Countryside

Eastleigh Borough Council owns and manages over 320 hectares of countryside. Our officers can also offer general advice on countryside issues, such as biodiversity or creating a wildlife garden in your school grounds. To find out more about Eastleigh's Countryside Service and how we can help you, follow the links below:

• Hocombe Mead (Chandler's Ford): Local Nature Reserve declaration

If you have a query regarding one of our sites, please view our site list in order to contact the appropriate ranger for the site, either by telephone or e-mail.

Lakeside Country Park

Eastleigh Borough Council’s Countryside Service is preparing a new Management Plan for Lakeside Country Park. The new Plan will outline how Lakeside Country Park will be managed over the next ten years, and include a programme of improvements, both for visitors and wildlife.

Have your say in the future of Lakeside Country Park please complete the online form.   (Opens in a new browser window)

If the site you are searching for does not appear on the list, it may be that it is managed by Hampshire County Council Countryside Service. Please telephone them on 023 8045 6484. A list of Country Parks owned by Hampshire County Council may be found here