Shawford Down
Shawford Down is a 19.6-hectare Local Nature Reserve south of Winchester in Hampshire. It is owned by Hampshire County Council and managed by Hampshire Countryside Service.Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shawford railway station and Cranbury Park.
Shawford railway station
Railway station
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Shawford railway station serves the villages of Twyford, Compton and Shawford in Hampshire, England. It is 69 miles 50 chains down the line from London Waterloo. This station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Winchester and Eastleigh.
Winchester
Winchester is an historic cathedral city in the county of Hampshire, South East England. Erstwhile capital of the country, it was from here that Alfred the Great governed much of unified England.
Eastleigh
Photo: Marek69, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Colden Common
Village
Photo: Hassocks5489, CC0.
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.
Shawford Down
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: nature reserve in Hampshire
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Compton and Shawford, Winchester District, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.0208° or 51° 1′ 15″ northLongitude
-1.3317° or 1° 19′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C3W2MC9+88OpenStreetMap ID
way 94749792OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q55693254
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