:Hale Common
{{Short description|Hamlet on the Isle of Wight, England}}
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File:Bus shelter, Hale Common - geograph.org.uk - 5149371.jpg
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. It is in the civil parish of Godshill.
Overview
File:Harvey Brown's farm shop café, Hale Common, Isle of Wight, England.jpg
Hale Common features "The Fighting Cocks" pub.[http://www.thefightingcocks-iw.com// Fighting Cocks official website] 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.[http://www.gourmetbritain.com/shops_entry.php?item=2664 Hollands Strawberry Farm], [http://www.gourmetbritain.com/index.php Gourmet Britain official website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028085743/http://www.gourmetbritain.com/index.php |date=2007-10-28 }}.
File:Hale Common fishing lake - geograph.org.uk - 500753.jpg
There are two fishing lakes in Hale Common, called the Hale Manor lakes.[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/500753 Hale Common fishing lake picture], [https://www.geograph.org.uk/ Geograph British Isles website] One is available for those who purchase a "day ticket" and the other allows fishing by those members of a syndicate.[http://www.isleofwighttouristguide.com/Articles/Article_49.asp Fishing on the Isle of Wight], [https://web.archive.org/web/20060829131234/http://www.isleofwighttouristguide.com/ Isle of Wight Tourist Guide - Articles][http://www.touristnetuk.com/so/ISLEW/activities/fishing/index.asp Isle of Wight - Angling, game fishing, sea fishing, etc] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103191403/http://www.touristnetuk.com/So/ISLEW/activities/fishing/index.asp |date=3 November 2007 }}, [http://www.touristnetuk.com Tourist Net UK][http://www.isleofwight.com/coursefishing/page2.html Course Fishing Isle of Wight] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202173833/http://www.isleofwight.com/coursefishing/page2.html |date=2008-12-02 }}, [http://www.isleofwight.com/ Isle of Wight dot com] These lakes are the site of a wetland restoration project by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.[http://www.wildonwight.co.uk/resources/publications/haps/WetlandsHAPRevpublished2003.pdf Biodiversity Action Plan for the Isle of Wight January 2003 Isle of Wight Biodiversity Action Plan: Wetlands Habitat Action Plan]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, Biodiversity Action Plan for the Isle of Wight, January 2003.
Hale Common also is the site of a car dealership and service station.[http://www.iwight.com/council/departments/planning/appsdip/AppDetails3.aspx?frmId=6930 Planning Application - A/00485/H, P/00899/04], Application by [http://www.hale.suzuki.co.uk/ Hale Common Suzuki] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070728044057/http://www.hale.suzuki.co.uk/ |date=2007-07-28 }} for new sign, [http://www.iwight.com/ Isle of Wight Council official website] There are several other businesses in Hale Manor, including other farms,[http://www.british-asparagus.co.uk/howtobuy6.php British Asparagus vendors] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112042037/http://www.british-asparagus.co.uk/howtobuy6.php |date=2007-11-12 }} and engineering, concrete and construction services.
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External links
- [http://uk.local.yahoo.com/Isle_of_Wight/Hale_Common/22156-idx.html Map of Hale Common location]
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