Ashurst, Hampshire
village in Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Ashurst is a village in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England, which together with Colbury hamlet makes the parish of Ashurst and Colbury. Ashurst is on the A35 road near the Southampton conurbation. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 2,011, increasing to 2,093 at the 2011 Census. The parish is on the edge of the designated New Forest National Park area. The village has a campsite, some shops and a railway station. The parish is bounded to the west by Netley Marsh parish and the Bartley Water, to the north by the A326 road and Totton and Eling, and to the south by Denny Lodge parish in the New Forest.
Ashurst is close to the City of Southampton and is often considered an exurb of it, a large percentage of its population being commuters.
Millvina Dean, the last survivor of the sinking of RMS Titanic, was living in Ashurst at the time of her death in May 2009 at the age of 97.
Amenities
There are many businesses along the main road through Ashurst, including pubs, restaurants, boutique clothing and accessories shop, a vet, an upholsterer, a hair salon, a car accessories shop and a car dealer. The post office closed at the end of January 2019.
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