Swanmore
Swanmore Location within Hampshire
Population	2,871 [1] 3,017 (2011 Census)[2]
OS grid reference	SU576162
Civil parish	Swanmore
District	City of Winchester
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Southampton
Postcode district	SO32
Dialling code	01489
Police	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Fire	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Meon Valley
Website	http://www.swanmore.hampshire.org.uk/ Swanmore Parish Council
List of places UK England Hampshire 50°56′32″N 1°10′46″W / 50.942257°N 1.179353°W / 50.942257; -1.179353

Swanmore is a rural village and civil parish situated in the Meon Valley, Hampshire, England. It is very near to Bishop's Waltham.

Swanmore was originally set up to provide homes for workers in local brickworks. As such, the houses in the village are mainly early and mid-Victorian brick buildings, although there are some older houses, especially in the hamlet of Upper Swanmore, which is located only 1/4 mile north of the main village. The village continued to thrive after the closure of these brickworks, and at one time had many shops and services in the village, however many of these closed with the advent of easier transport to nearby towns, but Swanmore does still have a village shop, post office, and hairdresser.

Hill Place is a grade II listed^[3] Georgian country villa located in the parish.

Churches

The church, St Barnabas was built when the village gained independence in the 19th century, whereas before it was part of the parish of Droxford.^{[citation needed]} With its independence Swanmore gained its own resident priest and parsonage. As well as St Barnabas, Swanmore has a Methodist chapel which was built in 1863.^{[citation needed]}

The Paterson centre, which was built to replace the old parish room, was built in the late 1980s and named after retired Swanmore vicar Rev. Ron Paterson and in remembrance of the three members of his family who died while he was serving the parish.

Education

Swanmore houses the schools Swanmore Primary School (a Church of England aided school) and Swanmore College, which is the secondary school for neighbouring towns and villages. The nearest major town is Fareham, six miles south. Swanmore also has two pre-schools, Swanmore Pre-School and the Greenery.

Notable people

• Cyril Raikes
• Stephen Leacock