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OS grid reference
  
SU737126

Country
  
Post town
  
WATERLOOVILLE

Local time
  
Saturday 9:42 PM

District
  
Civil parish
  
Region
  
Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Postcode district
  
PO8

Shire county
  
Dialling code
  
023

UK parliament constituency
  
Meon Valley

Finchdean

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8°C, Wind E at 6 km/h, 91% Humidity

Finchdean is a hamlet in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It lies on the Hampshire/West Sussex border, 1.7 miles (2.7 km) east of Horndean.

Map of Finchdean, Waterlooville, UK

The origin of the place-name is from the Old English word finc and denu meaning valley of the finch (or of a man called Finc); the place-name appears as Finchesdene in 1167.

The nearest railway station is 1.1 miles (1.8 km) south of the village, at Rowlands Castle (where according to the Post Office the 2011 Census population was included).

Finchdean has retained its village pound.

References

Finchdean Wikipedia


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