Bitterne Park
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  Bitterne Park shown within Southampton |
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| Unitary authority | Southampton |
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| Ceremonial county | Hampshire |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SOUTHAMPTON |
| Postcode district | SO18 |
| Dialling code | 023 |
| Police | Hampshire |
| Fire | Hampshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Southampton Itchen |
| List of places: UK • England • Hampshire | |
Bitterne Park is a suburb of Southampton, England, on the Eastern bank of the River Itchen, built on sloping parkland which once formed part of Bitterne Manor.
The area is largely residential, with Bitterne Park Triangle (sometimes shortened to 'Bitterne Triangle' or simply 'The Triangle') as its focal point. A number of shops cluster around The Triangle, including Tesco Express and a CWS Co-operative Welcome store, a traditional butcher, a greengrocer, a bakery, second-hand furniture and Persian carpet shops, a chiropody clinic (Footmatters), a dental laboratory, a Barnardo's charity shop and a newly established art gallery; "Spice Art Studios".
There have been no banking facilities since the closure of NatWest's Triangle branch in the 1990s and later the Post Office branch; however, there is a cash machine in the Co-operative store. There has been a recent boom in take-away restaurants in Bitterne Triangle, including a fish and chip shop, a kebab house, Chinese restaurants, Thai restaurants and an Indian restaurant.
Bitterne Park is also home to several schools, a local library, and a Buddhist Centre. Since 2008 the Church of the Ascension has contained the lightest ring of twelve bells in the country [1][2].
Bitterne Park is at the Eastern edge of the Cobden Bridge, which links the area to St. Denys on the Western bank of the Itchen. The Southern section of Southampton's Riverside Park is located in Bitterne Park, providing pleasant walks along the Itchen, up to and beyond the reach of the tide at Woodmill, where the circular saw was invented.
Bitterne Park's neighbouring suburbs are (clockwise from the north) Townhill Park, Midanbury and Bitterne, with St Denys and Swaythling on the other side of the river.
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