Hampshire

The Rough Guide to Dorset, Hampshire & the Isle of Wight

Positioned on the south coast, Hampshire is home to the New Forest, Salisbury Plain and the South Downs which all provide a wide range of landscape and natural habitats.
Larger towns to note in Hampshire include Aldershot, Southampton, Portsmouth, Basingstoke, Waterlooville, Farnborough, Fleet and Winchester.

Hampshire is known for the New Forest, South Downs, Ports of Portsmouth and Southampton. It is also the original birthplace of the Royal Navy, British Army & Royal Airforce.

Hampshire has trains running from Waterloo with journey times typically 41-112 minutes in length.

With good access by road, Hampshire is connected to London by the M3 and also has the M27, A3, A31, A36, M27 and A27.

Surrounding counties are Dorset to the west, Wiltshire to the north-west, Berkshire to the north, Surrey to the north-east, and West Sussex to the east.