Odiham

Odiham
Odiham High Street
Odiham Location within Hampshire
Population	4,406  5,616 (civil parish 2011 including North Warnborough)[1]
OS grid reference	SU7354250136
• London	41 miles
Civil parish	Odiham
District	Hart
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Hook
Postcode district	RG29
Dialling code	01256
Police	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Fire	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	North East Hampshire
List of places UK England Hampshire 51°15′14″N 0°56′20″W / 51.254°N 0.939°W / 51.254; -0.939

Odiham (/ˈoʊdiəm/) is a large historic village and civil parish in the Hart district of Hampshire, England. It is twinned with Sourdeval in the Manche Department of France. The 2011 population was 4,406. The parish in 1851 had an area of 7,354 acres with 50 acres covered by water.^[2] The nearest railway station is at Hook, on the South West main line. The village had its own hundred, named The Hundred of Odiham.^[3] The village is situated slightly south of the M3 motorway and approximately midway between the north Hampshire towns of Fleet and Basingstoke, some 37 miles (59.5 km) north-northeast of Southampton and 43 miles (69 km) southwest of London.

RAF Odiham, home of the Royal Air Force's Chinook heavy lift helicopter fleet, lies to the south of the village.