Local Information
Based in the village of Holbury we primarily serve the needs of buyer's and sellers within the villages of Holbury, Blackfield, Langley, Calshot, Lepe and Exbury. Our services do extend out of these villages and we would be delighted to help answer any questions you may have on the surrounding area.
Located on the edge of the New Forest National Park yet within a very short distance of Southampton Water and the Solent, the Waterside area offers all inhabitants a comprehensive range of services, provisions, leisure facilities and sports clubs. The nearest mainline railway station can be found at Brockenhurst (approx 9.5 miles from Holbury) with Totton (approx 10 miles from Holbury) and Southampton Central (approx 13.4 miles from Holbury). The airports of Southampton and Bournemouth are approximately 20 and 33 miles from Holbury.
Please see the list below of some services that can be found in each of the respective villages:
HOLBURY
Two Primary and one Secondary School
Pre School and Nurseries
Dental Practices
Newsagents and Post Office
Bank
Card Shop
Optician
Florist
Bookmakers
Chemists
Uni-Sex Hair Salon's
Take away’s – English, Chinese, Indian, Kebab
Indian Restaurant
Public Houses
Tool Hire
Printers
Shoe Shop
Café
Hardware Store
Builders Merchants including bathroom and kitchen sales
Co-operative Supermarket
Nursery Equipment
Car Hi-Fi and equipment
Car Sales
Garage/Mechanic Services
Home appliance store and repairs
Funeral Services
Social Club
BLACKFIELD AND LANGLEY
Primary and Pre-School
Newsagents and Post Office
Doctors Surgery
Dentist
Solicitor
Bank
Bookmakers
Chemists
Hair Dresser’s/Salon’s
Take away’s – English, Bangladeshi and Indian Restaurant
Public Houses
British Legion Social Club
Sports Hall and sports pitches including a 9 hole pitch and putt course
Bicycle Shop
Café
Library
Hardware Store
Tesco’s Express
Car Sales
Garage Services
Computer shop
Bakery
Clothes shop
Taxi service
FAWLEY
Newsagents and Post Office
Public Houses
Garage Services
Waterports Shop
Hair Salon
Chinese and Indian Take Away
Café
Primary School
Squash and badminton courts
Public Slipway
Ladies Fashions
CALSHOT
Sports activity centre
Public Slipway
Beach
LEPE
Country Park
Teashop
Beach
Other attractions a short drive from the area include
Exbury Gardens
Beaulieu House and Motor Museum
Paultons Park - Theme Park
New Forest Otter and Owl Sanctuary
Longdown Dairy Farm
Southampton is 13.5 miles by road but you can reach it by a 15 minute ferry ride across the Southampton Water from Hythe which is 3 miles from Holbury. Pensioners who reside in the Waterside area are entitled to a free ferry pass. |
