Emsworth
Sign in to saveEmsworth is a town in the Borough of Havant in the county of Hampshire, on the south coast of England near the border with West Sussex. It lies at the north end of an arm of Chichester Harbour, a large and shallow inlet from the English Channel, and is equidistant between Portsmouth and Chichester.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Emsworth
- UK place.static_image_name
- Emsworth - panoramio.jpg
- UK place.civil_parish
- unparished
- UK place.population
- 10,269
- UK place.shire_district
- Havant
- UK place.shire_county
- Hampshire
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Havant
- UK place.post_town
- EMSWORTH
- UK place.postcode_area
- PO
- UK place.postcode_district
- PO10
- UK place.dial_code
- 01243
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SU748060
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 10269
- Image
- The slip at Emsworth - geograph.org.uk - 35660.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01243
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- Etymology
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- Pre-Roman
- Roman
- Anglo-Saxon
- Medieval
- 18th and 19th centuries
- Modern
- Culture and community
- Politics
- Transport
- Notable residents
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Emsworth is a town in the Borough of Havant in the county of Hampshire, on the south coast of England near the border with West Sussex. It lies at the north end of an arm of Chichester Harbour, a large and shallow inlet from the English Channel, and is equidistant between Portsmouth and Chichester.
Emsworth had a population of 10,269 at the 2021 Census. The town has a basin for yachts and fishing boats, which fills at high tide and can be emptied through a sluice at low tide. In geodemographic segmentation the town is the heart of the Emsworth (cross-county) built-up area, the remainder of which is Westbourne, Southbourne and Nutbourne. The area had a combined population of 18,777 in 2011, with a density of 30.5 people per hectare, and shares two railway stations.
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