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Swanmore
SwanmoreLocation within Hampshire
Population	2,871  3,017 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	SU576162
Civil parish	Swanmore
District	City of Winchester
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Southampton
Postcode district	SO32
Dialling code	01489
Police	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Fire	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Winchester
Website	http://www.swanmore.hampshire.org.uk/ Swanmore Parish Council
List of places UK England Hampshire 50°56′32″N 1°10′46″W / 50.942257°N 1.179353°W / 50.942257; -1.179353

Swanmore is a rural village and civil parish situated in the Meon Valley, Hampshire, England. It is very near to Bishop's Waltham.

Swanmore was originally set up to provide homes for workers in local brickworks. As such, the houses in the village are mainly early and mid-Victorian brick buildings, although there are some older houses, especially in the hamlet of Upper Swanmore, which is located only 1/4 mile north of the main village. The village continued to thrive after the closure of these brickworks, and at one time had many shops and services in the village, however many of these closed with the advent of easier transport to nearby towns, but Swanmore does still have a village shop, post office, and hairdresser.

Hill Place is a grade II listed Georgian country villa located in the parish.

Churches

The church, St Barnabas was built when the village gained independence in the 19th century, whereas before it was part of the parish of Droxford. With its independence Swanmore gained its own resident priest and parsonage. As well as St Barnabas, Swanmore has a Methodist chapel which was built in 1863.

The Paterson centre, which was built to replace the old parish room, was built in the late 1980s and named after retired Swanmore vicar Rev. Ron Paterson and in remembrance of the three members of his family who died while he was serving the parish.

Education

Swanmore houses the schools Swanmore Primary School (a Church of England aided school) and Swanmore College, which is the secondary school for neighbouring towns and villages. The nearest major town is Fareham, six miles south. Swanmore also has two pre-schools, Swanmore Pre-School and the Greenery.

Notable people

• Cyril Raikes
• Stephen Leacock

References

1. "Parish Headcounts, Area: Swanmore CP". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. 2001. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
3. "British Listed Buildings". Retrieved 14 March 2011.

External links

• Parish Council Site
• St.Barnabas site
• Swanmore College of Technology, school site
• Swanmore Primary School Site

v t e Towns, villages and hamlets in the City of Winchester District of Hampshire, England

Abbotts Barton Abbots Worthy Abbotstone Anthill Common Ashton Avington Badger Farm Beauworth Bighton Bishops Sutton Bishops Waltham Boarhunt Bramdean Brockbridge Cheriton Chidden Chilcomb Colden Common Compton and Shawford Corhampton Crawley Curbridge Curdridge Denmead Droxford Durley Durley Street Easton East Stratton Exton Fisher's Pond Fobdown Gundleton Hambledon Headbourne Worthy Hinton Ampner Hursley Itchen Abbas Itchen Stoke Itchen Valley Kilmeston Kings Worthy Knowle Littleton and Harestock Lower Upham Martyr Worthy Meonstoke Micheldever Micheldever Station Mislingford Morestead New Alresford North Boarhunt Northington Northington Down Old Alresford Olivers Battery Otterbourne Ovington Owslebury Owslebury Bottom Shedfield Soberton Southwick South Wonston Sparsholt Stanmore Sutton Scotney Swarraton Swanmore Stoke Charity Temple Valley Tichborne Twyford Twyford Moors Upham Warnford Welborne West Stratton West Meon Weston Colley Wickham Wickham Common Winchester Winnall Woodmancott Wood End Wonston Worlds End

v t e Electoral wards and parishes in the City of Winchester District, Hampshire, England (since 2016 boundary changes)
Wards Parishes	Wonston and Micheldever	Crawley Littleton and Harestock Micheldever South Wonston Sparsholt Wonston
	The Worthys	Headbourne Worthy Kings Worthy
	Alresford and Itchen	Bighton Itchen Stoke and Ovington Bishops Sutton Itchen Valley New Alresford Northington Old Alresford
	Winchester	Winchester unparished city area has five wards: St Barnabas, St Bartholomew, St Luke, St Michael, St Paul
	Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery	Badger Farm Compton and Shawford Hursley Olivers Battery Otterbourne
	Colden Common and Twyford	Colden Common Twyford
	Upper Meon Valley	Chilcomb Tichborne Cheriton Beauworth Kilmeston Bramdean and Hinton Ampner Owslebury Upham Exton Warnford West Meon Corhampton and Meonstoke
	Bishops Waltham	Durley Bishops Waltham
	Central Meon Valley	Swanmore Droxford Soberton Hambledon
	Whiteley and Shedfield	Curdridge Whiteley Shedfield
	Denmead	Denmead Newlands
	Southwick and Wickham	Wickham Boarhunt Southwick and Widley Newlands
(Wards ordered from north-west corner, across the map, and then progressively south and east)

• Villages in Hampshire