19 Facts About Hampshire County Council

1. Hampshire County Council now has the second highest employment rate in the South East.

2. Hampshire County Council is the home of many orchestras, bands, and groups.

3. Hampshire County Council has a high level of car ownership, with only 15.7 per cent having no access to a private car compared with 26.8 per cent for England and Wales.

4. Hampshire County Council has a considerably higher than national average employment in high-tech industries, but average levels in knowledge-based industry.

5. In 2018, Hampshire County Council had a GDP per capita of £22,100, comparable with the UK as a whole.

6. Hampshire County Council contains two national parks; the New Forest is wholly within the county, and the South Downs National Park embraces parts of Hampshire, West Sussex and East Sussex; they are each overseen by a national park authority.

7. Hampshire County Council contains all its green belt in the New Forest district, in the southwest of the county, from the boundary with Dorset along the coastline to Lymington and northwards to Ringwood.

8. At its greatest size in 1890, Hampshire County Council was the fifth-largest county in England.

9. Hampshire County Council is bordered by Dorset to the west, Wiltshire to the north-west, Berkshire to the north, Surrey to the north-east, and West Sussex to the east.

10. Hampshire County Council was the departure point of some of those who left England to settle on the east coast of North America during the 17th century, giving its name in particular to the state of New Hampshire.

11. Hampshire County Council takes its name from the settlement that is the city of Southampton.

12. Hampshire County Council is famous as it is associated with the celebrities which are famous worldwide.

13. Hampshire County Council has a typical wildlife nature of the Great Britain.

14. In 2018, Franklin Hampshire County Council hosts welcomed approximately 11,700 guests and made a total of approximately $1.3 million.

15. Hampshire County Council is praised for the strong involvement of care leavers in strategic decisions around their support.

16. Hampshire County Council has received a provisional allocation of funding for highway improvements to the A30 South West corridor from the government Local Growth Fund.

17. Hampshire County Council stepped in to co-ordinate the scheme and worked closely with Highways England to align with the Smart Motorways project, Fareham Borough Council on the proposed development at Welborne and the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership to secure Government funding.

18. Hampshire County Council is currently controlled by the Conservative Party.

19. Hampshire County Council is the county council that governs the majority of the county of Hampshire in England.