Petersfield

Petersfield
Petersfield High Street
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Petersfield is located in Hampshire
Petersfield
Petersfield
Location within Hampshire
Population14,974 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSU748232
Civil parish
  • Petersfield
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPETERSFIELD
Postcode districtGU31, GU32
Dialling code01730
PoliceHampshire and Isle of Wight
FireHampshire and Isle of Wight
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Hampshire
51°00′14″N 0°56′15″W / 51.0038°N 0.9374°W / 51.0038; -0.9374

Petersfield is a market town and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 15 miles (24 km) north of Portsmouth. The town has its own railway station on the Portsmouth Direct line, the mainline rail link connecting Portsmouth and London. Situated below the northern slopes of the South Downs, Petersfield lies wholly within the South Downs National Park.[2]

The town is on the crossroads of well-used north–south (formerly the A3 road which now bypasses the town) and east–west routes (today the A272 road) and it grew as a coach stop on the Portsmouth to London route. Petersfield is twinned with Barentin in France, and Warendorf in Germany.

  1. ^ "Parish Headcounts, Area: Petersfield CP". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. 2001. Retrieved 12 March 2008.
  2. ^ "Home". South Downs National Park.

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