polish: “Wymering”
- Swedish: “Wymering”
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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 “Wymering”. Photo: Martyn Pattison, CC BY-SA 2.0.