Hedge End

Hedge End is a town located in Hampshire in England. It is situated 4 miles east of the City of Southampton and immediately west of the village of Botley and lies within the administrative borough of Eastleigh.

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The original settlement is believed to get its name from a farm at the end of a hedge on the road from Botley. It was a rural farming community dating from the 13th century and in the early 19th Century there were only two or three cottages there. In the late 19th Century, Hedge End became known as the 'Strawberry Village', with a substantial market garden and strawberry growing areas. The church of St John the Evangelist was built in 1874, and Hedge End was constituted a civil Parish in 1894.

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The 20th century saw a rapid growth of the village with office parks, out of town superstores and new residential areas, on the main transport route of the M27 motorway. The population has risen rapidly to around 18,000 and the town is continues to expand.

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Hampshire: Hampshire (abbr. Hants) is a county on the south coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county borders (clockwise from West), Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Surrey and West Sussex. The county is 1,455 square miles (3,769 km²) in size and at its widest points is approximately 55 miles (90 k...

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Southampton: Southampton is a city and major port situated on the south coast of England. It is the closest city to the New Forest and lies at the northern-most point of Southampton Water approximately halfway between Portsmouth and Bournemouth....

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