Woolmer
| Woolmer | |
| Hampshire | |
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU785322 |
| Location: | 51°5’2"N, -0°52’45"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Bordon |
| Postcode: | GU34 |
| Dialling code: | 01420 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Hampshire |
Woolmer is a remnant hamlet in the east of Hampshire, sitting between Liphook and Bordon. The surrounding Woolmer Forest, a Royal forest, is both a Special Area of Conservation and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.[1]
Woolmer was a tiny hamlet on the turnpike road, now the A325, running through the area from Farnham towards Portsmouth during the 19th century.[2] All that remains, apart from the name of the forest, is a group of buildings to the east called Woolmer Cottages facing the Petersfield Road (A325) just south of the junction with Blackmoor Road.[3] Across the road, on the south-western corner of the forest, there is Woolmer Pond and next to it, to its north, Woolmer Pond Cottage.
The name of the place is retained in places about the area: the name of the wood, of cottages, the road here is Woolmer Road and others, for example to the north is the Woolmer Trading Estate and other businesses use the name 'Woolmer' for the plavce or the forest.
Woolmer formerly had a station, Woolmer Station, on the Longmoor Military Railway, but the line was closed in 1969.[4]
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References
- ↑ "Joint Nature Conservation Committee: Woolmer Forest". http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/protectedsites/sacselection/sac.asp?EUCode=UK0030304. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ↑ Woolmer Forest Heritage Society page about the Victorian era
- ↑ Ordnance Survey map on Woolmer Cottages
- ↑ Longmoor Military Railway at the Industrial Railway Record