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Perched on the eastern bank of the River Hamble, Swanwick occupies a landscape defined largely by its relationship with the water. Historically a hub for strawberry growing and brickmaking - the local clay once feeding the kilns of the now-vanished Bursledon Brickworks - the village today is more defined by its premier marina and the quiet woodlands of the Swanwick Lakes Nature Reserve. It sits in a practical spot for travel, tucked between Portsmouth and Southampton with its own railway station on the West Coastway line and immediate access to the M27. While much of the village has been absorbed into the wider Hamble Valley suburbs, its heart remains down by the shore, where the distinctive architecture of the bridges and the activity of the boatyards provide a sense of openness often missing from neighbouring inland towns. Areas of ancient woodland still border parts of the settlement, offering a buffer of greenery against the administrative bustle of the nearby NATS air traffic control centre.