Great Close
Great Close is a meadow in Colbury, New Forest, England. Great Close is situated nearby to the meadow Home Close, as well as near Long Close.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include New Forest Wildlife Park and Eling Tide Mill.
New Forest Wildlife Park
Zoo
Photo: J W Parker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The New Forest Wildlife Park is located on the edge of The New Forest close to the towns of Ashurst and Lyndhurst. The park specialises in native and past-native wildlife of Britain and otters and owls from around the globe, housing four species of the former and ten of the latter. New Forest Wildlife Park is situated 2,800 feet south of Great Close.
Eling Tide Mill
Photo: nick macneill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eling Tide Mill, situated on an artificial causeway in Eling in Hampshire, England, is one of only two remaining operating tide mills in the United Kingdom. Eling Tide Mill is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Great Close.
Hounsdown School
School
Photo: Alex McGregor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hounsdown School is a secondary school in Totton, near Southampton, Hampshire, England The school has 1,215 pupils, spanning ages 11 to 16. Classes are held in renovated 1960s buildings and new specialist blocks built since 2000. Hounsdown School is situated 3,700 feet north of Great Close.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ashurst and Woodlands.
Ashurst
Village
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ashurst is a village in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England, which together with Colbury hamlet makes the parish of Ashurst and Colbury. Ashurst is on the A35 road near the Southampton conurbation.
Woodlands
Village
Photo: Shaun Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woodlands is a village in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England. The village lies 6 miles west from Southampton and 2+3⁄4 miles north-east from Lyndhurst. The village is in the civil parish of Netley Marsh. Woodlands is situated 2 miles west of Great Close.
Redbridge
Suburb
Photo: Peter Facey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Redbridge is a ward with a population of 14,432, 3.1 miles to the west of the city centre of Southampton, England. The settlement is positioned at the mouth of the River Test and is the southern terminus of the former Andover Canal and Sprat and Winkle railway line, and the modern M271 motorway. Redbridge is situated 2 miles northeast of Great Close.
Great Close
- Type: Meadow
- Location: Colbury, New Forest, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.89417° or 50° 53′ 39″ northLongitude
-1.49558° or 1° 29′ 44″ westOperator
Barker-Mill EstatesOpen location code
9C2WVGV3+MQOpenStreetMap ID
way 1326144628OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=meadow
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