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Southampton [a] is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England.It is located approximately 80 miles (130 km) southwest of London, 20 miles (32 km) west of Portsmouth, and 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Salisbury.
Southampton is a city in Hampshire, England.The area has been settled since the Stone Age. Its history has been affected by its geographical location, on a major estuary on the English Channel coast with an unusual double high tide, and by its proximity to Winchester and London; the ancient and modern capitals of England.
1962 – The City of Southampton Society founded, and then Southampton becomes a city in 1964. [29] 1964 – Southampton is awarded city status by the Letters Patent and Queen Elizabeth II. 1965 – Wilton Royal factory opens near city. [30] 1966 – Southampton Maritime Museum opens in The Wool House.
The city of Southampton is the largest settlement. The county has an area of 3,769 km 2 (1,455 sq mi) and a population of 1,844,245, making it the 5th-most populous in England. The South Hampshire built-up area in the south-east of the county has a population of 855,569 and contains the cities of Southampton (269,781) and Portsmouth (208,100
Collection of Southampton City Art Gallery (3 P) Companies based in Southampton (2 C, 18 P) E. Education in Southampton (4 C, 3 P) G. Geography of Southampton (1 C ...
The Southampton Central Parks are a set of five parks, which collectively make a central public park, in the heart of the city of Southampton. Created between 1854 and 1866, they have gained Grade II* listed status, as well as being part of the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. The parks are legally Common Land. [1]
Southampton City Centre is the commercial and organisational centre of the City of Southampton, and the transport hub of the city. Because Southampton is on the South Coast of England, the city centre is not at the geometric centre of the city, but at the southern extremity. The traditional heart of the city is the High Street, which runs from ...
The borough was granted city status on 11 February 1964, after which the corporation was also known as Southampton City Council. [4] Southampton was reconstituted as a non-metropolitan district in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It kept the same boundaries (which had last been enlarged in 1967), but the council became a lower-tier ...