Piers · South East England
H
H is a pier in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Best time of year
- Summer
- Nearest railway station
- Hamble · 1.6 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
H is a seaside pier on the coast of Hampshire, South-East England — Victorian pleasure architecture on stilts, still standing. The site is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest, and is a Ramsar wetland of international importance. It sits within the Hamble Valley parliamentary constituency. The nearest railway station is Hamble, about 1.6 km away. Postcode area SO31.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Hythe to Calshot Marshes SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Lee-on-The Solent to Itchen Estuary SSSI
- Ramsar wetland: Solent & Southampton Water
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
H (minuscule: h) is the eighth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, including the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is aitch (pronounced , plural aitches), or regionally haitch (pronounced , plural haitches).
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Background
History
{| class="wikitable" ! Egyptian hieroglyph<br>fence ! Proto-Sinaitic<br>ḥaṣr ! Phoenician<br>Heth ! Western Greek<br>Heta ! Etruscan<br>H ! Latin<br>H |--- align=center |<hiero>N24</hiero> | | |<br> |<br/> | |} The original Semitic letter Heth most likely represented the voiceless pharyngeal fricative (). The form of the letter probably stood for a fence or post. The Greek Eta 'Η' in archaic Greek alphabets, before coming to represent a long vowel, , still represented a similar sound, the voiceless glottal fricative . In this context, the letter eta is also known as Heta. Thus, in the Old Italic alphabets, the letter Heta of the Euboean alphabet was adopted with its original sound value .…
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- Coordinates
- 50.8624, -1.3118
- County
- Hampshire
- District
- Eastleigh
- Parish
- Hamble-le-Rice
- Postcode
- SO31 4NN
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hamble Valley
- Nearest railway station
- Hamble — 1.6 km
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is H?
- H is in Hampshire, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode SO31 4NN), in the parish of Hamble-le-Rice.
- Is H a protected site?
- Yes — H is part of the Hythe to Calshot Marshes SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Lee-on-The Solent to Itchen Estuary SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is H free to visit?
- Yes, H is free to enter.
- How do I get to H?
- The nearest railway station is Hamble, about 1.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SO31 4NN.