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Hampshire (/ˈhæmpʃər/, /-ʃɪər/ ^ⓘ; abbreviated to Hants.) is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to the north, Surrey and West Sussex to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south, Dorset to the west, and Wiltshire to the north-west. The city of Southampton is the largest settlement.

The county has an area of 3,769 km² (1,455 sq mi) and a population of 1,844,245, making it the 5th-most populous in England. The South Hampshire built-up area in the south-east of the county has a population of 855,569 and contains the cities of Southampton (269,781) and Portsmouth (208,100). In the north-east, the Farnborough/Aldershot conurbation extends into Berkshire and Surrey and has a population of 252,937. The next-largest settlements are Basingstoke (113,776), Andover (50,887), and Winchester (45,184). The centre and south-west of the county are rural. For local government purposes Hampshire comprises a non-metropolitan county, with eleven districts, and two unitary authority areas: Portsmouth and Southampton. The county historically contained the towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch, which are now part of Dorset, and the Isle of Wight.

Undulating hills characterise much of the county. A belt of chalk crosses the county from north-west, where it forms the Hampshire Downs, to south-east, where it is part of the South Downs. The county's major rivers rise in these hills; the Loddon and Wey drain north, into the Thames, and the Itchen and Test flow south into Southampton Water, a large estuary. In the south-east are Portsmouth Harbour, Langstone Harbour, and the western edge of Chichester Harbour, three large rias. The south-west contains the New Forest, which includes pasture, heath, and forest and is of the largest expanses of ancient woodland remaining in England.

Settled about 14,000 years ago, Hampshire's recorded history dates to Roman Britain, when its chief town was Venta Belgarum (now Winchester). The county was recorded in Domesday Book as divided into 44 hundreds. From the 12th century, the ports settlements grew due to increasing trade with the European mainland resulting from the wool and cloth, fishing, and shipbuilding industries. This meant by the 16th century, Southampton had become more populous than Winchester. In 20th century conflicts, including World War One and Two, Hampshire played a crucial military role due to its ports. (Full article...)

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Farnborough is a town located in the Rushmoor district of Hampshire, England. It has a population of around 57,486 as of the 2011 census and is an important centre of aviation, engineering and technology. The town is probably best known for its association with aviation, including Samuel Cody, Farnborough Airport, the Farnborough International Airshow, Royal Aircraft Establishment and the Air Accidents Investigation Branch. (Full article...)

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Image 1Heathland in the New Forest (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 2The church at Breamore in the west of the county, north of the New Forest (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 3Broadlands, near Romsey circa 1880 (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 4Hurst Castle seen from The Needles (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 5The seafront and beach at Lee-on-the-Solent (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 6A zebra grazing at Marwell Zoological Park (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 7The interior of Portsmouth Cathedral (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 8Portsmouth Cathedral (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 9Hayling Island's mainly shingle beach with Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower beyond (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 10View looking east along West Street, New Alresford (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 11Cobbled streets in Lymington (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 12The seafront and beach at Lee-on-the-Solent (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 13The Itchen Bridge in Southampton (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 14West End Fire Station, near Southampton, designed by Herbert Collins (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 15Landscape near Horton Heath, Hampshire (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 16A train on the Watercress Line (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 17A boat on the Basingstoke Canal (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 18Highclere Castle in the far north of Hampshire, a large country house in the Jacobethan style by the architect Charles Barry, with a large park designed by Capability Brown, used as the set for Downton Abbey. (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 19Trees on Southampton Common in winter (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 20The Rufus Stone in the New Forest (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 21Fawley Oil Refinery from the remains of Netley Hospital in the Royal Victoria Country Park (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 22A Bentley in the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 23The West window of Romsey Abbey (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 24Odiham High Street in the north-east of Hampshire (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 25Winter sunshine at Keyhaven (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 26St John the Baptist Church, Boldre in the New Forest (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 27The Rose Bowl, near Southampton, home to Hampshire County Cricket Club (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 28Watercress beds in Warnford near the River Meon (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 29Twyford Post Office and stores, between Winchester and Southampton (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 30Hovercraft passing the mixed architecture, public gardens and shingle beach at Southsea, Portsmouth (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 31A sunset near Horton Heath, Hampshire (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 32The mill at Greywell in the north-east of Hampshire (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)
Image 33Breamore House in the west of the county, north of the New Forest (from Portal:Hampshire/Selected pictures)

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Heather Anne Mills (born 12 January 1968) is an English former model, businesswoman and animal rights activist.

Mills first came to public attention in 1993 when she was a model and was run over by a police motorcycle in London. The accident resulted in the amputation of her left leg below the knee, but she continued to model using a prosthetic limb and later sold her story to the tabloid journal News of the World.

She began a relationship with Paul McCartney in 2000. They married in June 2002 and Mills gave birth to Beatrice Milly McCartney on 28 October 2003. They separated in 2006, and finalised their divorce in 2008.

After her marriage to McCartney, Mills became involved in animal rights advocacy and as of 2024 is a patron of Viva! and Viva! Health. She is also vice-president of the Limbless Association. (Full article...)

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Did you know

... that Winchester College football used to be played on top of a hill, with a line of boys on each side to keep the ball from rolling away?
... that Winchester United Church, a place of worship in the City of Winchester District, Hampshire, was built into the walls of the former county jail?
... that Commander Samuel Sparshott, who testified at Lord Gambier's court-martial, and Admiral Edward Sparshott, who commanded the 52-gun HMS Winchester, were brothers who served in the Napoleonic Wars?
... that a Portsmouth building was Grade II-listed because Eric Rimmington painted a mural inside it?
... that Walkelin, Bishop of Winchester, began the construction of the modern Winchester Cathedral in 1079?
... that James Tissot is thought to have transgressed many Victorian sexual boundaries in his work, even setting a painting aboard the HMS Calcutta as a pun on a female subject's behind?

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v t e Ceremonial county of Hampshire
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Unitary authorities	City of Portsmouth City of Southampton
Boroughs or districts	Borough of Basingstoke and Deane District of East Hampshire Borough of Eastleigh Borough of Fareham Borough of Gosport District of Hart Borough of Havant District of New Forest Borough of Rushmoor Borough of Test Valley City of Winchester
Major settlements (cities in italics)	Aldershot Alton Andover Basingstoke Bishop's Waltham Blackwater Bordon Chandler's Ford Eastleigh Emsworth Fareham Farnborough Fleet Fordingbridge Gosport Havant Hedge End Horndean Hythe Lymington New Alresford New Milton North Baddesley Petersfield Portchester Portsmouth Ringwood Romsey Southampton South Hayling Stockbridge Stubbington Tadley Totton Waterlooville Whitchurch Winchester Yateley See also: List of civil parishes in Hampshire
Rivers	Avon Beaulieu Hamble Itchen Meon Test Wallington Wey
Topics	Parliamentary constituencies Places Population of major settlements SSSIs Country houses Grade I listed buildings Grade II* listed buildings Scheduled monuments South Coast Plain South Downs History Schools Further education Museums Lord Lieutenants High Sheriffs