Litchfield, Hampshire
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For the English city with a similar name, see Lichfield.
Coordinates: 51°16′47″N 1°20′25″W / 51.2797°N 1.3404°W
| Litchfield | |
 Litchfield
Litchfield shown within Hampshire |
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| OS grid reference | SU461536 |
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| Civil parish | Litchfield and Woodcott |
| District | Basingstoke and Deane |
| Shire county | Hampshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Hampshire |
| Fire | Hampshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | North West Hampshire |
| List of places: UK • England • Hampshire | |
Litchfield is a linear village in the English county of Hampshire. It is closely bypassed by the A34 trunk road between Newbury and Whitchurch, which follows the course of the former Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway. Litchfield railway station, which closed in 1960, was on this line.
[edit] Governance
The village is part of the civil parish of Litchfield and Woodcott[1] and is part of the Burghclere, Highclere and St. Mary Bourne ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council.[2] The borough council is a Non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council.
[edit] References
- ^ "Hampshire County Council’s legal record of public rights of way in Hampshire". 2008. http://www.hants.gov.uk/rh/row/maps/1122.pdf. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
- ^ "Basingstoke and Deane Wards info". 2010. http://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/council/councillors/wardsinfo.htm. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
[edit] External links
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