Cowplain

Cowplain
Cowplain  Cowplain shown within Hampshire
Population	9,353 (2011.ward)
OS grid reference	SU695118
Civil parish	Waterlooville
District	Havant
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WATERLOOVILLE
Postcode district	PO8
Dialling code	023
Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Meon Valley
List of places UK England Hampshire

Cowplain is a village north of Waterlooville, Hampshire, England. With a population of 8,775, increasing to 9,353 at the 2011 Census, it makes up above 7% of Havant borough's population. It grew up along the old London to Portsmouth road (the A3) on which the village centre and local shops lie.

The village has a number of schools: Cowplain Community School, Padnell Infant and Junior Schools, and Queen's Inclosure Primary School adjacent to the Queen's Inclosure woods, a remnant of the original Forest of Bere. The local church is St. Wilfrid's, although there are a number of others in the area.

The nearest town is Waterlooville and the nearest villages Lovedean and Horndean. A large housing estate, Wecock, lies west of Cowplain.

A number of bus routes go through Cowplain: the 37 (Stagecoach) from Havant to Clanfield, Petersfield and Liss, the National Express 030 to London and First Group service 8. The number 8 route follows the A3 from Clanfield to Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth.

Mark Wingett, the actor who played police constable Jim Carver in The Bill television series, grew up in Cowplain and attended Horndean Community School.

External links

• St Wilfrid's church
• Cowplain Social Club
• Cowplain Cricket Club
• Age Concern, Borrow Centre, Cowplain