Marchwood

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Marchwood
St. John's church, Marchwood.
St. John's church, Marchwood.
Settled before 1086
Population (2001)
 - Village 5,586
Time zone GMT (UTC)
Postcode SO40
Website: http://www.marchwoodparishcouncil.org.uk/
Marchwood (Southampton)
Marchwood
Marchwood
Marchwood within Greater Southampton
This article is about the village in the UK. For the CDP in the USA, see Lionville-Marchwood, Pennsylvania

Marchwood is a village located in Hampshire, UK. It lies between Totton and Hythe on the western shore of Southampton Water, next to the New Forest. The population of the village in the 2001 census was 5,586.

The name "Marchwood" is most probably from the Old English "merecewudu" meaning "smallage wood" ('smallage' is a term for wild celery). It is mentoned in the Domesday Book as "Merceode".

Despite being a village, Marchwood is the home of a refuse incinerator, a sewage works, a large military port and, from 2007, a new gas power station.

Marchwood is also home to Southampton F.C.'s training ground. It is twinned with the village of Saint-Contest, near Caen, Normandy, France.

The village also has two schools, an infant school situated in Twiggs Lane and a junior school in the village centre.

There are several shops in the village centre, including Alldays, a bakery, fish & chip shop, pharmacy and hairdresser, as well as the Roebuck inn.

Until privatisation, Marchwood was home to one of the three principal research facilities of the CEGB, concentrating on heavy plant - the other facilities were at Leatherhead and at Berkeley.


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Coordinates: 50.88999° N 1.44974° W

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