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Hanham is an urban area of Gloucestershire, located in the constituency of Kingswood and situated on the A431 between Bristol, Bath and Keynsham. It is in the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire. It became a civil parish on 1 April 2003. The population of this civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 6,128.
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Map of Hanham, UK
Governance
An electoral ward in the same name exists. The ward stretches south from Hanham to Hanham Abbots. The total population of the ward taken from the 2011 census was 10,311
History
Tom Cribb, once world champion bare-knuckle boxer, was born in Hanham.
Hanham will also be the first place in the UK to trial Gordon Brown's new eco-towns. Built on the former Hanham Hall Hospital site, the new village will serve as a blueprint for Gordon Brown's proposed five eco-towns that will provide up to 100,000 zero-carbon dwellings across the country.