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Dibden Purlieu (/ ˌ d ɪ b d ɛ n ˈ p ɜːr l i uː /) is a village situated on the edge of the New Forest in Hampshire, England. The village merges with the nearby town of Hythe. It is in the civil parish of Hythe and Dibden. The approximate population is around 4000 people. The regular Bluestar bus services provide Purlieu's quickest link ...
Like nearby Beaulieu, Dibden was at one time a liberty. [4] The civil parish of Dibden was created in 1894. [7] The village of Hythe was taken from Fawley parish and added to Dibden parish in 1913. [8] Since the 1950s the villages of Hythe and Dibden Purlieu have grown enormously, and today the parish is dominated by those two settlements. In ...
Applemore College is a secondary school in Hampshire, England, [1] situated in the village of Dibden Purlieu on the edge of the New Forest. It offers education to over 600 students between the ages of 11 and 16 and has specialist subject status for the teaching of Technology.
A326 at Dibden Purlieu, Hythe, Hampshire: A337 at Lymington [19] B3055 ... Number also appeared on maps along a road in Dartford, but this is a typo for the B2228.
Hythe was a village up to the 1950s, but the expansion of Fawley Refinery led to a demand for more houses for workers, and Hythe and Dibden Purlieu were allowed to expand into a small town. [9] In 1983, following the growth of Hythe, the parish of Dibden was renamed to Hythe and Dibden, to reflect the importance of Hythe as a new focal point of ...
Noadswood School serves Dibden Purlieu and Hythe on the Southampton Waterside. In 2006 the school became a specialist Sports College. The school has an on-site gymnasium, sports hall, all-weather pitch and playing courts. In 2010, 81% of Noadswood's Year 11 students attained at least five GCSEs at A*-C grade.
In 1847 the Southampton and Dorchester Railway was built through the New Forest, and Beaulieu Road railway station was opened in what is now the middle of the parish. [11] The village of Beaulieu is some 3.5 miles (5.5 km) to the south of the station, and as a result, the station remains very rural.
[2] [7] In 1934, the A24 bypass road opened, [12] cutting through the Deepdene estate close to the house. [13] [14] The Southern Railway acquired the Deepdene in June 1939, to use as its headquarters in the event of war. The purchase was partly funded by the government under the air raid precautions programme.