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Car Hire Eastleigh Airport Eastleigh InformationEastleigh is a town that sits between Winchester and Southampton. The town has a long history associated with the railways, being the site of a large railway works that at one time was the major employer in the area. Perhaps the best-known piece of history associated with Eastleigh is that it is the home of the Spitfire (WWII fighter plane, designed by R.J.Mitchell). The aircraft was built, designed and first flown from what is now Southampton Airport.
The town also boasts a link to one of the UK's best known comics, Benny Hill. Indeed it was his work as a milkman in the town that spawned his well known "Ernie - the fastest milkman in the west" tune. In the last 20-30 years, the town has become a bit of a dormitory town, in that it has become home to many people who live here, but work elsewhere. This is mainly due to the good transport links of the M3 and M27 motorways and Southampton Airport - with direct flights to much of the UK and many points within Europe.
How to Travel to Eastleigh:
Regular bus services both to Southampton and Winchester. Also very good rail links, being on the main line between Weymouth and London. A service to London runs approximately every hour. Southampton Airport, just to the south of the town, has regular services to most major European cities, and during the summer months also has flights to the more common british holiday destinations of the Spanish Costas.
Eastleigh is also the end point of the M3 connecting the south coast with the rest of the country's motorway network.
Travel times (approximately):
London (1.5 hours)
Birmingham (2.5 hours)
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