Hamble-le-Rice

The Hamble-le-Rice Webcam shows live shots of the yachts bobbing around on the River Hamble. Webcam image provided courtesy of Southwater Marine Ltd. Hamble-le-Rice is a village in the Borough of Eastleigh in Hampshire, UK. It is best known for being an aircraft training centre during the Second World War and is a popular yachting location. The village and the River Hamble also featured in 1980s the BBC television series Howards' Way. Hamble-le-Rice is located in Hampshire on the south coast of England in the UK, to the south-east of Southampton. It is bounded by Netley, Butlocks Heath, Bursledon, Southampton Water and the River Hamble. Although previously known as "Hamble", "Hamelea", "Hammel", and "Ham-en-le-Rice", the village's official name is now Hamble-le-Rice. The name "Hamble" is still in common usage. Hamble-le-Rice was the home of an aircraft training centre during World War II for planes including the Spitfire, the Lancaster and the Wellington. The south airfield has long since disappeared[2] and the north airfield has been partially developed as housing, the remainder overgrown and owned by house developers Persimmon. Today, Hamble-le-Rice retains a large interest in the aviation industry with the Hamble Aerostructures factory, now a subsidiary of GE Aviation in Kings Avenue being the single largest employer in the area, the workforce far outnumbering that of the BP terminal. View the Hamble-le-Rice Webcam

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Wind5.14 m/s
Cloudiness75 %
Temperature (min/max)11/12 °C
Pressure1016 hpa
Humidity95 %
Last update: 19 Mar 2024 @ 12:59

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