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Royal Victoria Country Park has attractive parkland, woodland and seashore, and many things to see and do including a historic chapel and miniature railway.
- Food and Drink
The Cedar Rooms has a fantastic restaurant, including a gold...
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With its rich history and array of habitats covering 200...
- Things to do
There’s always something for everyone to enjoy at our...
- Learning
Coaches will need to drop-off and pick-up from the Tall...
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If you’re interested in supporting the work we do to keep...
- Parking
A cross park pass will give you unlimited parking at our...
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Indoors or out, the Royal Victoria Country Park provides a...
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Offering fantastic views across Southampton Water, Royal Victoria Country Park is a great place to watch the busy shipping coming in and out of Southampton. Once the home of the biggest military hospital in the Victorian Empire this 200-acre site is now ideal for relaxation and leisure.
- Location, Area, Boundaries, Landform and Setting
- Entrances and Approaches
- Principal Building
- Gardens and Pleasure Grounds
- Park
- Other Land
The grounds of what was, before it was demolished in 1966, the largest military hospital, opened in 1863 overlooking Southampton Water, incorporating a lunatic asylum set in its own grounds. The grounds were probably laid out by the Southampton landscape designerWilliam Bridgwater Page. The site liesat the south-east tip of greater Southampton, sou...
The main approach to the hospital enters the site c 750m north-west of the chapel, at Netley Cliff, giving access from Netley. A single-storey Italianate-style lodge (1861, listed grade II), built of red and yellow brick, stands to the east of the entrance which is flanked by C19 iron gate piers and gates, overlooking the water to the south-west. F...
The chapel of the former Royal Victoria Military Hospital (E O Mennie 1856-8, listed grade II*) stands towards the southern tip of the site and is all that survives of the main hospital. It occupied an axial position at the heart of the hospital complex and now (2002) stands in isolation at the centre of level lawns laid out on the site of the rest...
The pleasure groundsinclude the formal terraced lawns to the south-west of the chapel and site of the former main building, the grounds of the officers' mess, and the grounds of the former lunatic asylum. South-west of the chapel lies a lawn which runs north-west to south-east along the entire length of the former front of the hospital. The lawn sl...
The various areas of the pleasure grounds are connected by the park which consists of several discrete open areas and much woodland. An area of playing fields largely enclosed by a line of trees divides the main entrance from the former site of the hospital building. A large open area of parkland lies to the north-east of the site of the former hos...
The hospital cemetery lies 700m east of the chapel, approached via the causewayed drive leading from the former east corner of the hospital building. The cemetery is bounded by agricultural land to the east (from which it separated by a belt of trees) and south, and to the west by West Wood, and is entered at the south-west corner from the causeway...
- Netley
- SO31 5GA
- England, Hampshire
Rich in history, with a small beach, ancient woodland and miles of open fields, Royal Victoria Country Park is a hidden gem on the South Coast. The grounds are open every day and offer facilities for visitors of all ages and abilities. It is free to enter but car parking charges apply.
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- 023 8045 5157
- Netley Abbey, Southampton, SO31 5GA, Hampshire
The Royal Victoria Country Park is a country park in Netley, Hampshire, England, by the shores of Southampton Water. It comprises 200 acres (81 ha) of mature woodland and grassy parkland, as well as a small shingle beach.
May 23, 2017 · Head through Royal Victoria Country Park, now home to a cafe and miniature railway, but originally the site of a great military hospital built in the 1850’s. It lasted only a hundred years before being demolished in 1966; one of the few reminders left is the grand red-brick hospital chapel.
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With its rich history and array of habitats covering 200 acres, Royal Victoria Country Park has something for everyone to enjoy. From the fantastical fairy garden to our historic Netley...
