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Fair Oak and Horton Heath

Coordinates: 50°57′55″N 1°17′59″W / 50.9652°N 1.2998°W / 50.9652; -1.2998
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Fair Oak and Horton Heath
Fair Oak War Memorial
Fair Oak and Horton Heath is located in Hampshire
Fair Oak and Horton Heath
Fair Oak and Horton Heath
Location within Hampshire
Population10,212 (2011 census)
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceHampshire and Isle of Wight
FireHampshire and Isle of Wight
AmbulanceSouth Central
List of places
UK
England
Hampshire
50°57′55″N 1°17′59″W / 50.9652°N 1.2998°W / 50.9652; -1.2998

Fair Oak and Horton Heath is a civil parish within the Borough of Eastleigh in Hampshire, England. The parish contains the villages of Fair Oak and Horton Heath. In 2011 it had a population of 10,212.[1]

History

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On 28 July 1983 it was renamed from "Fair Oak" to "Fair Oak and Horton Heath".[2]

Fair Oak

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Fair Oak is a large village to the east of the town of Eastleigh in Hampshire, England. Together with the village of Horton Heath, which lies to the south, it is part of the civil parish of Fair Oak and Horton Heath.

Horton Heath

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Horton Heath is a semi-rural village which forms part of the civil parish of Fair Oak and Horton Heath in the borough of Eastleigh in Hampshire, England. The village is about three miles southeast of Eastleigh town centre, and adjoins the village of Fair Oak.

The village greatly expanded during the late 1980s and 1990s, with developments such as The Drove and Meadowsweet way. A new village hall was also built at this time.

In 2014 a further development was proposed and permission was eventually granted for 2500 homes to be constructed on a 310ha area situated to the south west of the original village. The development is meant to include a mix of housing, green spaces, commercial premises and sports and leisure facilities.

It forms part of the Southampton Urban Area.

The current councillor is Michelle Marsh, who represents the Liberal Democrat party in the Fair Oak & Horton Heath ward. Marsh gained local notoriety for standing up against local felling.

The village has two pubs, 'The Brigadier Gerard' and 'The Lapstone'.

References

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  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Southampton Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 7 November 2021.