Ashurst, Hampshire
| Ashurst | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
 The New Forest by Ashurst | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU341107 |
| Location: | 50°53’41"N, 1°31’0"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 2,093 (2011) |
| Post town: | Southampton |
| Postcode: | SO40 |
| Dialling code: | 023 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | New Forest |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
New Forest East |
Ashurst is a village at the eastern edge of the New Forest in south-western Hampshire. It is found is on the A35 road near the Southampton conurbation.
According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 2,011, increasing to 2,093 at the 2011 Census.
The parish is on the edge of the designated New Forest National Park area. It has a campsite, some shops and a railway station, ' Ashurst New Forest'. The parish is bounded to the west by Netley Marsh parish and the Bartley Water, to the north by the A326 road and Totton, and to the south by Denny Lodge parish in the New Forest.
Ashurst is close to the City of Southampton and is often considered an exurb of it, a large percentage of its population being commuters.
Millvina Dean, the last survivor of the sinking of RMS Titanic, was living in Ashurst at the time of her death in May 2009 at the age of 97.[1]
About the village
Ashurst has three pubs; 'The Happy Cheese', 'The Forest Inn' and 'The New Forest Hotel'. A pub named 'The Angry Cheese' used to be located opposite The Happy Cheese, across the road, which became a hairdressers and was eventually demolished to make way for new houses. The original Happy Cheese was a small hotel and restaurant owned by Micheal Leonard. It burned down in 1980 and was rebuilt as the current Happy Cheese pub several years later.
Five restaurants stand along the main road through Ashurst. These are: 'The Jumbo House' Chinese and English takeaway, the 'Little Friar' fish and chip shop, the 'Herb Pot Bistro' (serving many cuisines), The 'Asha' Indian and Bangladeshi restaurant and takeaway, and the 'Lite Bites' sandwich bar. There is also a vet, upholsterer, Post Office, newsagent, two hair salons, a car accessories shop and a car dealer. The post office closed at the end of January 2019.
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