Swanwick

:This article is about the town in Hampshire, for the village in Derbyshire see Swanwick, Derbyshire.

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Swanwick is a town in Hampshire, England, situated on the River Hamble and M27 motorway. The town is the site of the UK's main Air Traffic Control Centre and the last remaining example of a Victorian steam-driven brickworks, located at Bursledon Brickworks. There is a railway station on the West Coastway Line called Swanwick, although not officially in the boundaries of Swanwick.

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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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River Hamble: The River Hamble is a river in the county of Hampshire, England. It rises near Bishop's Waltham and continues for 7.5 miles via Botley and Bursledon, and flows through the villages of Warsash and Sarisbury Green. It flows into Southampton Water at Hamble-le-Rice. It is known throughout the sailing w...