Wickham Common

Wickham Common is a heath in Wickham, Winchester District, England. Wickham Common is situated nearby to the forest Birching Copse, as well as near Orchard Copse.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chesapeake Mill and Church of St Nicholas, Wickham.

Chesapeake Mill

Marketplace

Photo: Richard Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Chesapeake Mill is a watermill in Wickham, Hampshire, England. The flour mill was constructed in 1820 using the timbers of HMS Chesapeake, which had previously been the United States Navy frigate USS Chesapeake. Chesapeake Mill is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Wickham Common.

Church of St Nicholas, Wickham

Church

Photo: Michael FORD, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Nicholas, Wickham is situated 1 mile northwest of Wickham Common.

Fort Nelson

Museum

Photo: Geni, CC BY 2.5.

Fort Nelson, in the civil parish of Boarhunt in the English county of Hampshire, is one of five defensive forts built on the summit of Portsdown Hill in the 1860s, overlooking the important naval base of Portsmouth and is a Grade I Listed Building. Fort Nelson is situated 2½ miles southeast of Wickham Common.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wickham Common and North Boarhunt.

Wickham Common

Locality

Photo: Peter Facey, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wickham is a village in the civil parish of Wickham and Knowle, in the Winchester district, in the county of Hampshire, England. It is about 3 miles north of Fareham.

North Boarhunt

Village

Photo: Michael FORD, CC BY-SA 2.0.

North Boarhunt is a village just outside of Portsmouth in the district of Hampshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Boarhunt.

Knowle

Village

Photo: Ukexposed, Public domain.

Knowle is a village with mainly 21st century shops and businesses in the Winchester district of Hampshire, England, that sits high on the left bank of the Meon between the Southampton and Portsmouth conurbations. Knowle is situated 2 miles west of Wickham Common.

Wickham Common

Type: Heath
Location: Wickham, Winchester District, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.89188° or 50° 53′ 31″ north

Longitude

-1.16232° or 1° 9′ 44″ west

Open location code

9C2WVRRQ+Q3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1128313004

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=heath

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Highlights include Birching Copse and Orchard Copse.

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