Hamble Common
| Hamble Common | |||||||||||||||||
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The shoreline at low-tide | |||||||||||||||||
| Type | Public park | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°51′9″N 1°19′3″W / 50.85250°N 1.31750°W | ||||||||||||||||
| Area | 55 acres (22 ha) | ||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Eastleigh Borough Council | ||||||||||||||||
| Open | Open year-round | ||||||||||||||||
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| Water | Southampton Water | ||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Promontory defined by an Iron Age linear earthwork, St Andrew's Castle and additional remains on Hamble Common | ||||||||||||||||
| Designated | 7 August 1982 | ||||||||||||||||
| Reference no. | 1008695 | ||||||||||||||||
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Hamble Common is a Public Park, Public Common and Scheduled Monument in Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, not too far from Southampton. The site is 22-hectare (220,000 m2) and formerly hosted an Iron Age settlement as well as a Tudor Castle. The Common is bounded by the Southampton Water, River Hamble and the village of Hamble.
Due to the site's environmental position, the site is part of the 'Lee-on-The Solent to Itchen Estuary Site of Special Scientific Interest' due to its wide range of habitats including coastal heath, woodland, saltmarsh and mudflats, which attract a large range of birds. The area is owned and managed by Eastleigh Borough Council. The site contains Hamble Point, which is a spit formed by the River Hamble meets the Southampton Water.