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Ashlett Creek leaflet

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Ashlett Creek is an attractive, historic hamlet and designated conservation area noted for its intact waterside character and an imposing 19th-century tide mill. The leaflet identifies the conservation boundary (one of 32 in the area) and highlights features that make Ashlett special, including three listed buildings and a recent environmental project that restored the landscape. The hamlet lies between a power station and a refinery but retains its historic feel. The name may come from a Viking ash stave and "flete" meaning creek. Salt production was important from Saxon times until the 19th century, after which corn milling became the main industry. Flat‑bottomed barges once used the tides; today the creek is a haven for small sailing craft.

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This leaflet explains what a conservation area is and how it may affect you. It shows the boundary of one of the 32 conservation areas and points out some of the features which make it special.

Ashlett Creek

New Forest Conservation Areas

This attractive hamlet of historic buildings dominated by the imposing 19th century tide mill is a small and intact example of an old Waterside settlement. It is a reminder of what small settlements along Southampton Water coast must have looked like last century. Ashlett is sandwiched between the power station and the refinery but still manages to retain this sense of history — quite literally a backwater.

Of the handful of buildings in this hamlet, three are listed as being of special architectural or historic interest. Recently an environmental improvement project has restored its landscape character.

Ashlett Mill

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Keep your distance from the animals and don't feed or pet them - you may be fined.