Catherington
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| Catherington | ||
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| Statistics | ||
| Population: | c. 3900 | |
| Ordnance Survey | ||
| OS grid reference: | SU702134 | |
| Administration | ||
| Parish: | Catherington | |
| District: | East Hampshire | |
| Shire county: | Hampshire | |
| Region: | South of England | |
| Constituent country: | England | |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom | |
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| Ceremonial county: | Hampshire | |
| Historic county: | Hampshire | |
| Services | ||
| Police force: | Hampshire Constabulary | |
| Ambulance service: | South Central | |
| Post office and telephone | ||
| Post town: | WATERLOOVILLE | |
| Postal district: | PO8 | |
| Dialling code: | 023 (92) | |
| Politics | ||
| UK Parliament: | East Hampshire | |
| European Parliament: | South East England | |
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Catherington is a village located between Waterlooville and Petersfield in Hampshire, United Kingdom. It is part of the civil parish of Horndean.
The surrounding villages are Horndean, Cowplain and Clanfield.
It is in the very south of the district of East Hampshire. It has a semi-rural character.
It is situated is about 10 miles north of Portsmouth and eight miles south of Petersfield and sits to the just west of the main A3 road. It is in the far east of the county of Hampshire.
The population of Catherington is c. 3900 (estimated 1998).
Catherington is not very large. It has a church, All Saints Church, which has a hall attached and there is a public house, Farmer Inn. There is also a primary school, Catherington C of E Infant School and Kingscourt School, a private school. There is also a pond. There is a car park for access to Catherington Down.
Catherington is within the new boundaries of Horndean parish.
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[edit] Politics
Catherington is in the East Hampshire constituency for elections to the House of Commons and the South East England constituency for elections to the European Parliament.
[edit] Community, and sport
Catherington main community centre is the Church Hall (Used by the Scouts).
[edit] Papers
The local newspapers and publications are
- Meon Valley News (Free)
- Petersfield Herald
- The News
[edit] Business
Business of note are
