Hawley, Hampshire
Coordinates: 51°19′01″N 0°46′05″W / 51.317°N 0.768°W
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| OS grid reference | SU8559 |
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| - London | 33 miles (53 km) |
| Civil parish | Blackwater and Hawley |
| District | Hart |
| Shire county | Hampshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Camberley |
| Postcode district | GU17 |
| Dialling code | 01252 or 01276 |
| Police | Hampshire |
| Fire | Hampshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Aldershot |
| Website | Blackwater and Hawley Town Council |
| List of places: UK • England • Hampshire | |
Hawley is a village in the civil parish of Blackwater and Hawley[1] in the Hart district of northeastern Hampshire, England.
The village is continguous with the small town of Blackwater. It is on the western edge of the Blackwater Valley conurbation, about 3 miles (5 km) north of central Farnborough, Hampshire, about 2 miles (3 km) west of Camberley, Surrey and about 33 miles (53 km) west-southwest of London. Hawley is also next to Cove, a large suburban village of Farnborough.
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[edit] Parish church
The Church of England parish church of Holy [[Trinity][2] built in 1837.[3] J.B. Clacy of Reading[4] enlarged the church in 1857.[3] Charles Buckeridge expanded it further in 1863, adding the chancel arch, chancel rib-vaulting and apse.[3] The tower and spire were added in 1882.[3] The building is in a Gothic Revival style of about AD 1300.[3] The parish's daughter church, All Saints', South Hawley is located in Chapel Lane at its junction with Fernhill Road.
[edit] Amenities
Hawley has a village hall, village green, equestrian centre, private leisure centre, a cricket ground and a playground area for children.
Hawley has two schools. Hawley Primary School[5] is a local authority school teaching boys and girls to Key Stages 1 and 2. Hawley Place School[6] is an independent day school comprising a mixed nursery, a junior school and a girls-only secondary school.
Some 2 miles (3 km) southwest of the village is Hawley Lake (via a forest walk about 20 minutes from Hawley Green), which is used by the British Army for basic sailing training and also has a private boating club. The lake is used for dinghy sailing, jet-skiing, speed-boating and water-skiing. There is also a beach on its southern shore which is used by local residents. Each Guy Fawkes Night the Army gives a firework display on the lake's islets, attracting thousands of visitors from many miles around.[citation needed]
[edit] Film location
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Hawley Lake and the surrounding woodland is also used as a feature film location. The opening sequence of Die Another Day in which James Bond is in North Korea, was filmed around the lake.[citation needed] Scenes from the second Johnny English film Johnny English Reborn, were filmed in September 2010 in woods close to the lake.[citation needed] The BBC filmed episodes of It Ain't Half Hot Mum at the lake in the 1980s.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Blackwater and Hawley Town Council
- ^ [http://www.hawleygreen.org.uk/ Parish of Hawley, Holy Trinity
- ^ a b c d e Pevsner & Lloyd, 1967, page 280
- ^ Brodie, Felstead, Franklin & Pinfield, 2001, page 375
- ^ Hawley Primary School
- ^ Hawley Place School
- ^ Photographs of the cast at Hawley Lake, June 1980
[edit] Sources
- Brodie, Antonia; Felstead, Alison; Franklin, Jonathan et al, eds. (2001). Directory of British Architects 1834–1914, A–K. London & New York: Continuum. p. 375. ISBN 0826455131.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David (1967). Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 280–281.
[edit] External links
Media related to Hawley, Hampshire at Wikimedia Commons
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