Where is HMS Cricket?

HMS Cricket is in Hampshire, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode SO31 1AA), in the parish of Hedge End.

How do I get to HMS Cricket?

The nearest railway station is Bursledon, about 1.6 km away. Drivers can use postcode SO31 1AA.

Is HMS Cricket a protected site?

Yes — HMS Cricket is part of the Upper Hamble Estuary and Woods SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Lee-on-The Solent to Itchen Estuary SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Is HMS Cricket free to visit?

Yes, HMS Cricket is free to enter.

How do I get to HMS Cricket?

The nearest railway station is Bursledon, about 1.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SO31 1AA.

Memorials & monuments · South East England

HMS Cricket

In or near Bursledon.

Free admission

HMS Cricket — a memorial in england-south-east, United Kingdom.

Barnfield, Manor Farm Country Park - geograph.org.uk - 2508735 — David Martin — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 15 min–45 min
Nearest railway station: Bursledon · 1.6 km

Free entry
Dog-friendly

Getting there & planning your visit

To visit HMS Cricket, the nearest railway station is Bursledon, which is 1.6 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is SO31 1AA, and entry is free.

Directions on Google Maps →

HMS Cricket is a memorial located in england-south-east, United Kingdom. Sourced from OpenStreetMap (ODbL licence); see local listings for visitor information, opening hours and admission details.

Photo gallery

See it from the streetimagery from 2020

Imagery © Mapillary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0

Protected designations

Site of Special Scientific Interest: Upper Hamble Estuary and Woods SSSI
Site of Special Scientific Interest: Lee-on-The Solent to Itchen Estuary SSSI
Ramsar wetland: Solent & Southampton Water

Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.

From the Wikipedia article

Two ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cricket, after the cricket, an insect native to Britain: HMS Cricket (1906) was a Cricket-class coastal destroyer, launched in 1906. She was re-rated as a 1st-class torpedo boat that year and renamed TB 1. She was sold in 1920. HMS Cricket (1915) was an Insect-class gunboat, launched in 1915. She was used as a minesweeper from 1939 and gunboat from 1940, before being scrapped in 1942. HMS Cricket (shore establishment) was a shore establishment in Hampshire, commissioned in 1943 and paid off in 1946.

Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.

Coordinates: 50.8962, -1.2936
County: Hampshire
District: Eastleigh
Parish: Hedge End
Postcode: SO31 1AA
Parliamentary constituency: Hamble Valley
Nearest railway station: Bursledon — 1.6 km

Sources

osm: node/7230109287 (ODbL)
wikipedia: HMS Cricket (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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