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. The nearest town is Bursledon. Drivers can use postcode SO31 1AA.

Is HMS Cricket a protected site?

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

HMS Cricket — a memorial in South East England, 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.

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HMS Cricket is a memorial located in South East England, 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

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Protected designations

Site of Special Scientific Interest: Lee-on-the Solent to Itchen Estuary SSSI
Site of Special Scientific Interest: Upper Hamble Estuary and Woods 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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