Colden Common
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Colden Common is a village lying just east of the M3 motorway between Winchester and Southampton in the United Kingdom county of Hampshire. To the east are the South Downs and to the west the River Itchen.
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[edit] History
Colden Common has grown during the past 15 years with more houses that were built on and around St Vigor Way.
[edit] Amenities
- There is an Anglican church called The Holy Trinity, with Church Rooms on the opposite side of the road. The church rooms used to be part of the old school building, before the school changed location.
- There is a Methodist Church, with Church Halls extended on the side (Currently used as the temporary Scout Hut).
- The parish hall used to be used for Boy Scout meetings but has now been demolished.
- There is a community center that has been host to the village pantomine.
- On the Main Road is Colden Common Farm.
- Just south of the Colden Common Farm on the Main Road is a nursery called Sandyfields.
- Other shops:
- Spar, formaly Select & Save (St Vigor Way)
- Spring Lane food, news & wine, ran by Happy Shopper (Spring Lane)
- Brambridge Shop (Brambridge)
- The school—Colden Common Primary School, is the local school for primary education. Most of its pupils are in Kings' School's catchment area for secondary education.
[edit] Transport and Road network
- There are two major roads in Colden Common—the B3354 and the A335. The B3354 is named as the Main Road whilst it passes through the village, and the A335 is called Highbridge Road.
- The two major roads meet at a fork, just north of the village, outside of the parish boundary. The two roads are connected by another road (named Church Lane [on the east] and Brambridge [on the west]), which make the network appear to be like a capital 'A'. The main village residential areas are contained on minor roads within the 'triangle-shape', with houses also following the route of the two major roads.
- The resulting road, north of the fork, is the B 3335, which runs to Winchester's High Street (B 3040), via Twyford, and a motorway junction with the M3 Motorway
- Also the B 2177 meets the B 3354 at the Fishers Pond part of the village, and ultimately arrives at Portsmouth, via Bishops Waltham.
- Southampton Airport is 5 miles south of the village
- The M3 Motorway is 3 miles west of the village.
Bars and restrants are The Rising Sun on Spring Lane, The Dog and Crook on Brambridge, The Fishers Pond on The main Road which is right near The Appletons formerly The Queens Head which is just down the road towards Fair oak, The Black horse which is on the Main road near the dentist and on the opposite side of the road just further north of the Recuation ground, and Rimjims formerly The Old house at home it has reacently been turned into an Indian Restrant. Rimjims is on the main road towards Twiford.
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