folly
folly is a house in Hursley, Winchester District, England. folly is situated nearby to the ruins The Castle, as well as near the deciduous forest Little Hessians Copse.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cranbury Park and Church of St Matthew.
Cranbury Park
Manor estate
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Cranbury Park is a stately home and country estate situated in the parish of Hursley, Winchester, England. It was formerly the home to Sir Isaac Newton and later to the Chamberlayne family, whose descendants continue to own and occupy the house and surrounding park and farmland in the 21st century. Cranbury Park is situated 1,800 feet north of folly.
Church of St Matthew
Church
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Church of St Matthew is situated 3,100 feet east of folly.
Thornden School
School
Thornden School is a secondary school with academy status in Chandlers Ford, Hampshire. It is an 11-16, mixed specialist Arts College with Science as the second specialism. Thornden School is situated 2,800 feet south of folly.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boyatt Wood and Highbridge.
Boyatt Wood
Suburb
Photo: Basher Eyre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boyatt Wood is a small residential area and civil parish north-west of Eastleigh in Hampshire, England named locally after the wooded area to the south of Boyatt Lane which connects the area to the village of Otterbourne.
Highbridge
Village
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.
Chandler’s Ford
Town
Photo: Peter Facey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eastleigh is a town in Hampshire that sits between Winchester and Southampton. The town has a long history associated with the railway, being the site of a large railway works that at one time was the major employer in the area. Chandler’s Ford is situated 1½ miles southwest of folly.
folly
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Address: Winchester, SO21 2HN
- Categories: house, building, and tourism
- Location: Hursley, Winchester District, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.00212° or 51° 0′ 8″ northLongitude
-1.36368° or 1° 21′ 49″ westOpen location code
9C3W2J2P+RGOpenStreetMap ID
way 80786767OpenStreetMap feature
building=houseOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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