Compton
Built-up area in Winchester, Hampshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.019, -1.337 |
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| OS grid ref: | SU 46 24 |
| Population: | 2,311 |
| Dialling code: | 01962 (Winchester) |
Compton is a small riverside village just a couple of miles south of Winchester in Hampshire, England. It sits close to the chalk streams of the River Itchen and the rolling downland at the edge of the South Downs, with open farmland, small woods and a scattering of traditional cottages; the nearby Shawford railway halt and road links make it an easy commute into Winchester or Southampton.
Historically the name means “valley farm” and the settlement retains a distinctly rural character, with a number of older buildings and countryside footpaths. The local economy is largely residential with farming and small local businesses, and the chalk‑stream ecology of the Itchen valley - famous locally for trout and traditional watercress beds - adds both wildlife interest and a sense of historic landscape use.
Postcode districts covering Compton
Most populated places nearby
- Southampton 7.3 miles
- Portsmouth 17.7 miles
- Basingstoke 19.8 miles
- Gosport 16.6 miles
- Waterlooville 16.6 miles
- Fareham 13.2 miles
- Eastleigh 2.9 miles
- Eastleigh Town 4.2 miles
- Winchester 3.2 miles
- Havant 18.9 miles
- Salisbury 20.6 miles
- Andover 14.9 miles
Neighbouring places
- Compton and Shawford Parish 0.6 miles
- Shawford Built-up area 0.8 miles
- Twyford Built-up area 0.8 miles
- Otterbourne Built-up area 0.8 miles
- Colden Common and Twyford Ward 1.5 miles
- Colden Common Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Olivers Battery Parish 1.9 miles
- Allbrook Parish 2.1 miles
- Badger Farm Parish 2.1 miles
- Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery Ward 2.2 miles
- St. Luke Ward 2.4 miles
- Hiltingbury Ward 2.5 miles
Example postcodes in Compton
SO21 2DD, SO21 2DE, SO21 2FP, SO21 2AW, SO21 2AB, SO21 2BX, SO21 2AD, SO21 2DQ, SO21 2DG … See all
Transport links
- Southampton Airport 4.8 miles
- Bournemouth Airport 27.5 miles
- Shawford Railway Station 0.4 miles
- Chandler's Ford Railway Station 3.2 miles
- Winchester Bus Station 3.2 miles
Hotels near Compton Ad
- Potters Heron Hotel 4 3.5 miles
- Lainston House 5 4.6 miles
- Kyoto Rooms Winchester 3.2 miles
- Hotel Du Vin & Bistro Winchester 4 3.1 miles
- Holiday Inn Southampton-Eastleigh M3, Jct13 4 3.6 miles
- Winchester Royal Hotel 4 3.2 miles
- The Winchester Hotel & Spa 4 3.6 miles
- The White Horse Hotel, Romsey, Hampshire 4 7.4 miles
- No.4 Carlton Hotel 5 7.9 miles
- The Pig in the Wall - Southampton 8.8 miles
Schools in Compton
- Shepherds Down Special School Special
Local points of interest
- Pitt Manor Estate 2.2 miles
- Hursley Park Estate 2.9 miles
- Roman wall Archaeological site 3.1 miles
- Silverlake Stadium Stadium 4.8 miles
- Broadlands Country house 7.2 miles
- St Mary's Stadium Stadium 8.2 miles
- West Quay Shopping centre 8.5 miles
- Embley House Estate 9.3 miles
- The Grange Country house 9.3 miles
- Netley Abbey Archaeological site 9.7 miles
- Hythe Marina Marina 10.4 miles
- Paultons Park Estate 11 miles