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
Shide railway station, was an intermediate station at Shide on the southern fringes of Newport situated near Shide Chalk Pits on the line from Newport to Sandown incorporated by the Isle of Wight and Newport Junction Railway in 1868, opened in 1875 …
Rowridge Valley is a 39.8 hectare Site of special scientific interest which is 2km east of the village of Calbourne and just east of the Rowridge Transmitter mast. The site was notified in 1951 for its biological features.
Northpark Copse is a 9.9 hectare Site of special scientific interest which is east of Shalfleet. The site was notified in 1986 for its biological features.
Ningwood railway station, was an intermediate station of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway, incorporated in 1860, opened over a ten-month period between 1889 and 1889 and closed 65 years later. A typical rural station that rapidly lost pa…
Newtown Bay is a bay on the northwestern coast of the Isle of Wight, England in the western arm of the Solent. It is a subtle bay located around the exit of the Newtown River. It stretches about 4 km from Hamstead Point in the west to Salt Mead Ledg…
Newport Pan Lane railway station, was, for four years, the temporary terminus of the Isle of Wight and Newport Junction Railway incorporated in 1868. Opened on 11 August 1875 and closed 4 years later on 1 June 1879 when the line was extended northwa…
Newchurch railway station, was an intermediate station situated on the edge of Newchurch village on the line from Newport to Sandown incorporated by the Isle of Wight and Newport Junction Railway in 1868, opened in 1875 and closed 81 years later. De…
Merstone railway station, was an intermediate station situated on the edge of Merstone village on the line from Newport to Sandown incorporated by the Isle of Wight and Newport Junction Railway in 1868, opened in 1875 and closed 81 years later. In 1…
Meon is a hamlet in south Hampshire, England.
The Meon Valley Trail is a 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) circular trail for cyclists in Hampshire, England. The trail passes through Butser Hill, Clanfield, West Meon and East Meon.
Marwell College was a college of secular priests in Marwell Park, Owslebury, Hampshire, England.
Luccombe Bay is a bay on the south east coast of the Isle of Wight, England. It lies to the east of Luccombe Village from which it takes its name. It faces south east towards the English Channel, its shoreline is 1.2km in length.
Locks Farm Meadow is a 2.3 hectare Site of special scientific interest which just east of Porchfield, England.
Little Posbrook is a hamlet in south Hampshire, England.
Langstone Bridge (also known as Hayling Bridge) connects Hayling Island with the English mainland of Hampshire.
Itchen was an urban district in Hampshire, England from 1898 to 1920.
The Isle of Wight Rural District was a rural district on the Isle of Wight from 1894 to 1974 covering most the island, part from urban areas.
Horseshoe Bay is a small bay on the south east coast of the Isle of Wight, England. It lies at the east end of the headland of Culver Down. It faces south east towards the English Channel and its shoreline is approximately 100m in length.