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OFFICIAL TOWN GUIDE Totton & Eling Official Guide Totton & Eling Town Council © Published and edited by Totton & Eling Town Council

Contents Introduction

Introduction ...... 1 Totton & Eling

History of Our Town ...... 2 Totton & Eling is a town of nearly 30,000 population situated in the Brief History Overview ...... 3 District in the County of Hampshire. In the last 40 years its population has however Local Stories ...... 4–5 doubled in size but the town still retains its friendly village atmosphere. It once used to The Eling Experience & Eling Tide Mill ...... 6–7 be known as the largest village in .

Local Environment...... 8–9 Location A–Z of Local Services ...... 10–24 One of the town’s most appealing features is its location immediately Your Town Council ...... 25–30 adjoining the New Forest, not that far from many beaches, and near a major city. It is also centrally situated about an hour and a half from Other Things To Do & See ...... 31–32 London and about two and a half hours to Exeter in the west and Birmingham in the Midlands. airport is also only nine Gazateer ...... 33–36 miles away. Local Community

One of the advantages of the growth in the town is the fact that it has given the Council the opportunity to develop a considerable Front cover: Eling Harbour number of local community and recreational Back cover: Civic Centre facilities. In fact, Totton & Eling probably has All photographs and drawings by Derek Biggs more local community facilities, size for size, of any town in the country.

© Published and edited by Totton & Eling Council, 2015.

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History of Our Town A Brief Historical Overview… 1500 BC A Bronze Age settlement to the north of the town was established with a bridge over the Test and a landing jetty. Past to Present Here it was likely that many goods were imported from other parts of the south coast and even from the continent. It may be difficult to imagine the modern town of Totton & Eling back in the Bronze Age days but in the Heritage Centre is a Bronze Age dagger over 3,000 850 AD King Athelwulf gave land for a burial ground and church at years old, found just north of the town. Eling. Athelwulf was son of Egbert whose subjugation of England from 825 became the foundation of the future Kingdom of England. “…a long history as a small port and 1086 AD At the time of the Doomsday survey the parish of Eling has considerable involvement in milling.” a population of about 300 and recorded a church, 2 mills, a fishery and a salt house.

The town is on a point on the where it was 1100 AD In August 1100 William II, known as William Rufus, died just possible to build a river crossing (that may well hunting in the New Forest only a few miles from Totton. be why it is in the place it is today). Eling has a long There is still mystery as to whether it was an accident or history as a small port and considerable involvement murder and it is believed that the arrow that killed him in milling. There has been a tide mill on the site for was made by Cobb the fletcher in his forge near Eling Quay. over a 1,000 years and the area is historically well 1130 AD Henry I sailed from Eling Quay on one of his expeditions to known for shipbuilding, including vessels built for the Normandy. English Navy. 1300s AD The Manor of Eling was purchased by William of Wykeham Notable Events who then endowered it to the College. William was elected as Bishop of Winchester in 1366. We have gathered some of the more notable events over the last 3,000 years on the next page but it has been more recently, in the last 40 years that Totton 1808 AD– The Warwick family at Eling built six ships for the & Eling has turned from a village into a town. 1814 AD Royal Navy.

The following overview is a very short abbreviation of our town’s extensive Late The original Eling Fair was held on the 5th and 6th of July history, however for a fuller picture of our past you may like to visit the 1800s AD each year for horse and cattle sales, however it became so Heritage Centre at Eling where the whole story of our town can be viewed. rowdy that it was abolished in 1905 due to the fights and brawls, and at least one drowning.

2 3 to demolish the original building and replace it with a new one placed further back Local Stories from the highway, although it appears that this work was not actually carried out until 1921. Regrettably the Red Lion was burnt to the ground in 2012 and nothing of the old pub now exists. History is all about situations to which people can relate; here we share several interesting local stories from the past… An Eling Grave A Report from 22nd April, 1557 The graveyard at Eling Church has a poignant tombstone of William . It says: John Lawe, the elder of Wygley in Elinge, and John Law the younger, deceased, late of Wade in Eling, yeoman, have been indicted for that they on 23rd July, 2 “Stop reader pray and read my fate, May (the second year of the reign of Mary) about 1am burglariously entered the mansion of William Poore at Elynge and carried away various items of value, What caused my life to terminate, including a dagger (value 2s), a woman’s cloak of woollen cloth of ‘puke’ colour For thieves by night when in my bed, (value 40s) and 8L in coins in a purse of the goods and chattels of William Poore. Broak up my house and shot me dead.” The Red Lion Public House

The position of the Red Lion was well- The Ship Called ‘Pomone’ chosen to attract business, since it lay at the western end of the causeway leading to In April 1813 a brig built in Eling called the Pomone and built by ‘A Mr the bridge at Redbridge, at a point where Warwick a merchant of Eling’ was off Dungeness and taken by French several major roads converged. The privateers. Privateers were in most ways pirates but were supposedly building stood on land belonging to the sanctioned by the country’s governments to take ships from countries Compton family of , the occupier with whom they were at war or with whom they had disputes. in 1655, Edward Newman, paid an annual They took the ship and her cargo of bale goods, indogo and trinkets rental of £1 14s. 11d in money, plus two capons. Its description as ‘The Inne at which were bound from London to Malta and the Black Sea. Totton’ suggests that it was then the only establishment of its kind in the village. Hanger Farm Death

The Inn played a leading part in traditional village life, the stocks for the In 1901 on the 26th March, William George Phillips was loading a cart punishment of minor offenders formerly stood outside and until 1816 an at Hanger Farm barn when the horse bolted and he was run over by annual dinner for the poor of the parish was held here. For most of the 19th the cart. He left a wife and nine children and due to the tragedy the century it was kept by one family – firstly John Dyett, and later his son Charles local people set up a fund to care for his wife and children. Henry Dyett until the latter’s death in 1912. In 1915 the proprietors (Scrase It was unfortunate that one of the committee ran off with the funds and Company of Southampton) obtained permission raised and left the whole family in poverty.

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Heritage Centre

The Eling Experience In addition to the historic mill, visitors can at the Heritage Centre learn the history of , dating from pre-historic time to the present. In the area you Visit one of the local treasures of Totton and Eling by taking a trip back in time can also enjoy the serenity of Eling Church, take a riverside stroll and tuck into tea at the Eling Experience. It is a piece of living history that people of all ages will and cake at the Eling Creek Tea Rooms. remember. The Heritage Centre is sure to capture the For more than 900 years – and possibly even in Roman times – a mill has stood imagination as displays include a 3,000 year on the site of today’s picturesque Eling Tide Mill, set on the water’s edge at old Bronze Age dagger found in Testwood Eling. Lakes and an air-raid shelter where you can safely experience the bombing of the Eling Tar Works in the Second World War. You can also see a depiction of Thomas Mydlington signing One of the few surviving tide mills the lease of Eling Mill in the 15th century. of its kind in Britain… A stroll to Eling Hill leads to the pretty church, which dates back to Saxon times, restored in the 1860s and features an altar painting of Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper.

Eling Tide Mill There is plenty to interest visitors on one of the suggested walks including spotting the local birds and wildlife as you take a two-mile stroll from Eling Quay, Plan your trip to coincide with one of the past the Mill, Eling Great Marsh, Goatee Beach, Eling Church, Bartley Reach and regular milling sessions and you will back to the tea rooms for a well-deserved ‘cuppa’. Alternatively, there’s a seven- witness the flour-making process in mile walk around Totton and Eling which goes along the River Test to action, with the restored waterwheels and back via . Serious walkers can embark on the 44-mile Test powering away, much the same today as Way walk and details of all the routes are featured in a leaflet available from the it has been since it was first mentioned in Council. At Eling Creek, with its marsh and Goatee Beach, and an area which was the . once renowned as a smugglers’ haven, children can enjoy imaginative games on a The Eling Mill is particularly special as it pirate play ship in the Picnic Park. is one of the few surviving tide mills of its The Eling Experience, Eling Lane, Totton kind in Britain which not only offers two T: 023 8086 9575 (Mill) | T: 023 8066 6339 (Heritage Centre/Tea Rooms) types of stoneground flour but the New Forest Marque’s Flour of the Forest and W: www.elingexperience.co.uk all of which can be purchased at the Gift Shop.

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Alternatively, you can go straight across the path and down a track to the Eling Local Environment Experience play area and Goatee Beach. As you walk along the path past the play area, there are several areas of snowdrops.

Continuing along the water’s edge, you will enter the large fields known as ‘The Our Very Special Area Glebe Fields’ and to the very small field called ‘Goatee’. If you sit in the picnic area or any of the other seats, you will see a variety of birds depending on the state of How many towns have so many special areas to investigate? From the world the tide. The best viewing times for wading birds, such as redshanks, famous Eling Tide Mill, a Toll Bridge, the wildlife areas and oystercatchers, dunlin, curlew, grey plover and occasionally black tailed godwits, the world famous River Test and Testwood Lakes… will be as the tide drops and the birds arrive to feed. In addition, the town has about 200 acres of open space for local people to enjoy, most of it embedded in the residential areas.

In the town, there are several areas of land with public access enabling both local people and visitors to enjoy various flora and fauna of our area. In Downs Park Crescent, by the Toll Bridge, there is a gravel path following the river upstream to Eling recreation ground or via bridge to either the cemetery or the woodland. After crossing the bridge, keep an eye open for the kingfishers. There are paths leading into the woodland where regular maintenance work such as coppicing and dead hedging is carried out with the help of a local Conservation Group. This work opens up certain areas to the light and encourages an excellent display of bluebells.

The more common species of bird that you will find in this area include chaffinches, robins, blue/great/coat and long tailed tits, great spotted woodpecker, magpies and jays. If you return to the bridge, there is a boardwalk and gravel path leading to the cemetery In the winter time there are a variety of ducks including teal and widgeon. Looking where, in addition to the aforementioned birds, you further towards the dock head, you may even find a goldeneye, red breasted may also see jackdaws, crows, rooks, kestrels, sparrow merganser or both red throated and great northern divers. hawks and buzzards. From the cemetery you can walk through the car park and back across the Toll Bridge where you are likely to see kingfishers, mute swans, Cormorants are regularly seen either diving for eels or sitting with their wings black headed gulls and occasionally redshank, oystercatcher, grey heron and outstretched drying their feathers which are not waterproof. Look around on the little egrets. various pylons as kestrels often use them as perches. Occasionally you will even glimpse a peregrine falcon.

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Local Climate

Probably the best climate in the UK

Totton and Eling has a very enviable climate which was proved in the winter of 2008/09 when many parts of the country were under inches of snow for a week or more. Even in December 2010 we only had about a centimeter of snow for about 36 hours, when much of the country was struggling for weeks. We estimated that it was the first real snow to lay in about 15 years!

“…highest annual temperatures in the UK… with low rainfall.”

The town also has one of the highest annual maximum day temperatures in Eling Quay the UK together with high sunshine levels and low rainfall. The climate is due to the town being in the Hampshire basin, surrounded by hills and also having the influence of the coastal waters in winter. Below are shown a few of the All in all, the overall picture for Totton & Eling is one if the best climates in the UK figures as a comparison with other areas of the country. with high temperatures, fairly low rainfall, better sunshine than all but the coastal fringe and possibly the lowest laying snowfall figures on mainland England. For example, the average maximum annual day temperature for Totton and Eling (based on 2006/07) was 16°C compared with 14°C for Bradford and That is probably why the area of and is such as 15.6°C for Ross-on-Wye. attraction for tourists.

When it comes to sunshine, the town being near the South Coast, fares quite well with about 1,700 hours per annum – with Bradford down at 1,350 hours and Ross-on-Wye at 1,615 hours. It looks like the period of 2006/07 was wetter than average over the country with rainfall in Totton and Eling about 40 inches compared with Bradford at 47 inches and Ross-on-Wye at 94 inches.

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Local Services A–Z Totton & Eling Town Council items ✰

Buses (Continued) Totton & Eling Town Council items are marked with a symbol ✰ Wilts & Number X7/X71 both stop in Totton by the Precinct A –Z T: 01722 336 855 Careers Service , Calmore Road, Totton SO40 3ZX Adult Education Services For advice to school leavers and young people: Totton College, Calmore Road, Totton SO40 3ZX Monday – Friday, 8.30am – 4.30pm (evening appointments available) T: 023 8087 4874 T: 023 8087 4874 W: www.totton.ac.uk W: www.totton.ac.uk Allotments Car Parks

✰ Totton & Eling Town Council owns four allotment sites: ✰ The Town Council provides the following free car parks: Compton Park, Foxhills, Salmon Leap and Water Lane, giving about  Testvale Car Park (55 cars) 14 acres and having a total of approximately 275 plots.  War Memorial Car Park (96 cars). For further details regarding plot availability, contact us. T: 023 8086 3138 There are also car parking facilities at the Calmore and West Totton Centres which are provided by the Town Council.

Buses The Council provides the following free car parks in town:  Civic Centre (95 cars) Number 6, 8, 10, 11 and 12 all run from Totton (by the Precinct) to via Millbrook, and Southampton Central Station.  Eling Hill (30 cars)  Rumbridge Street (150 cars) T: 023 8061 8233  Westfield Road/ Road (190 cars). PAY car parks: First  Windsor Road (85 cars) Number 4 to Southampton General Hospital  Elingfield (98 cars). T: 023 8022 4854

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Churches Citizens Advice Bureau Evangelical Free Church, Bagber Road, Totton 91 Junction Road, Totton T: 023 80 784539 Monday – Thursday, 10am – 2pm T: 03444 111 306 W: www.newforestcab.org.uk Jehovah’s Witnesses, Cheam Way, Totton Or visit: www.adviceguide.org.uk Mission Church, Road, Totton Community Centres & Halls for Hire St Anne’s Church (Church of England), Cooks Lane, Calmore E: [email protected] ✰ Calmore Community Centre, Calmore Drive, Totton St Mary’s (Church of England), Eling Hill, Totton Open Mon, Tues, Thurs, 9am – 12pm, Fri 9am – 11am T: 023 80866426 W: www.achurchnearyou.com/eling-st-mary/ T: 023 8086 8455 W: www.calmorecentre.org

St Matthew’s (Church of England), (also serves West Totton) ✰ Calmore Village Hall, Pauletts Lane, Totton T: 023 8066 3267 W: www.st-matthewsnetleymarsh.co.uk T: 023 8086 3138 St Winfrid’s (Church of England), Salisbury Road, Totton Administered by the Town Council as Trustrees. T: 023 8086 5103 W: www.achurchnearyou.com/testwood-st-winfrid/ Empire Hall, 1 South Parade, Salisbury Road, Totton St Teresa Roman Catholic Church, Commercial Road, Totton T: 023 8086 3682 W: www.theempirehall.org T: 023 8086 2270 Hounsdown Hall, Hounsdown, Totton Testwood Baptist Church, Salisbury Road, Totton T: 07501 336 T: 023 8086 0320 W: www.testwoodbaptist.org Totton Masonic Hall, Lexby Road, Eling Totton Spiritual Church, Rumbridge Street, Totton T: 023 8086 2739 W: www.tottonmasonichall.co.uk T: 023 8086 5737 W: www.tottonspiritualistchurch.co.uk Thistle Hall, St Winfrid’s Church, Salisbury Road, Totton Trinity Church Methodist & United Reform, Hazel Farm Road, Totton T: 023 8086 5103 T: 023 8078 3788 W: www.trinitychurchtotton.org.uk Three Score Club, Library Road, Totton T: 023 8086 5355 W: www.threescoreclub.hampshire.org.uk

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Totton & Eling Town Council items ✰ Environment Agency Enquiry T: 03708 506 506 (Mon–Fri, 8am–6pm) Floodline T: 0845 988 1188 Community Centre & Halls for Hire (Continued) Incident hot line (24 hr) T: 0800 80 70 60 W: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agency ✰ Totton & Eling Community Centre, Library Road, Totton Call for hire of rooms adjacent to the Civic Centre. Ferries Weekdays, 9am & 4pm. Southampton to Hythe T: 023 8086 3769 White Horse Ferries T: 023 8084 0722 W: www.tottonandelingcommunitycentre.co.uk Southampton to Ferries T: 0844 844 9988 ✰ West Totton Centre, Hazel Farm Road, Totton to Yarmouth Open 7 days a week (9am – 11pm Mon–Sat, 9am – 10pm Sunday). Wight Link T: 0870 582 7744 T: 023 8086 1712 Gas Electricity Gas Emergency line T: 0800 111 999 Southern Electric W: www.southern-electric.co.uk Enquiry line T: 0845 7444 555 Emergency line T: 0845 770 8090 For Chief Executive Department, Education, Environment, PB&R, Social Services, Surveyor’s, Treasurers and general enquiries.

Eling Tide Mill Hampshire County Council, The Castle, Winchester T: 01962 841 841 Eling Tide Mill E: [email protected] Eling Hill, Totton, Hampshire SO40 9HF Local amenity site, Normandy Way, Open Wednesday – Sunday, 10am – 4pm Open daily (closed 25/26 Dec, 1st January) and Bank Holiday Mondays Summer: 8am – 7pm Contact for milling times: Winter: 8am – 4.30pm T: 023 8066 6376 T: 023 8086 9575 W: www.elingexperience.co.uk Hampshire County Council For repairs and maintenance of pavements, verges and street lighting.

Hampshire County Council, Jacob’s Gutter Lane, Totton T: 01962 841 841

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Hampshire County Council Social Services Library Hampshire County Council, West Shore House, West Street, Hythe Totton Library, Library Road, Totton T: 01962 841 841 W: www.hants.gov.uk T: 0845 603 5631 Adult Services T: 0845 603 5630 W: www3.hants.gov.uk/library/totton-library.htm Children Services T: 0845 603 5620 Opening times: Hanger Farm Centre for the Arts Monday & Tuesday 9am – 5pm Wednesday 9.30am – 1pm ✰ The Hanger Farm project is one of the largest projects ever Thursday & Friday 9.30am – 7pm completed by a town/parish council. It comprises an Arts Centre, Saturday 9.30am – 4pm a Tennis Centre, a paddling pool and parkland Sunday Closed all day T: 023 8086 7274 W: www.totton.ac.uk/hanger-farm.aspx Magistrates Courts New Forest Heritage Centre The Court House, Pikes Hill, Lyndhurst T: 023 8038 4200 ✰ Heritage Centre & Eling Creek Tea Rooms, Eling Lane, Totton Southampton Opening times: 100 The Avenue, Southampton From Easter to end of October, Wednesday T: 023 8038 7200 Sunday 10am – 4.30pm Winter: Saturday and Sunday, 10am – 4pm Market T: 023 8086 1712 ✰ Totton & Eling Market, Memorial Car Park, Totton W: www.elingexperience.co.uk Every Wednesday 9am – 3pm (10am – 2pm in winter) Hospitals W: www.tottonmarket.co.uk Southampton General, Tremona Road, Southampton Further details can be obtained from the Civic Centre: (Casualty Department at this Hospital) T: 023 8077 7222 T: 023 8086 3138 Lymington New Forest Hospital, Wellworthy Road, Lymington (Minor Injuries Unit open 8am – 9pm) T: 01590 663 000 Royal South Hants, Graham Road, Southampton T: 023 8063 4288 Princess Anne, Coxford Road, Southampton T: 023 8077 7222

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Member of Parliament Community First New Forest Details of the present Member of Parliament are available from Public Offices, 65 Christchurch Road, Ringwood BH24 1DH the Civic Centre. T: 01425 482 773 W: www.cfnf.org.uk T: 023 8086 3138 W: www.totton-and-eling-tc.gov.uk Planning

New Forest District Council ✰ The Town Council’s Planning and Transportation Advisory For Public Health, Council Housing, Planning, Administration, Committee meets approximately 10 times a year. Electoral Registration, Land Charges, Legal and Personnel: Planning and transportation advisory functions of the Council include making recommendations to the District Council on all New Forest District Council, Appletree Court, Lyndhurst applications in the town. Responding to consultations from the T: 023 8028 5000 County and District Councils on strategic planning generally, Customer services: 01590 646 123 County and District plans and planning policy initiatives. W: www.newforest.gov.uk The Council prepares evidence for and representation at planning For Technical, Drainage, Finance, Street Nameplates, Council Tax, Housing appeals and inquiries and contributes to the development of town Department, Refuse Disposal and Architect: centre regeneration initiatives, concepts and programmes. The Council also responds to traffic management and road New Forest District Council, Town Hall, Lymington maintenance plans and programmes. T: 023 8028 5000

W: www.newforest.gov.uk Police ✰ New Forest District Council, Information Point in Totton Police Station, Testwood Lane, Totton The Totton & Eling Town Council at the Civic Centre provide for Open to the public 9am – 7pm daily the New Forest District Council and Information Point where T: 0845 045 45 45 general enquiries on District matters can be answered or the person referred on to the appropriate District Department. Crimestoppers T: 0800 555 111 W: https://crimestoppers-uk.org

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Post Offices Schools There are three sub post offices in Totton: Abbotswood Junior School, Ringwood Road, Totton T: 023 8086 3159 W: www.abbotswood.hants.sch.uk Rumbridge Street T: 023 8086 1869 Calmore County Infant School, Calmore Drive, Totton (Inside Goldsmiths Newsagents; deals with motor vehicle licenses.) T: 023 8086 5994 W: www.calmore-inf.hants.sch.uk Tesbourne Avenue T: 023 8086 2334 Calmore Junior School, Calmore Drive, Totton Water Lane T: 023 8087 0752 T: 023 8086 5354 W: www.calmorejunior.co.uk Public Conveniences Eling Infant School, School Road, Totton T: 023 8086 2267 W: www.eling.hants.sch.uk Public Conveniences are situated in: Forest Park , Ringwood Road, Totton  Library Road ✰ Bartley Park T: 023 8086 4949 W: www.forestpark.hants.sch.uk  Windsor Road ✰ Hanger Farm Forest Park , Commercial Road, Totton  Eling Recreation Ground T: 023 8086 4211 W: www.forestpark.hants.sch.uk (summer only) Foxhills Infant School, Foxhills Lane, T: 023 8029 2453 W: www.foxhills-inf.hants.sch.uk Foxhills Junior School, Foxhills Lane, Colbury Recreation Grounds T: 023 8029 2126 W: www.foxhills-jun.hants.sch.uk Hazel Wood Infants School, Hazel Farm Road, Totton The Town Council owns 7 recreation grounds and 18 play areas, ✰ T: 023 8066 6767 W: www.hazelwoodinfant.co.uk some of which have basketball posts, tennis courts, paddling pools (11-16 Yrs), Jacobs Gutter Lane, Totton and play equipment. The recreation grounds are shown on the T: 023 8086 2981 W: www.hounsdown.hants.sch.uk street plan shown at the end of this guide. Lydlynch Infants School, Lydlynch Road, Totton T: 023 8086 3188 W: www.lydlynch.hants.sch.uk In addition to the main recreation grounds, there are a number Oakfield County Primary School, Sylvia Crescent, Totton of small areas around the town and also the extensive green route T: 023 8086 2530 W: www.oakfieldpri.co.uk through the West Totton Development. (11-16 Yrs), Testwood Lane, Totton The 18 play areas are provided with modern equipment and full T: 023 8086 2146 W: www.testwoodsportscollege.co.uk safety surfaces. Bartley Park Skateboard Park is an extensive youth Totton College, Water Lane, Totton facility that has skateboarding facilities, zip wire and basketball T: 023 8087 4874 W: www.totton.ac.uk posts, and is one of the largest in the South of England.  For Special Day Schools see on the next page

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Special Day Schools Sport & Leisure (Continued) Forest Edge School, Lydlynch Road, Totton Bowling T: 023 8086 4949 ✰ The Town Council has a six rink Saltern School, Commercial Road T: 023 8086 4211 outdoor all weather Bowling Green in Crabbs Way, West Totton. Social Security Totton & Eling Bowls Centre Job Centre Plus and Dept. for Works and Pension T: 023 8086 8846 T: 0345 604 3719 W: www.gov.uk/contact-jobcentre-plus There is also an indoor bowling club, which plays at the West Totton Centre. Social Services T: 023 8086 1712 Hampshire County Council, West Shore House, West Street, Hythe Rugby T: 01962 841 841 The Tottonians Rugby Club has a club house and pitches at W: www.hants.gov.uk Totton College. Sport & Leisure T: 023 8066 3810 W: www.tottonians.com Aerobics & Dancing Sailing Club There are a number of dancing, aerobics and keep fit classes in town, some of Eling Sailing Club at Eling Quay which take place in the Town Council’s community buildings. T: 023 8086 3987 W: www.elingsc.org.uk

Badminton Squash There are public badminton courts at the West Totton Centre and at Totton ✰ At the West Totton Community Centre, there are four squash Recreation Centre, for information: courts available for public use. Recreation Centre T: 023 8086 1712 T: 023 8086 7474 W: www.tottonsquash.org.uk

Swimming ✰ West Totton Centre, Hazel Farm Road, Totton At Totton Recreation Centre in Water Lane, there is a 25m indoor pool with a T: 023 8086 1712 small learner pool provided by the New Forest District Council. T: 023 8086 7474 E: [email protected] W: tinyurl.com/lwfkgzc 20 21

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Sport & Leisure (Continued) Totton & Eling Town Council Tennis ✰ The Town Council runs an extensive range of recreational facilities ✰ The Town Council has free tennis courts available at Testwood and and community services. It also has a youth centre ‘The Garage’ at Eling Recreation Grounds. Courts can be booked during office hours. Eling Recreation Ground and a number of other youth facilities. At Eling is the Heritage Centre and throughout the town, bus Totton & Eling Recreation Centre shelters and seats. T: 023 8086 3138 Two car parks are owned in the town centre and provide A new Tennis Centre comprising eight all-weather outdoor courts and free parking. clubhouse is at Hanger Farm: Totton & Eling Town Council, Civic Centre, Totton T: 023 8086 7532 T: 023 8086 3138 E: [email protected] Weight Training ✰ The Calmore Community Centre has an adjoining Gym. Trains National Rail enquiries for South West Trains, Connex, Virgin & Wales and West Call for details and further information services. T: 023 8066 3483 T: 0845 7484 950 Totton & Eling Recreation Centre has a Lifestyles fitness centre which also W: www.nationalrail.co.uk has a steam room, sauna and sunbeds. T: 023 8086 7474 Twinning Totton & Eling Twinning has a lively, active and friendly association. Testwood Lakes Totton & Eling Twinning Association Little Testwood Lake is now open for fishing and to the general public and the T: 023 8086 5189 (Sharon Brown, Chairperson) construction of the interpretation centre is now complete. There is a warden on E: [email protected] site employed by Hampshire Wildlife Trust who will be happy to answer any queries. T: 023 8025 3359 (Celine Elson, Secretary) E: [email protected] Testwood Lakes, Off Brunel Road, Calmore Ind Est, Totton T: 023 8066 7929 See our website for more information: W: www.hiwwt.org.uk/reserves/testwood-lakes www.totton-and-eling-tc.gov.uk/About_the_Town/Twinning.aspx

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Youth Youth (Continued) Totton Youth Centre, Testwood Lane, Totton ✰ The Garage Youth Centre, Eling Recreation Grounds T: 023 8087 0890 Open Mon, Wed and Thurs, 5pm – 8.30pm (11-16 yrs). Saturday, 12pm – 4.30pm. This centre is run by Hampshire County Council. T: 07884 153 275 The Tower Bar, St Winfrids Church, Salisbury Road, Totton W: www.garageyouthclub.net A non-alcoholic bar for young people to meet. Activities include football, cricket, tennis, arts & crafts, and Open every Saturday from 7pm – 10pm internet computer. T: 023 8086 5103 W: www.tower-totton.org It’s Your Choice Youth Advisory Service, 37 Salisbury Road, Totton Open Mon, Tues, Fri 2pm – 5pm, Thursday 2pm – 8pm. If these times are not suitable contact 0800 515 819.

T: 023 8086 4231 W: www.iyc.org.uk

Totton Streetwise Project A double-decker bus where young people can come on and hang out, and get free hot chocolate and advice from our team of volunteers.

Every Friday night from 7.30pm onwards at Bartley Skate Park.

T: 023 8086 0320 W: www.thebus.co.uk Or email: [email protected]

The Totton Streetwise Project is under the umbrella of :

Youth & Families Matter Testwood Baptist Church, 283A Salisbury Road, Totton W: www.youthandfamiliesmatter.org.uk

YFM provides parenting courses and befriending services.

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Your Town Council Calmore Village Hall Calmore Village Hall, Pauletts Lane, Calmore, Totton

The hall has one main room with a small stage and is situated in a rural location. Totton & Eling Town Council is one of the most active Parish/Town Councils in The kitchen is included with hire. Car parking is limited but the hall is suitable for the UK providing a vast range of quality facilities, some of which are often a wide variety of community activities. provided by County and District Councils in other areas. Activities currently include canine training, Tai Chi, line dancing, music school and Here are details of our services and more information is available from the ‘Tap Tots’. various centres or from the Civic Centre. Enquiries would be welcome from anyone wishing to make a daytime or evening Calmore Community Centre booking. For hire of hall and information, call: T: 023 8086 3138 Calmore Community Centre, Calmore Drive, Calmore, Totton Hanger Farm Park Owned by Totton & Eling Town Council and managed by Calmore Community Association, there are two halls available at various times during the day, and The Hanger Farm project is one of the largest two similar rooms (max 50 people per room) available daytime or evenings and projects ever completed by Town/Parish Council. suitable for meetings, lectures, courses, etc. It comprises an Arts Centre, paddling pool & parkland. There is a bar for the use of persons attending the Centre and a gym, and also The Arts Centre is constructed in a 1700s situated in the building, along with the Patch Children’s Centre is the Sure Start converted barn and includes an exhibition area. Scheme. In this historic setting, a unique theatre ambience

Hunter Hall – ideal for weddings, dances, birthdays, parties and discos. has been created. The Tennis Centre, which Rufus Room – ideal for smaller parties and children’s parties. provides for pay and play as well as for club members, is also floodlit to ensure Forest Room – ideal for meetings, conferences, seminars. maximum opening hours.

Office hours for bookings/hire of rooms and information: This exciting project, which cost over £4m, was funded completely from grants and developers contributions. Both the Arts and Tennis Centres are managed for Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 9am – 12pm (midday) the Council with the Arts Centre being run by Totton College and the Tennis Wednesday, 1pm – 3pm Centre and Café being run privately for Friday 9am – 11am the Council.

T: 023 8086 8455 Tennis Centre T: 023 8066 7532 W: www.calmorecentre.org Hanger Farm Arts Centre T: 023 8066 7683 W: www.totton.ac.uk/hanger-farm.aspx

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Heritage Centre & Eling Creek Tea Rooms Recreation Grounds

Take a walk through time from prehistory to the present Totton & Eling Town Council owns seven large day and discover more about the places and people who recreation grounds and 26 play areas, some of have shaped the development of Totton and Eling. which have basketball posts, tennis courts, paddling pools, play equipment, multi-use Located close to Eling Quay, the Heritage Centre includes games area and model car circuit. a tearoom providing welcome refreshments. In addition to permanent exhibits, temporary displays feature In addition, there are a number of smaller areas specific periods in local history and local items of interest. around the town and the extensive green route through the West Totton Development. The play areas are provided with modern Opening times: safety surfaces and adventurous equipment for various ages of children. Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm, plus Bank Holidays Open 7 days a week during School holidays (April – October) Bartley Park Skateboard Park is an extensive youth facility that has skateboarding facilities, zip wire and basketball posts. There is also a BMX track at Bartley Park T: 023 8066 6339 together with other sections which are quiet areas to walk and relax down by W: www.elingexperience.co.uk .

Hounsdown Hall At two of our Recreation Grounds are summer paddling pools (one of which has a splash pas area) and at a third with a large Splash Pad design. All three are highly Hounsdown Hall, Hounsdown Avenue, Totton popular with local youngsters in hot water. Hounsdown Hall is owned by the Totton & Eling Town Council and managed by T: 023 8086 3138 the Hounsdown Community Association. The hall is available for hire at very competitive rates and includes kitchen facilities. The Garage Youth Centre Capacity: 100 maximum. Ample parking available. The Garage Youth Centre, Eling Recreation Grounds, Eling Regular activities include Little Treasures Pre-School, Thursday ‘T’ Club, Bingo, (Off Totton By pass A35) Rainbow/Brownies/Guides, Canine Partners, Dog Training, Garden & Social Club, The Centre, run by the Town Council, has various activities, projects Bird Society, Lindsey Read School of Dance, and more. Call for bookings or and events. further information. Open Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday at various hours – call to check T: 07501 336 498 (Mon – Thurs, 9.30am – 4.30pm) opening times or visit the website. T: 023 8086 3138 (Mon – Thurs, 9am – 5pm, Fri 9am - 4.30pm) T: 0788 415 275 (Evenings only) W: www.garageyouthclub.net Facebook: 'thegarageufi'

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Totton & Eling Bowls Centre West Totton Centre West Totton Centre, Hazel Farm Road, Totton Totton & Eling Bowls Centre, Crabbs Way, Totton A Town Council facility offering three badminton courts and four squash courts An artificial Bowls surface that is open all year round. available for members of the Squash Club, and for ‘pay and play’. There is also an Opening times: indoor bowling, and as well as excellent sports facilities, there are many other 10.30am – 4.30pm (March – October) non-sporting and school holiday activities. 11am – 3pm (November – February) There are three function rooms for hire. The Office is open from 10.30am to 6.30pm, and to play after 6pm you must pre- Main Hall – Capacity 300 book a rink by 6pm. Small Hall – Capacity 80. A ‘self-contained’ community room including kitchen T: 023 8086 8846 for more information facilities. W: https://sites.google.com/site/tottonbowlsclub The new Players Rest Café and bar is situated within the building and provides Totton & Eling Community Association welcome refreshments and delicious food throughout the day and evening. Open 7 days a week, Monday to Sunday, 9am – 10.30pm The Centre is owned by the Totton & Eling Town Council and managed by the Totton & Eling Community Association. For hire of rooms and information, call: Dance classes, children’s clubs, a luncheon club are just a few of the various T: 023 8086 1712 activities attended at this centre. Movida Film Showings Rooms for hire – Kitchen facilities available. Other Facilities

Palm Room – Capacity 125 – 135 Totton & Eling Town Council also provides a considerable number of other Lilac room – Capacity 45 – 50 facilities including boat moorings, a BBQ site, seats, car parks, allotments and bus Maple Room – Capacity 35 shelters, to name just a few. Full details of all our facilities are available from the Civic Centre or on our website: Open Monday – Friday, 9am – 4pm W: www.totton-and-eling-tc.gov.uk T: 023 8086 3769 W: www.tottonandelingcommunitycentre.co.uk The Council also tasks the Accredited Community Safety Officers in the town, which is a partnership between the Town Council and Hampshire County Council. Tide Mill & Toll Bridge The officers can deal with anti-social behavioural issues and enforce a number of The Town Council manages the running of the Eling Tide Mill and Toll Bridge and offences including litter, cycling on footways and dog fouling. They also monitor the project is a major tourist attraction, involving the only tide mill in the world the environmental matters in the town to attempt to prevent fly tipping and fly to be still producing flour on a weekly basis. posting, etc.

For full details of the project, see The Eling Experience on page 6.

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The New Forest

Other Things to Do & See Totton and Eling has been part of the New Forest for centuries and a considerable Interesting Walks in Our Town number of commoners live within the town. Until the 1950s ponies used to be free roaming Totton and Eling is very lucky in having some of the most interesting walks in in the town and at Brokenford the old pony the country. Whether you want a brisk stroll down to the beach or are a long pound still partially exists. distance rambler, there is a walk for you. The town still feels itself very much part of the The Town Council produces a number of leaflets with walks from two miles to Forest and due to its close proximity its 48 miles, so why not get a leaflet from either the Civic Centre or the Tide Mill beautiful areas are enjoyed by many people living in the town. Totton and Eling is and try some of them out. Remember that you use more than 100 calories for very fortunate to have such a unique area on its doorstep. every hour walked and they reckon that walking is not only good for you W: www.thenewforest.co.uk physically but also mentally. Our Green Routes

Totton and Eling is the ideal place to cycle as there are a considerable number of cycle routes and also in West Totton there is a five kilometer green route from Calmore in the north to Eling Recreation Ground. From there you can walk along the riverside walk to Eling Quay.

The green route is a pedestrian/cycle shared surface and is landscaped to make you feel like you are in the countryside.

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