Hampshire

Hampshire
Ceremonial county
Spinnaker Tower and Portsmouth Harbour (top), Winchester Cathedral (bottom left), and pannage in the New Forest (bottom right)
Ceremonial Hampshire within England Historic Hampshire in the British Isles
Coordinates: 51°03′27″N 1°18′27″W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South East
Established	Ancient
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time)
Members of Parliament	List of MPs
Police	Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary
Ceremonial county
Lord Lieutenant	Nigel Atkinson
High Sheriff	Lady Edwina Grosvenor (2022–23)
Area	3,769 km2 (1,455 sq mi)
• Ranked	9th of 48
Population (2005 est.)	1,671,000
• Ranked	5th of 48
Density	443/km2 (1,150/sq mi)
Non-metropolitan county
County council	Hampshire County Council
Executive	Conservative
Admin HQ	Winchester
Area	3,679 km2 (1,420 sq mi)
• Ranked	of 26
Population	1,259,400
• Ranked	3rd of 26
Density	342/km2 (890/sq mi)
ISO 3166-2	GB-HAM
ONS code	24
GSS code	E10000014
ITL	UKJ33
Website	hants.gov.uk
Unitary authorities
Councils	Southampton Portsmouth
Districts
Districts of Hampshire   Unitary   County council area
Districts	Test Valley Basingstoke and Deane Hart Rushmoor City of Winchester East Hampshire New Forest Southampton Eastleigh Fareham Gosport Portsmouth Havant

Hampshire is a county in the south of the UK. The county has an area of 1,455 square miles (3,769 km²). At its widest points, the county is about 55 miles (90 km) east-west and 40 miles (65 km) north-south. The county town is Winchester. About 1.6 million people live in Hampshire.

Winchester Cathedral