Locating the village of Lockerley
Lockerley is a village in Hampshire in the south of England. The village shop in Lockerley is a useful reference point and it is situated on the edge of the northern part of Lockerley Green at OSGB SU 292 268, 35m above Newlyn 1936, GPS co-ordinates 51 02 35N 01 35 00W and adjacent to the baptist chapel.
Throughout the Lockerley area there is very little, usually none, consistent mobile phone coverage from any of the main service providers. It seems that they all consider that because there is no phone traffic in the area that there is no value in providing the facility for there to be traffic.
Deliveries and large loads are strongly adivsed to note the low rail bridge which separates the main greens. Drivers should be cautious about relying on SatNav devices. SatNav devices which rely on mobile phone coverage are likely to be unreliable.
Lockerley is located some 8km north west of the ancient market town of
Romsey and some 3km west of Mottisfont. It is situated on the
river Dun – a tributary of the river Test. The
river Test
is perhaps the premier river in Europe for trout fishing.
Lockerley, along with West Tytherley, East Dean, West Dean and the
largely lost village of East Tytherley, are the main villages in the
valley of the river Dun. Other local
villages
including Dunbridge, Kimbridge all owe their names to
crossings over local rivers and tributaries of the river
Test. Awbridge does not owe its name to a river crossing as the name is a corruption of Abbot's Ridge and is a reference to the ownership of the area by Mottisfont Abbey and of the ridge of land on which the village is located.
It is an active village with a wide range of well supported
activities. Take a look at the various
pages, come and visit and use one of the many walks which start from one of the greens and can readily include a pub or two.
Most of the images which are used on this site are available at full resolution and further images of Lockerley and its neighbouring villages which may be used on this site are welcomed.
Transport services ...
The village is served by public transport buses from both Romsey and
Salisbury. The nearest rail station is at Dunbridge - about
2km
distant - and it lies on the Southampton > Romsey > Salisbury line.
In emergency
Local police 112 or for true emergency 999.
Lockerley has a Community Responders group who are contacted by the ambulance service.
Some further reference sites ...
Some further references which you may wish to follow include:
Information from the census http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk
Information about the environment in Hampshire http://www.envf.port.ac.uk/hantsgaz/
The local government and borough council site http://www.testvalley.gov.uk/
Some background about megalithic Britain including Hampshire and this area http://www.megalithic.co.uk/
Information about historic churches in the area http://www.berkshirehistory.com/hampshire/churches/lockerley.html
Information about touring in Britain http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk
Communities in Hampshire http://communities.hants.gov.uk/lockerley-index/lockerley-communityinformation.htm
Parish council updates and related information http://www.ukvillages.co.uk/Place/17135/Lockerley-Hampshire
About some of the pubs in the area http://www.beerintheevening.com/
Bus services http://www.wdbus.co.uk/htm/ttNorthern/N_CangoServices.pdf
ACNY is a source of up to date information about churches, their services and events
http://www.acny.org.uk/venue.php?V=7388
Caveats ...
At the time of publishing the information from this site was thought to be correct. Oversights of whatever kind are accidental. With corrigenda and errata please contact admin @ lockerley.org.uk