Eastleigh

Eastleigh is located in Hampshire, UK. It is one of the main cities in the area of Eastleigh. The town is the part of South Hampshire and lies between Winchester and Southampton. The foremost considerable development was a railway town. The city located on River Itchen is one of the Uk’s premier chalk streams.

History:

Eastleigh is situated on the ancient Roman road that was constructed in 79 A.D. between Bitterne and Winchester. During the Roman era, the Eastleigh area was dominated by Roman people as it was confirmed after the excavation of coffins, their remains and others weapons. A record shows the existence of village named Saxon village since 932 A.D.

One more additional evidence of the presence of the Romans was declared in a survey conducted by TIME. King Ethelstan granted some portion of land in North Stoneham during military aid. There is one museum called Eastleigh Museum in the town. It is located in the High Street, and it holds the information regarding the city and the nearby villages.

Education:

There are two colleges for further education in Eastleigh including Eastleigh College and Barton Peveril Sixth Form College. Norwood Primary School, the Crescent Primary School, Cherbourg Primary School are famous primary schools that are giving services to the northern city. Crestwood College is the only secondary school in the town.

Religion

In the early 1930s, the church was founded called Emmanuel Baptist Church. It is located in the former Desborough Mission Hall.

Sport:

Eastleigh F.C.

It is the only senior football team that is playing from 2014-2015 in the Conference Premier.

Solent Kestrels

The game of basketball is very prominent in the region, and Solent kestrels are the most followed basketball club here. The region's club represented in the second highest level sports event, i.e. the English basketball league division. It was promoted from 2nd division to first when it became champions in a 2015-2016 season. The team usually play under the supervision of coach Matt Guymon and mostly play its game at Fleming Park Leisure centre.

Eastleigh Ladies Hockey Club

Situated in South Hampshire, Eastleigh Ladies Hockey Club fields two teams in Hampshire Women’s League along with playing floodlit and indoor league games.

Eastleigh Rugby Football Club

“The Hub” is the source through which the Eastleigh Rugby Football Club plays. Presently, there are four senior sides, colts and young player improvement.

Eastleigh Running Club

Eastleigh has a broadly based running club for those who are interested in running.

Politics

MP Mims Davies represents the House of Commands in Eastleigh. In general election of 2015, she was designated for the constituency with a majority vote of 9,147. She won against the Mike Thornton of Liberal Democrats who was elected at the elections of 2013 with the majority of 1,771 votes. Prior to 2005, the Eastleigh constituency MP was David Chidgey and later on, this seat was won by Huhne.

Transport:

Rail

Eastleigh has a famous railway station named as Eastleigh railway station. It is the foremost railway station that is located on the South Western Main Line. It provides fast and regular services to Winchester to Southampton, Poole and Bournemouth. It is connecting station for other two routes namely Eastleigh-Romsey Line and Eastleigh-Fareham.

Air

Eastleigh has 20^th largest airport in England namely Southampton Airport. It is served by a dedicated machine railway station that is nest station stop from Eastleigh railway station.

Bus

The bus services are provided by Bluestar, Briijan Tours, Stagecoach, First Group Hampshire, Xelabus and Wilts and Dorset.

Road

The M3 and M27 motorway are also giving access to travellers owing to its location near to the junction point of Eastleigh town.