Borough of Eastleigh

Borough of Eastleigh
Non-metropolitan borough and borough
Shown within Hampshire
Coordinates: 50°56′56″N 1°18′38″W / 50.94889°N 1.31056°W / 50.94889; -1.31056
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South East England
County	Hampshire
Admin HQ	Eastleigh
Incorporated	1936
Reformed	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	District
• Governing body	Eastleigh Borough Council
• MPs:	Paul Holmes (Con) Steve Brine (Con)
Area
• Total	30 sq mi (80 km2)
Population  (2022)
• Total	138,935 (Ranked 167th)
• Density	4,510/sq mi (1,743/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 92.4% White 3.9% Asian 2.1% Mixed 1% Black 0.7% other
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 45.7% Christianity 45% no religion 5.6% not stated 1% Islam 1% Hinduism 0.7% Sikhism 0.5% other 0.4% Buddhism 0.1% Judaism
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
Postcode	SO
Area codes	023, 01489
ONS code	24UD

The Borough of Eastleigh is a local government district with borough status in Hampshire, England. It is named after its main town of Eastleigh, where the council is based. The borough also contains the town of Hedge End along with several villages, many of which form part of the South Hampshire urban area.

The neighbouring districts are Fareham, Winchester, Test Valley, Southampton and (across Southampton Water) New Forest. Water bounds much of the borough, with Southampton Water and the River Hamble bordering the east and southwest of the district. The borough lies within the Hampshire Basin.

The original Eastleigh borough was formed in 1936 following the incorporation of the former Eastleigh Urban District Council. The borough as it is today was formed in 1974, when the existing Borough of Eastleigh expanded to include part of the former Winchester Rural District as a result of the Local Government Act 1972. The borough's Latin motto, "Salus populi suprema lex" translates as "The Welfare of the People is the most important Law".^[2]

The borough is served by two motorways and seven railway stations as well as an international airport. There is also a ferry linking Hamble-le-Rice in Eastleigh to Warsash in Fareham, and a disused canal running through the north of the borough.

There are eight scheduled monuments and around 180 listed buildings in the borough, with Netley Abbey, Bursledon Windmill, the chapel of Netley Hospital, and Netley Castle among them. The borough also contains eight conservation areas and around 20,000 trees protected by tree preservation orders.