Kings Worthy
Coordinates: 51°05′16″N 1°17′43″W / 51.087808°N 1.295302°W
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 Kings Worthy
Kings Worthy shown within Hampshire |
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| Population | 4,000 [1] |
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| OS grid reference | SU493323 |
| Civil parish | Kings Worthy |
| District | City of Winchester |
| Shire county | Hampshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WINCHESTER |
| Postcode district | SO23 |
| Dialling code | 01962 |
| Police | Hampshire |
| Fire | Hampshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Winchester |
| Website | http://www.kingsworthy.org.uk |
| List of places: UK • England • Hampshire | |
Kings Worthy is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, approximately two miles north-east of Winchester. Kings Worthy was a tithing of Barton Stacey when the Domesday Book was written.
It has a pharmacy, a convenience store, 2 newsagents/post offices (one in Springvale, one in old Kings Worthy), a Tesco Express, a kitchen display shop, a hairdresser, a fishing store, an Indian take-away and a doctor's surgery. The church is St Mary's. At the centre of the village is the Worthies Club (Sports & Social) which is located adjacent to Eversley Park. The village drama group, the Worthy Players, perform three shows a year in the Jubilee Hall. The primary school is King's Worthy Primary. Eversley Park is the local recreation ground, with playground/fitness equipment and football pitches and a basketball/football court. The Worthys YFC is an active youth football club for all ages both boys and girls and operates from Eversley Park. The main road (Springvale Road) is fairly busy, and is served by regular buses coming every 20 minutes on weekdays and Saturdays and every hour on Sundays and bank holidays going to the centre of Winchester.
In addition to the Worthies Club, there are two public houses in the village - The Cart and Horses (with a skittle alley) and The King Charles.
Worthys Conservation Volunteers is the local group of practical conservationists working on the third Sunday of each month to care for the wildlife and natural environment in and around the village and The Worthys.
The parish is crossed by the A33, which merges with the A34 immediately to the south. Kings Worthy formerly had a station on the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway. It was by-passed to the west by the London and South Western Railway (the surviving main line) and to the north by the Alton, Alresford and Winchester Railway, part of which survives to the east as the Watercress Line.
[edit] External links
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- Kings Worthy Parish Council homepage
- Tubbs Hall Community Centre homepage
- Worthies Sports and Social Club
- Worthys Conservation Volunteers
[edit] References
- ^ "Parish Headcounts, Area: Kings Worthy CP (includes Abbots worthy)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. 2001. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=795212&c=Kings+Worthy&d=16&e=15&g=453089&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1204818926328&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
