Hale Common

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Hale Common is a farming hamlet on the Isle of Wight. Hale Common is on the A3056 road between Lake and Arreton. Hale Common is northeast of Bathingbourne and northwest of Branstone.

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Hale Common features "The Fighting Cocks" pub.[1] There is a strawberry farm in Hale Common, called Hollands Strawberry Farm. Hollands Strawberry Farm has a shop, and also allows people to pick their own strawberries.[2]

There are two fishing lakes in Hale Common, called the Hale Manor lakes.[3] One is available for those who purchase a "day ticket" and the other allows fishing by those members of a syndicate.[4][5][6] These lakes are the site of a wetland restoration project by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.[7]

Hale Common also is the site of a car dealership and service station.[8] There are several other businesses in Hale Manor, including other farms,[9] and engineering, concrete and construction services.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fighting Cocks official website
  2. ^ Hollands Strawberry Farm, Gourmet Britain official website.
  3. ^ Hale Common fishing lake picture, Geograph British Isles website
  4. ^ Fishing on the Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Tourist Guide - Articles
  5. ^ Isle of Wight - Angling, game fishing, sea fishing, etc, Tourist Net UK
  6. ^ Course Fishing Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight dot com
  7. ^ Biodiversity Action Plan for the Isle of Wight January 2003 Isle of Wight Biodiversity Action Plan: Wetlands Habitat Action Plan, Biodiversity Action Plan for the Isle of Wight, January 2003.
  8. ^ Planning Application - A/00485/H, P/00899/04, Application by Hale Common Suzuki for new sign, Isle of Wight Council official website
  9. ^ British Asparagus vendors

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