- Millbrook, Southampton
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See also: Millbrook (Hampshire) railway station
Coordinates: 50°54′57″N 1°26′59″W / 50.9157°N 1.4497°W
Millbrook 
Millbrook
Millbrook shown within SouthamptonUnitary authority Southampton Ceremonial county Hampshire Region South East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town SOUTHAMPTON Postcode district SO15 Dialling code 023 Police Hampshire Fire Hampshire Ambulance South Central EU Parliament South East England UK Parliament Southampton Test List of places: UK • England • Hampshire Millbrook is a suburb and former civil parish of Southampton. As the area developed, several settlements grew within the parish, some of them becoming parishes in their own right, thus reducing the extent of the Millbrook parish. As well as the Millbrook of today, the original Millbrook parish included Freemantle, Regents Park, and Redbridge. Some of these areas are still referred to as being part of Millbrook.[1] Millbrook railway station was opened in 1861, and the parish formerly had open baths and a ferry to Marchwood.[2]
John Ralfs, the notable 19th century botanist, was born here, as were footballers Kevin Gibbens and Phil Warner who both played for Southampton F.C..
Millbrook Today
Millbrook as a district is split by the A35 dual carriageway, Tebourba Way. In general, on the west are council estates, and on the east are private housing, including Regents Park and Freemantle. The estates consist of Millbrook Park, Mansel Park, Wimpson Estate, Redbridge Estate, Maybush, Brownhill and the Channel Islands Estate. There is also an industrial area by Southampton container port, which shares a boundary with Millbrook.
The main A33 road route into the city centre from the west passes through Millbrook, effectively creating the boundary between the industrialised part of Millbrook (to the south) and the residential areas (to the north).Millbrook is home to the Western Hospital, much of which was sold off and replaced by a Tesco supermarket. There is also a small retail park with a bowling alley and 2 hardware stores. Along Millbrook point road, there is a Goals soccer center, a 12 pitch 5-a-side football ground. There is a lot of green park land in Millbrook, hence its full title of Millbrook Park Estate, this includes Green Park, Mansel Park, Test Park, Millbrook Rec., plus numerous school playing fields. A huge green belt cuts right through the main estate from Millbrook roundabout through to the Top Shops on Windemere Avenue.
References
- ^ Old Hampshire Gazetteer, Freemantle, Southampton
- ^ Hope Moncrieff, A R (1904). Black's Guide to Hampshire. London: A & C Black. pp. 122.
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Areas and Suburbs of Southampton City of Southampton Electoral Wards (and their neighbourhoods) listed by Constituency — sources: 1 2. Southampton Itchen Bargate Ward (City Centre, Ocean Village, The Polygon, St Mary's) • Bitterne Ward (Bitterne, Thornhill) • Bitterne Park Ward (Bitterne Park, Bitterne Manor, Midanbury, Townhill Park) • Harefield Ward (Harefield) • Peartree Ward (Peartree Green) • Sholing Ward (Sholing) • Woolston Ward (Woolston, Weston)Southampton Test Bevois Ward (Bevois Valley, Nicholstown, Northam) • Coxford Ward (Lordshill, Lordswood) • Freemantle Ward (Freemantle) • Millbrook Ward (Millbrook, Regents Park) • Portswood Ward (Portswood, Highfield, St Denys) • Redbridge Ward (Redbridge, Maybush) • Shirley Ward (Shirley, Southampton Common)Romsey and Southampton North Areas of Greater Southampton outside the City boundary include Chartwell Green, Chilworth, Nursling, Rownhams, Eastleigh, Totton, and West End. Categories:- Districts of Southampton
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