Picket Post
| Picket Post | |
|---|---|
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  Picket Post Location within Hampshire | |
| OS grid reference | SU191061 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | RINGWOOD |
| Postcode district | BH24 3 |
| Police | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
Picket Post is a road junction and service area in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England. It lies on the A31 road.
Facilities[edit]
Picket Post is located on the A31 dual carriageway which passes through the New Forest. It is situated 2.5 miles from the A338 at Ringwood and 8 miles from Junction 1 of the M27 at Cadnam.[1] A minor road to the village of Burley joins with the A31 at Picket Post. There is a roadside service area on both sides of the dual carriageway.
Picket Post is the location of a cricket ground for Ellingham cricket club, and there is a rugby training pitch next to it.[2]
History[edit]
Picket Post was once an important junction of the toll road to Poole with the road to Burley and Lymington.[3] The name derives from a picket (i.e. a post) which marked the spot, but it may have acquired a second meaning from a picket of soldiers stationed at a strategic point on the smugglers's route.[3] There was an inn here for most of the 19th century, which around 1900 became a tea house whose sign was a large golden kettle - it was demolished in 1969.[3]
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External links[edit]
Media related to Picket Post at Wikimedia Commons
