Lee-on-the-Solent, often referred to as Lee-on-Solent, is a small seaside district within the Borough of Gosport in Hampshire, England about five miles (8 km) west of Portsmouth. The area is located on the coast of the Solent. It is primarily a residential area, with an upsurge of mostly local visitors in summer, but is well known as the former home to the Royal Naval Air Station HMS Daedalus (renamed as HMS Ariel from 1959 to 1965).
Population: 7,224
Latitude: 50° 48' 6.08" N
Longitude: -1° 12' 6.26" W
Cowes Railway Station took pride in being the “prettiest station on the Garden Isle”. Opened in 1862, the very first on the island as part of the inaugural “Cowes and Newport” railway it expanded to three platforms as the railway branched out toward…
Copnor is an area of Portsmouth, England, located on the eastern side of Portsea Island. As Copenore, it was one of the three villages listed as being on Portsea Island in the Domesday book.
Cobden Bridge is a major road bridge in Southampton, UK. It crosses the River Itchen joining the suburbs of St Denys and Bitterne Park.
Cherque Farm is a residential development of 1063 homes situated on the South Coast of England in Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire. Persimmon Homes is the prime developer of the land, but other developers such as Charles Church, Bovis and Wimpey have bu…
Camp Down is a location at Portsdown Hill, Hampshire, which was used as an Admiralty semaphore station and later as a redoubt on the line of Palmerston Forts, Portsmouth.
Calshot Activities Centre is located on Calshot Spit near Southampton.
Burridge is a small village in the Borough of Fareham, in the south of Hampshire, England. It lies approximately 14 miles south of Winchester on the A3051 between Botley and Park Gate, to the north of Sarisbury and to the west of Whiteley. It was fo…
Bridgemary School, formally Bridgemary Community Sports College, is an 11-16 secondary school with academy status in Gosport, Hampshire, England.
Boyatt Wood is a small residential area north-west of Eastleigh in Hampshire named locally after the wooded area to the south of Boyatt Lane which connects the area to the village of Otterbourne.
Bonchurch Landslips is a 28.2 hectare site of special scientific interest which is located north-east of Ventnor, Isle of Wight. A wooded coastal landslip zone, the site was notified in 1977 for both its biological and geological features.
Bitterne railway station is located in eastern Southampton, England.
Bierley is a hamlet on the Isle of Wight, UK. Bierley is in the south of the Isle of Wight, north of Niton and 0.7 miles to the west of Whitwell.
The Bat & Ball Inn near Clanfield, Hampshire, England, is an historic eighteenth century pub situated opposite the Broadhalfpenny Down cricket ground, the original home of the Hambledon Club. It is traditionally, though erroneously, called "the crad…
All Saints' Church, Godshill is a parish church in the Church of England located in Godshill, Isle of Wight.
Wymering is a residential area of the city of Portsmouth in the English county of Hampshire.
Whitwell Station, on the Ventnor West branch of the Isle of Wight Central Railway, was opened on 26 July 1897 along with the other stations on the branch (with the exception of Ventnor West which opened in 1900).
Whiteley Bank, also spelled "Whitely Bank", is a small village or hamlet on the Isle of Wight, UK. It is mainly known by the crossroads, now styled as a mini-roundabout, between the A3020, B3327 and Canteen Road to Apse Heath.
Westbury Manor Museum is the main town centre museum located at 84 West Street, Fareham, Hampshire, England. It features a variety of exhibits on local history, such as the use of Fareham red's in the construction of the Royal Albert Hall.