Haslar

Haslar
Aerial view of Haslar peninsula showing former naval and military installations: Royal Hospital quadrangle in the centre, HMS Hornet and Fort Blockhouse beyond; gunboat yard to the left of the hospital and Admiralty Experiment Works below it; Immigration Removal Centre (ex-Haslar Barracks) bottom right.
Haslar
Location within Hampshire
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGOSPORT
Postcode districtPO12
Dialling code023
PoliceHampshire and Isle of Wight
FireHampshire and Isle of Wight
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament

Haslar is on the south coast of England, at the southern tip of Alverstoke, on the Gosport peninsula, Hampshire. It takes its name from the Old English hæsel-ōra, meaning "hazel-landing place". It may have been named after a bank of hazel strewn on marshy grounds around Haslar Creek to make it passable and habitable in old times, or merely because hazel grew there.

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