Ampfield

Ampfield
St Mark's Church
Ampfield Ampfield shown within Hampshire
Population	1,474 (2001)
OS grid reference	SU406237
Civil parish	Ampfield
District	Test Valley
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Romsey
Postcode district	SO51
Dialling code	01794
Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Romsey
List of places UK England Hampshire

Ampfield is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Test Valley in Hampshire, England, between Romsey, Eastleigh, and Winchester. It had a population at the 2001 census of 1,474.^[1]

Ampfield lies on sands and clays of Eocene age near the northern edge of the Hampshire Basin. Ampfield Wood on the London Clay^[2] to the north of the village is crossed by the Monarch's Way long distance footpath. The parish includes the hamlets of Knapp and Gosport.

The author of the Thomas the Tank Engine series of books, Rev. W Awdry, was born in Ampfield Vicarage.

Potters Heron Hotel

The Potters Heron Hotel is situated in Ampfield Village. Its Thatch Roof is well known and loved amongst many.

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↑ "Parish Headcounts, Area: Ampfield CP". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. 2001. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
↑ British Geological Survey (2002), Winchester. England and Wales Sheet 299. Solid and Drift Geology, 1:50,000 Series geological map, Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological Survey, ISBN 0-7518-3340-1

Towns, villages and hamlets in the Test Valley District of Hampshire, England

	Abbotswood Abbotts Ann Abbotts Ann Down Ampfield Amport Andover Andover Down Anna Valley Appleshaw Ashfield Awbridge Barton Stacey Bossington Braishfield Broughton Buckholt Charlton Chattis Hill Chilbolton Chilbolton Down Clanville Crampmoor Dunbridge East Anton Embley East Cholderton East Dean East Tytherley Enham Alamein Faccombe Finkley Finkley Down Forton Fox Amport Foxcotte Frenchmoor Fullerton Fyfield Goodworth Clatford Gore End Grateley Hatherden Hillyfields Houghton Houghton Down Hurstbourne Tarrant Kimbridge Kimpton King's Somborne Knights Enham Leckford Lickenholt Little Down Little Hatherden Little Somborne Lockerley Longparish Longstock Longstock Park Marsh Court Michelmersh Middle Wallop Monxton Mottisfont Nether Wallop Newton Stacey North Baddesley North Houghton Nursling Over Wallop Palestine Penton Corner Penton Grafton Picket Piece Picket Twenty Pill Heath Plaitford Quarley Ragged Appleshaw Ramridge Park Red Post Bridge Red Rice Redenham Romsey Romsey Extra Sherfield English Shipton Bellinger Shootash Smannell South Harewood Stockbridge Tangley Thruxton Up Somborne Upper Clatford Upper Enham Vernhams Dean Vernham Street Wellow West Tytherley Wherwell Wherwell Wood Wildhern

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