Great Belney Copse

Great Belney Copse is a forest in Southwick and Widley, Winchester District, England. Great Belney Copse is situated nearby to the locality Furzeley Corner, as well as near Pipers Hill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Southwick House and St James Church, Southwick.

Southwick House

Historic building

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Southwick House is a Grade II listed 19th-century manor house of the Southwick Estate in Hampshire, England, about 5 miles north of Portsmouth. It is home to the Defence School of Policing and Guarding and related military police capabilities.

St James Church, Southwick

Church

Photo: Bashereyre, Public domain.

St James Church, Southwick is the Church of England parish church of Southwick, Hampshire, England. The parish is part of the Diocese of Portsmouth. The church is designated a Grade I listed building by Historic England.

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 Waterlooville and Purbrook.

Waterlooville

Town

Photo: Basher Eyre, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Waterlooville is a town in the Borough of Havant in Hampshire, England, about 6 miles northeast of Portsmouth. It is the largest town in the borough. The Waterlooville built-up area had a population of 34,775 in the 2021 census.

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.

Cosham

Suburb

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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.

Great Belney Copse

Type: Forest
Location: Southwick and Widley, Winchester District, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.8839° or 50° 53′ 2″ north

Longitude

-1.0783° or 1° 4′ 42″ west

Open location code

9C2WVWMC+GM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 23448072

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Furzeley Corner and Pipers Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Little Belney Copse and Hazelhook Coppice.

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