Sandleheath

Human settlement in England

Sandleheath

District

New Forest

Hampshire

Region

South East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townFordingbridgePostcode districtSP6Dialling code01425Police Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire Hampshire and Isle of Wight Ambulance South Central UK Parliament

New Forest West

WebsiteSandleheath Parish Council

List of places: UK; England; Hampshire

50°55′55″N 1°49′23″W / 50.932°N 1.823°W / 50.932; -1.823

Sandleheath is a village and civil parish about 1.8 miles (2.9 km) west of Fordingbridge in the New Forest District of Hampshire, England. It has a population of 663,^[2] increasing to 680 at the 2011 Census. It lies immediately north-east of the traditional (i.e. real) tripoint between Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire.

History

Sandle Manor is an Elizabethan manor house that was extended in 1900 and 1936.^[3]

The Church of England parish church of Saint Aldhelm was designed by the architect Charles Ponting and built in 1907.^[3]

Economy and amenities

The village has a small area of common land at its centre, a village shop and post office and a small industrial estate. Sandleheath has a Sea Scout group^[4] which has a hall in the village.

References

^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
^ "Area selected: New Forest (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
^ ^a ^b Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David (1967). The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.
^ Sandleheath Sea Scouts