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Ashe, Hampshire
Coordinates: 51°14′45″N 1°14′07″W / 51.2457°N 1.2354°W / 51.2457; -1.2354
Ashe is a small and quiet village just west of Basingstoke, in Hampshire, England.
The village is part of the civil parish of Overton, and is part of the Overton, Laverstoke and Steventon ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council. The borough council is a non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council.

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Basingstoke
Coordinates: 51°16′00″N 1°05′15″W / 51.2667°N 1.0876°W / 51.2667; -1.0876
Basingstoke is a town in northeast Hampshire, in south central England. It lies across a valley at the source of the River Loddon. It is 48 miles (77 km) southwest of London, 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Southampton, 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Reading and 19 miles (31 km) northeast of the county town, Winchester. In 2008 it had an estimated population of 82,913. It is part of the borough of Basingstoke and Deane and part of the parliamentary constituency of Basingstoke. Basingstoke is often nicknamed "Doughnut City" or "Roundabout City" because of the number of roundabouts.
Often mistaken for a new town, Basingstoke is an old market town expanded in the 1960s as part of a tripartite agreement between London County Council, Hampshire County Council and Basingstoke Borough Council. It was developed rapidly, along with Andover and Tadley, to accommodate part of the London 'overspill' as perceived under the Greater London Plan, 1944. Basingstoke market was mentioned in the Domesday Book and Basingstoke remained a small market town until the 1950s. It still has a regular market, but is now bigger than Hampshire County Council's definition of a market town.

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Basingstoke Canal
The Basingstoke Canal is a British canal, completed in 1794, built to connect Basingstoke with the River Thames at Weybridge via the Wey Navigation.
From Basingstoke, the canal passes through or near Greywell, North Warnborough, Odiham, Dogmersfield, Fleet, Farnborough Airfield, Aldershot, Mytchett, Brookwood, and Woking. Its eastern end is at Byfleet, where it connects to the Wey Navigation. This, in turn, leads to the River Thames at Weybridge. Its intended purpose was to allow boats to travel from the docks in East London to Basingstoke.
It was never a commercial success and, from 1950, lack of maintenance allowed the canal to become increasingly derelict. After many years of neglect, restoration commenced in 1977 and on 10 May 1991 the canal was reopened as a fully navigable waterway from the River Wey to almost as far as the Greywell Tunnel. Unfortunately, insufficient water supplies, problems with funding, and conservation issues, have so far prevented the Basingstoke Canal from reaching its true potential as a restored waterway.

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Blackwater Valley
The River Blackwater is a tributary of the River Loddon in England and, indirectly, of the River Thames. It rises at Rowhill on the outskirts of Aldershot between Aldershot in Hampshire and Farnham in Surrey and runs northwards to join the Loddon near the village of Swallowfield in Berkshire. Along part of its length, the river forms the boundary between Hampshire and Surrey, and then between Hampshire and Berkshire. It rises in Rowhill Nature Reserve, Aldershot Rowhill, an isolated remnant of the extensive heathland that once surrounded Farnborough and Aldershot. The remaining heathland is used by the British Army for training exercises. After 20 miles (32 km) the Blackwater is joined by the River Whitewater near Eversley. The river gives its name to the small town of Blackwater, Hampshire, upon the river near Camberley.
The River Blackwater runs down the centre of the Blackwater Valley, which is maintained as an open space along the borders of the counties of Berkshire, Hampshire and Surrey. It runs for approximately 30 km, from the source of the River Blackwater at Rowhill Nature Reserve near Aldershot in the south, northwards to Swallowfield where the river joins the River Whitewater and then the Loddon. The Loddon eventually flows into the River Thames near Reading.

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Boulsbury Wood
Boulsbury Wood (grid reference SU070156) is a 119.88 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the Dorset / Hampshire border, notified in 1983.
Coordinates: 50°56′23″N 1°54′06″W / 50.93980°N 1.90175°W / 50.93980; -1.90175

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Bourne Rivulet
The Bourne Rivulet is a river in the English county of Hampshire. It is a tributary of the River Test.
The Bourne Rivulet (known simply as 'The Bourne' locally) is a seasonal chalk stream that rises and falls with the natural water table in the area. It usually rises in January and flows until around August each year. It normally runs from the village of Upton and flows through the villages of Hurstbourne Tarrant, St Mary Bourne and Hurstbourne Priors before joining with the River Test near Tufton.
Due to public water extraction above the headwater, the river flows increasingly intermittently above it. However Vitacress Salads Ltd.'s watercress plant, which is situated at the perennial headwaters, augments the flow and allows the Bourne to remain perennial downstream, the flow being maintained by its pumping of water back into the stream.
The Bourne was celebrated in a much loved book by Harry Plunket Greene, "Where the Bright Waters Meet", in which he described it as "unquestionably the finest trout stream in the south of England."

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Broadlands
Broadlands is an English country house, located near the town of Romsey in Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.
The original manor and area known as Broadlands has belonged to Romsey Abbey since before the time of the 11-century English Norman Conquest.
After the Dissolution of the Monasteries, Broadlands was sold to Sir Francis Fleming in 1547. His daughter married Edward St. Barbe, and the manor remained the property of the St. Barbe family for the next 117 years. Sir John St. Barbe made many improvements to the manor before it was left to his cousin Humphrey Sydenham in 1723. When Sydenham was ruined by the 18th-century South Sea Bubble, he proceeded to sell Broadlands to Henry Temple, 1st Viscount Palmerston in 1736. It was 1st Viscount Palmerston who began the deformalisation of the gardens between the river and the house and produced the (broad-lands) the "gentle descent to the river".
In 1767 a major architectural "transformation" was begun by Lancelot "Capability" Brown, an architect and landscape designer, and completed by architect Henry Holland, which led to making Broadlands the Palladian-style mansion seen today.

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Burghclere
Burghclere is a village and civil parish in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,138. The village is near the border of Hampshire with Berkshire and is 4 miles south of Newbury in West Berkshire.
Work by the 20th century artist Stanley Spencer can be found in the Sandham Memorial Chapel.
It is also very close to the Hamlet of 'Newtown', and also to 'Old Burghclere'. In Burghclere, there is a Church, situated on Church Lane, which is called 'Church of the Ascension'.

There are community clubs such as Stagecoach Newbury which is held at The Clere School, and there is a Sports and Social club. There are allotments, and a small memorial garden. In addition, there is a large playing field.
Burghclere has three schools, the Clere School which is a secondary school, Burghclere Primary School and the Independent, St. Michael's School, which accepts both boarding and day pupils. St. Michael's is run by the Society of St. Pius X, a traditionalist Catholic organisation which currently has no regular canonical standing in the Catholic Church.

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Catherington Down
Catherington Down Nature Reserve is a hill, or down, in Hampshire, England. It rises fairly steeply on its eastern flank. It is managed by Hampshire County Council and Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. grid reference SU692144.
It is a chalk based grassland similar to the South Downs and is an example of early strip cultivation.
The area is popular with local dog walkers and has a number of footpaths across it.
Catherington Down is accessible via Catherington village via Parsons Field or off Catherington lane.
Coordinates: 50°55′30″N 1°01′00″W / 50.92491°N 1.01680°W / 50.92491; -1.01680

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Chilbolton
Coordinates: 51°09′25″N 1°26′19″W / 51.1569°N 1.4387°W / 51.1569; -1.4387
Chilbolton is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, near to Stockbridge. Its most notable feature is the Chilbolton Observatory situated on the disused RAF Chilbolton airfield. The parish church of St Mary the Less dates back to the 12th century, on the site of an earlier wooden church.

Chilbolton is recorded in the Domesday Book under the name Cilbodentune.

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DePuy Spring Creek
Coordinates: 45°33′43″N 110°35′25″W / 45.56194°N 110.59028°W / 45.56194; -110.59028 (DePuy Spring Creek) DePuy Spring Creek is a three mile long trout fishery located between the Absaroka and Gallatin mountain ranges in Paradise Valley, south of Livingston, Montana. The creek is a small tributary of the Yellowstone River. This fishery supports a population of brown, cutthroat and rainbow trout.
A section of DePuy Spring Creek
Entrance Sign At DePuy Spring Creek

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Ebblake Bog
Ebblake Bog (grid reference SU105071) is a 12.9 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the Dorset / Hampshire border, notified in 1985.
Coordinates: 50°51′48″N 1°51′08″W / 50.86331°N 1.85217°W / 50.86331; -1.85217

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Ecchinswell
Coordinates: 51°20′01″N 1°17′02″W / 51.333615°N 1.284027°W / 51.333615; -1.284027
Ecchinswell is a village in the civil parish of Ecchinswell, Sydmonton and Bishops Green in the English county of Hampshire.
Watership Down, location of the famous Richard Adams' novel of the same name, is just South of Ecchinswell. Ladle Hill on Great Litchfield Down, also lies to the south. Part of the hill is a 10.37 hectares (25.6 acres) biological SSSI, first notified in 1978. The hill has a partially completed Iron Age hill fort on its summit, and the surrounding area is rich in Iron age tumuli, enclosures, lynchets and field systems. Ladle hill and Watership down are easily accessed from the Wayfarer's Walk cross county footpath that passes through the parish.
The village of Ecchinswell is part of the civil parish of Ecchinswell, Sydmonton and Bishops Green and is part of the Burghclere, Highclere and St Mary Bourne ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council. The borough council is a Non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council.

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England
England ⁱ/ˈɪŋɡlənd/ is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, while the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separate it from continental Europe. Most of England comprises the central and southern part of the island of Great Britain in the North Atlantic. The country also includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.
The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Palaeolithic period, but it takes its name from the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in AD 927, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world. The English language, the Anglican Church, and English law—the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world—developed in England, and the country's parliamentary system of government has been widely adopted by other nations. The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England, transforming its society into the world's first industrialised nation. England's Royal Society laid the foundations of modern experimental science.

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Environment Agency
The Environment Agency (Welsh: Asiantaeth yr Amgylchedd) is a British non-departmental public body of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and an Assembly Government Sponsored Body of the Welsh Government that serves England and Wales.
The Environment Agency's stated purpose is, "to protect or enhance the environment, taken as a whole" so as to promote "the objective of achieving sustainable development" (taken from the Environment Act 1995, section 4). Protection of the environment relates to threats such as flood and pollution. The vision of the Agency is of "a rich, healthy and diverse environment for present and future generations".
The Environment Agency's remit covers the whole of England and Wales; about 15 million hectares of land, 22,000 miles (35,000 km) of river and 3,100 miles (5,000 km) of coastline seawards to the three mile limit which includes 2 million hectares of coastal waters. In a sharing arrangement with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), it also exercises some of its functions over parts of the catchments of the River Tweed and the Border Esk which are, for the most part, in Scotland

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Fleet Pond
Fleet Pond Local Nature Reserve is one of Hampshire’s hidden gems. Located on the northern edge of the town of Fleet in northeastern Hampshire, the 'pond', at 21 hectares (52 acres), is Hampshire's largest freshwater lake. The Reserve’s reed beds, marshes, heathland and woodland provide sanctuary for a rich and diverse community of animal and plant life, including many that are no longer to be found in an ordered, farmed countryside.
The total area of the Reserve is 141 acres (0.57 km²) of which 118 acres (0.48 km²) is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). This applies to the wetlands, the lake and the dry heathland.
The Origins and History of Fleet Pond
The earliest written records relating to the Fleet district are of the later Saxon period. Our first glimpses of life in the 10th century reveal settlement and agriculture well established and organised. Aldershot, Farnborough, Yateley and Crondall each have Saxon origins, whilst, closer to Fleet, Bramshot and Broomhurst are Saxon place names.

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Galley Down Wood
Galley Down Wood (grid reference SU572190) is a 16.5 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hampshire, notified in 1988.
The wood is a beech plantation on a chalk scarp slope and plateau. The plantation dates from the mid-twentieth century, and although originally under-planted with larch, this has now mostly been removed.
Although the ground flora largely consists of ivy (Hedera helix) and sanicle (Sanicula europaea), there are several other species present, including three scarce orchids: bird's-nest orchid (Neottia nidus-avis), white helleborine (Cephalanthera damasonium), fly orchid (Ophrys insectifera), greater butterfly orchid (Platanthera chlorantha) and sword-leaved helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia).
Coordinates: 50°58′03″N 1°11′12″W / 50.96759°N 1.18679°W / 50.96759; -1.18679

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Houghton, Hampshire
Coordinates: 51°05′11″N 1°30′46″W / 51.086280°N 1.5128745°W / 51.086280; -1.5128745
Houghton is a small village and civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. The village is situated alongside the River Test. Its nearest town is Stockbridge, which lies approximately 1.8 miles (3 km) north-east from the village. The village is mostly strung out along the single road through the village, which broadly follows the course of the River Test north-south. Houghton is dominated by large agricultural estates at each end, the Houghton Lodge estate to the north and the Bossington estate to the south. Each owns a number of properties in the village.
Houghton Lodge itself is an example of the rare 'Cottage ornée' style, of the British Regency period. Unusually, it also boasts a 'hydroponicum' - where you can see plants grown in water (alone) by the hydroponics system. The village also has an old church, All Saints, where services run on a weekly basis (with more at the tiny St James's church Bossington, set in open fields just to the south of the village.) In the Summer of 1415, during the Hundred Years' War, the army of Henry V of England camped on Agincourt Field on the Bossington estate on its way to embark for northern France and the campaign which ended with the Battle of Agincourt.

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Langstone Harbour
Langstone Harbour is an inlet of the English Channel in Hampshire, sandwiched between Portsea Island to the south and west, Hayling Island to the south and east, and Langstone to the north. Geographically it is a ria.
Together with Chichester Harbour, which is at the other (eastern) side of Hayling Island it is designated as a Special Protection Area for wildlife. West of Portsmouth is Portsmouth Harbour and the three linked harbours are important recreational and conservation areas as well as supporting commercial fishing and shipping. It is administered by the Langstone Harbour Board.
The eastern boundary with Chichester Harbour is defined by an historic causeway known as the wade way, which was originally the only crossing between Hayling Island and the mainland. It is now impassible, having been cut in two by a deep channel for the Portsmouth and Arundel Canal in the 1820s (for further information see Langstone).
Langstone Harbour contains a number of islands; Baker's Island (SU694035), North Binness Island (SU692046), South Binness Island (SU698031) and Long Island (SU701041). These are subject to erosion and during the 1990s a seven-year archaeology project took place before their history was lost to the seas.

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Laverstoke
Coordinates: 51°14′02″N 1°17′50″W / 51.233957°N 1.2972544°W / 51.233957; -1.2972544
Laverstoke is a village in the north of Hampshire, England. It forms a parish with the nearby village of Freefolk.
Businesses include Laverstoke Park Farm
In Richard Adams' Watership Down, the punt on which the rabbits escape from the Efrafans was boarded on the River Test at Laverstoke.
Media related to Laverstoke at Wikimedia Commons

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Leckford
Coordinates: 51°08′14″N 1°27′53″W / 51.137269°N 1.464659°W / 51.137269; -1.464659
Leckford is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. It lies on the eastern bank of the River Test just to the south of its confluence with the River Anton, to the east of Longstock and south of Chilbolton. The parish has a population of around 136.
The parish church, St Nicholas's has a 13th century core, rebuilt in the 16th century and much restored since. Leckford was on the Andover Canal which later became the Andover and Redbridge Railway, but did not have a station. The route through Leckford today is used by the Test Way long distance footpath.
The parish contains the Leckford Estate, owned by the John Lewis Partnership.
Media related to Leckford at Wikimedia Commons

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Longparish
Coordinates: 51°12′04″N 1°22′44″W / 51.2010°N 1.3788°W / 51.2010; -1.3788
Longparish is a small village in Hampshire, England. It lies on the western bank of the River Test.
A Victorian monument, Dead Man's Plack, stands nearby.

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Longstock
Coordinates: 51°07′55″N 1°29′10″W / 51.13197°N 1.48616°W / 51.13197; -1.48616
Longstock is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. It lies on the western bank of the River Test, to the north and west of Stockbridge and east of Leckford. The parish has a population of around 450. The parish church, St Mary's, was largely rebuilt in the 1880s.
The parish contains Longstock Park which adjoins the Leckford Estate; both are owned by the John Lewis Partnership.
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Lymington River
The Lymington River is a small river in the south of england, flowing through the New Forest into the Solent at the town of Lymington. The river has a total length of 30 km, although above the point where it leaves the Crown lands of the New Forest at Brockenhurst it is known as the Highland Water. It flows from OS grid reference su244115 to su304031.
The River's extensive reedbeds are an important Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Coordinates: 50°45′N 1°32′W / 50.75°N 1.533°W / 50.75; -1.533

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Mottisfont
Coordinates: 51°02′22″N 1°32′14″W / 51.039553°N 1.53711°W / 51.039553; -1.53711
Mottisfont is a village and civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England, approximately 7km north west of Romsey. The village is best known as the location of Mottisfont Abbey. Much of the surrounding land, which is part of the Mottisfont Estate, and several other buildings in the village, are in the care of the National Trust.
The unusual name is probably derived from the Old English motes funta, meaning 'spring near the confluence' or 'spring of the moot' or possibly 'spring of the stone' (from the Old English motere: sonte).
Mottisfont formerly had a railway station on the Sprat and Winkle Line, which closed in the 1960s. The nearby Dunbridge station on the Wessex Main Line has recently been renamed as Mottisfont and Dunbridge. The Test Way and Monarch's Way long-distance footpaths pass through the village.

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Mottisfont Bats SSSI
Mottisfont Bats SSSI (grid reference SU314281) is a 230.98 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hampshire, notified in 2003. It is also a Special Area of Conservation.
The site consists of woods around Mottisfont, which supports a population of the Barbastelle bat which is considered by Natural England to be of nationally importance. The site is used by the Barbastelles for breeding, roosting, commuting and feeding. It is the only known maternity roost in Hampshire and one of only six known sites in the United Kingdom as of 2002.
Mottisfont contains a mix of woodland types including hazel coppice with standards, broadleaved plantation and coniferous plantation.
Eight other bat species have been recorded at Mottisfont: Whiskered, Brown long-eared, Common and Pygmy Pipistrelles, Serotine, Noctule, Daubenton's and Natterer's.
Coordinates: 51°03′05″N 1°33′12″W / 51.05139°N 1.55341°W / 51.05139; -1.55341

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Newtown, Hampshire
Coordinates: 51°22′21″N 1°19′04″W / 51.3724°N 1.3177°W / 51.3724; -1.3177
Newtown is a village and civil parish in the English county of Hampshire, located just south of Newbury.
The mediaeval borough of Newtown was formed from part of the parish of Burghclere, and flourished in the 13th and 14th centuries. Sandleford Priory in Berkshire was founded between 1193 and 1202 and an entirely new town was created just over the border in Hampshire. In 1218, the grant of a market and a fair at Newtown was made to the Bishop of Winchester and, in the bishop's account roll of 1218-19, fifty-two burgesses are listed, who occupied sixty-seven plots of land in the new borough. The Prior of Sandleford bought three plots in Newtown. Also in 1218-19, a chapel was built for the local people of the new borough, and was originally known as the Chapel of Sandleford.
In 1224-25, a ditch was dug around the town at the bishop's expense and, in 1225-26, the bishop's own house was built in the borough. By the 16th century, the town had begun to decay, although the reason for its decline is not known, and, in 1674, only sixty-four houses remained, probably scattered throughout the parish. No traces of the medieval borough can be seen above ground today.

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Nursling
Coordinates: 50°56′42″N 1°28′22″W / 50.944945°N 1.4726897°W / 50.944945; -1.4726897
Nursling is a village in Hampshire, England, situated about 6 kilometres north-west of the city of Southampton. Formerly called Nhutscelle (in an 8th-century life of Saint Boniface), then Nutshalling until the mid-19th century, it has now been absorbed into the suburbs of Southampton, although it is not officially part of the city (remaining part of the Test Valley borough).
At Onna (Nursling) [1], the Romans erected a bridge (probably a wooden one as no trace of stone abutments remains) across the River Test, below which it widens into its estuary, and there are traces of the Roman road from Nursling to Stoney Cross. At Nhutscelle a Benedictine monastery was established in 686, the earliest Benedictine establishment in Wessex according to Bede. It became a major seat of learning, and at the end of the 7th century, Winfrith (subsequently Saint Boniface) studied here under the abbot Winberht, producing the first Latin grammar to be written in England. He left in 710 for Canterbury, returning briefly around 716 before going to Germany as a missionary. The Danes destroyed the monastery in 878 and it was never rebuilt; its exact site has not been reestablished, though the parish church is dedicated to St. Boniface.

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Old Winchester Hill
Old Winchester Hill grid reference SU643205 is a chalk hill in Hampshire, England surmounted by an Iron Age hill fort and a Bronze Age cemetery. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a National Nature Reserve. The hill fort has never been fully excavated.
Despite its name the hill is around 11 miles (18 km) from Winchester. It lies to the east of Corhampton on the eastern side of the Meon Valley, opposite Beacon Hill. The South Downs Way and Monarch's Way long distance footpaths cross the summit of the hill, which reaches 197 metres (646 ft).
In March 2009, it became part of the South Downs National Park.
On the summit of the hill is an Iron Age hill fort. Within the hill fort can also be found Bronze Age barrows. The barrows date from between 4500 and 3,500 BCE whilst the fort itself is believed to be Iron Age in origin. It was probably built in the Early or early-Middle Iron Age (600-300 BCE) and fell out of use around the beginning of the Late Iron Age (150-100 BCE), as this is the general pattern for hillforts in the southeast of England. More modern archaeology dates from World War II when the British Army used the hill as a mortar testing range. Some unexploded Ordnance may still remain in 'fenced-off' sections of the hill however grazing hill-sheep access all areas so danger to the casual walker is likely to be low.

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Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey (Welsh: Arolwg Ordnans), an executive agency and non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom, is the national mapping agency for Great Britain, producing maps of Great Britain (and to an extent, the Isle of Man), and one of the world's largest producers of maps with a particular both historical and architectural form in the maps resulting from the conflict at both local and world level of the scales of maps known from the 19th Century as the 'Battle of the Scales'.
The name reflects its creation together with the original military purpose of the organisation (see ordnance and surveying) in the first instance in mapping Scotland at the time of the creation of the British United Kingdom following many centuries of conflict and confirmed later during the Napoleonic Wars when there was a threat of invasion from France, and its logo includes the War Department's broad arrow heraldic mark. Ordnance Survey mapping is usually classified as 'large scale' (i.e. showing more detail) or 'small scale'. Large-scale mapping comprises maps at six inches to the mile or more (1:10,560, superseded by 1:10,000 in the 1950s); it was available in sheet-map form till the 1980s, since when it has become digital. Small-scale mapping comprises maps at fewer than six inches to the mile and includes the "leisure maps", such as the popular one inch to the mile and its metric successors, still available in traditional sheet-map form. Ordnance Survey of Great Britain maps are in copyright for 50 years after publication date. Some of the Copyright Libraries hold complete or near-complete collections of pre-digital O.S. mapping.

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Overton, Hampshire
Coordinates: 51°14′38″N 1°15′41″W / 51.2439°N 1.2615°W / 51.2439; -1.2615
Overton is a village and parish in Hampshire, England located west of the town of Basingstoke, and east of Andover and Whitchurch. The village of Quidhampton lies to the north of the village. The River Test rises 1 km to the east near the hamlet of Ashe.
There is evidence of early man living in this locality with barrows located near the village. It is host to the quadrennial Overton Sheep Fair. The modern fair was first held in 2000 and most recently in July 2008. It commemorates farmers leading sheep through the village many years ago, as well as the Overton Mummers, who perform frequently over the Yuletide period outside some of the many public houses in the village.
During World War II, as a safety measure, most of the operation of the Bank of England was temporarily relocated to nearby Whitchurch with Overton also being an important site.
The village is served by Overton railway station on the West of England Main Line, which lies to the north of the village. It is also served by a weekday hourly bus service provided by Stagecoach to Winchester and Andover, both of which continue to form a 30 minute service to Basingstoke.

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Portsmouth Harbour
Coordinates: 50°49′24.60″N 1°7′22.08″W / 50.8235°N 1.1228°W / 50.8235; -1.1228
Portsmouth Harbour is a large natural harbour in Hampshire, England. Geographically it is a ria: formerly it was the valley of a stream flowing from Portsdown into the Solent River. The city of Portsmouth lies to the east on Portsea Island, and Gosport to the west on the mainland. At its north end is Portchester Castle, of Roman origin and the first fortress built to protect the harbour.
The mouth of the harbour provides access to the Solent. It is best known as the home of the Royal Navy, HMNB Portsmouth. Because of its strategic location on the south coast of England, protected by the natural defence of the Isle of Wight, it has since the Middle Ages been the home to England's (and later Britain's) navy. The narrow entrance, and the forts surrounding it gave it a considerable advantage of being virtually impregnable to attack from the sea. Before the fortifications were built the French burned Portsmouth in 1338. During the civil war parliamentary forces were able to carry out a successful cutting-out expedition within the harbour and capture the six-gunned Henrietta Marie.

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River Anton
Coordinates: 51°13′08″N 1°29′02″W / 51.219°N 1.484°W / 51.219; -1.484
The River Anton is a river in the English county of Hampshire. It is a tributary of the River Test.
The river rises just to the north of the town of Andover, and flows through the centre of the town. It then flows in a southerly direction through the villages of Upper Clatford, Goodworth Clatford and Cottonworth before joining with the River Test just below Chilbolton. It is a chalk stream with high quality water and supports a wide variety of wildlife. The river is the subject of the "River Anton Enhancement Strategy" A partnership with several agencies and local organisations to improve the River.
The Anton has some of the very best Trout fishing in Hampshire, with fly fishing being the only method allowed. The fishing rights are private however although day or season rights may be purchased.

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River Dever
The River Dever is a river ( /ˈdiːvər/) in the English county of Hampshire. It is a tributary of the River Test.
The river rises alongside the A33 at around grid reference SU535402 and flows west through the villages of Micheldever, Weston Colley, Stoke Charity, Wonston, Sutton Scotney, Upper and Lower Bullington, Barton Stacey, and flows into the Test near Wherwell.
Coordinates: 51°09′31″N 1°14′11″W / 51.15856°N 1.23635°W / 51.15856; -1.23635

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Roke Manor
Roke Manor is a 17th century manor house approximately 1.2 miles (2 km) north-west of Romsey in Hampshire, England. The house and 22-acre (89,000 m²) grounds are currently owned by Roke Manor Research Limited.

Coordinates: 50°59′58″N 1°31′07″W / 50.999543°N 1.518613°W / 50.999543; -1.518613

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Sadler's Mill
Sadler's Mill is a watermill in Romsey, Hampshire, England. It is probably the best known of Romsey's surviving mills and is apparently the only mill to be developed on the main course of the River Test. The existence of Sadler's Mill is first recorded in the 16th century, when it was owned by the manor of Great and Little Spursholt. Functioning as a corn and grist mill, it has passed through a succession of owners including Lord Palmerston who rebuilt it in 1747 and sold it in 1777 to one Benjamin Dawkins. Following another succession of owners it returned to the Broadlands estate in 1889. Milling ceased in 1932, when the mill building became redundant. The Broadlands estate sold the building in 2003, at which point it was close to collapse having been derelict for many years. The new owners, Anthony and Sarah de Sigley, restored the building in 2005, rebuilding much of the original structure. During the restoration evidence of an earlier structure was found; carbon 14 dating established the age of this to be c. 1650.

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Southampton
Southampton ⁱ/saʊθˈhæmptən/ is the largest city in the county of Hampshire on the south coast of England, and is situated 120 kilometres (75 mi) south-west of London and 30 kilometres (19 mi) north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest. It lies at the northernmost point of Southampton Water at the confluence of the River Test and River Itchen, with the River Hamble joining to the south of the urban area. The local authority is Southampton City Council, which is a unitary authority.
The city represents the core of the Greater Southampton region, and the city itself has an estimated population of 239,700 Southampton combines with Portsmouth to form a single metropolitan area; with a population of over a million this makes the region one of the United Kingdom's most populous metropolitan areas. The city's name is sometimes abbreviated in writing to "So'ton" or "Soton", and a resident of Southampton is called a Sotonian.
Significant employers in Southampton include the University of Southampton, Southampton Airport, the Ford Transit factory, Ordnance Survey, BBC South, the NHS, ABP and Carnival. Southampton is noted for its association with the RMS Titanic, the Spitfire and more recently a number of the largest cruise ships in the world.

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Southampton Common
Coordinates: 50°55′43″N 1°24′35″W / 50.9285°N 1.4098°W / 50.9285; -1.4098
Southampton Common is a large open space to the north of the city centre of Southampton, England. It is bounded by the districts of Shirley, Bassett, Highfield and Portswood. The area supports a large variety of wildlife, including the largest recorded population of the internationally rare great crested newt. It is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Southampton Common currently includes 326 acres (1.32 km²) of woodland, parkland, rough grassland, ponds, wetlands, nature trails, a paddling pool, a children's play area, a model yachting pond, and a fishing lake. The Common is used for a wide variety of community events, Flower Festival, Race for life Cancer Research UK and formerly 'Power in the Park' hosted by Power FM.
The Hawthorns Urban Wildlife Centre at the southern end has been built on the former site of Southampton Zoo and the comprehensive displays document the natural history of the area; with interactive resources, educational facilities and information about local wildlife and environmental management. To the west, bordering on Hill Lane, is a historic cemetery that also includes many rare flora and fauna. Cemetery Pond is popular for birds.

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Southampton Water
Southampton Water is a tidal estuary north of the Solent and the Isle of Wight in England. The city of Southampton lies at its most northerly point. Along its salt marsh-fringed western shores lie the New Forest villages of Hythe and "the waterside", Dibden Bay, and the Esso oil refinery at Fawley. On the slightly steeper eastern shore are the Southampton suburb of Weston, the villages of Netley and Hamble-le-Rice, and the Royal Victoria Country Park.
Together with the Solent, Southampton Water is world-renowned for yachting. It served as one of the sailing events for the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Geographically, Southampton Water is classified as a ria, or drowned valley, of the English Channel. It was formed by the rivers Test, Itchen and Hamble which flow in to it, and became an inlet of the sea at the end of the last ice age when sea levels rose, flooding many valleys in the south of England.
Southampton's emergence as a major port, and particularly as a port handling very large vessels, depended partly on certain geographical features of Southampton Water. Its depth, even in its undeveloped state, was generous; this depth of water has been increased over the years with comparative ease since the soft silt of the river-bed allows for easy dredging. An additional factor is the phenomenon of the "double tide", which results in unusually prolonged periods of high water. This greatly facilitates the movements of very large ships.

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Southampton water
Southampton Water is a tidal estuary north of the Solent and the Isle of Wight in England. The city of Southampton lies at its most northerly point. Along its salt marsh-fringed western shores lie the New Forest villages of Hythe and "the waterside", Dibden Bay, and the Esso oil refinery at Fawley. On the slightly steeper eastern shore are the Southampton suburb of Weston, the villages of Netley and Hamble-le-Rice, and the Royal Victoria Country Park.
Together with the Solent, Southampton Water is world-renowned for yachting. It served as one of the sailing events for the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Geographically, Southampton Water is classified as a ria, or drowned valley, of the English Channel. It was formed by the rivers Test, Itchen and Hamble which flow in to it, and became an inlet of the sea at the end of the last ice age when sea levels rose, flooding many valleys in the south of England.
Southampton's emergence as a major port, and particularly as a port handling very large vessels, depended partly on certain geographical features of Southampton Water. Its depth, even in its undeveloped state, was generous; this depth of water has been increased over the years with comparative ease since the soft silt of the river-bed allows for easy dredging. An additional factor is the phenomenon of the "double tide", which results in unusually prolonged periods of high water. This greatly facilitates the movements of very large ships.

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Test Valley
Test Valley is a local government district and borough in Hampshire, England, named after the valley of the River Test. Its council is based in Andover.
The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by a merger of the boroughs of Andover and Romsey, along with Andover Rural District and Romsey and Stockbridge Rural District.
Test Valley covers some 250 square miles (650 km²) of western Hampshire, stretching from boundaries with Southampton in the south to Newbury in the north. Test Valley is a predominantly rural area. It encompasses the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The River Test is the centrepiece of the Test Valley; the river is a world renowned chalk stream of particular beauty and famous for its fishing, salmon and trout, which Lord Crickhowell (onetime chairman of the National Rivers Authority) said 'should be treated as a great work of art or music'. Home of the Houghton Fishing Club, an exclusive fishing club founded in 1822, which meets in the Grosvenor Hotel in Stockbridge.

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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe. The country includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign state—the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea.
The United Kingdom is a unitary state governed under a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary system, with its seat of government in the capital city of London. It is a country in its own right and consists of four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. There are three devolved administrations, each with varying powers, based in Belfast, Edinburgh and Cardiff, the capitals of Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Associated with the UK, but not constitutionally part of it, are three Crown Dependencies. The United Kingdom has fourteen overseas territories. These are remnants of the British Empire which, at its height in 1922, encompassed almost a quarter of the world's land surface and was the largest empire in history. British influence can still be observed in the language, culture and legal systems of many of its former territories.

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Wherwell
Coordinates: 51°09′59″N 1°26′41″W / 51.166286°N 1.4447746°W / 51.166286; -1.4447746
Wherwell is a village on the River Test in Hampshire, England. The name may derive from its bubbling springs resulting in the Middle Ages place name “Hwerwyl” noted in AD 955, possibly meaning “kettle springs” or “cauldron springs.” Pronunciation of the name has ranged from “Hurrell” to “Wer-rel” to present-day “Wher-well.”
Before the Dissolution, the parish of Wherwell was in the hands of an important abbey of Benedictine nuns, whose abbess was Lady of the Manor of an area much larger than the existing parish.

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Richard Adams
Richard George Adams (born 9 May 1920) is an English novelist who is best known as the author of Watership Down. He studied modern history at university before serving in the British Army during World War II. He completed his studies after the war and joined the English Civil Service. In 1974, two years after Watership Down was published, Adams became a full-time author. He is now semi-retired.
Adams was born on 9 May 1920 in Wash Common near Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom. He attended Horris Hill School from 1926–1933, and then Bradfield College from 1933–1938. In 1938, he went to Worcester College, Oxford to read Modern History. In July 1940, shortly after the declaration of war between the UK and Germany, Adams was called up to join the British Army. He served in the Middle East and India, but saw no action against either the Germans or the Japanese.
After being released from the army in 1946, Adams returned to Worcester College to continue his studies for a further two years. He took the degrees of Bachelor of Arts in 1948 and Master of Arts in 1953. After his BA graduation in 1948, Adams joined the British Civil Service and held the rank of Assistant Secretary to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, later part of the Department of the Environment. It was during this period that he began writing fiction in his spare time.

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Coordinates: 50°55′30″N 1°28′45″W / 50.9251°N 1.4792°W

River Test
River
Country	England
Counties	Hampshire


Source
- location	Ashe, near Overton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
- elevation	90 m (295 ft)
- coordinates	51°14′43″N 1°14′21″W / 51.2454°N 1.2392°W / 51.2454; -1.2392
Mouth	Southampton water
- location	Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
- elevation	0 m (0 ft)
- coordinates	50°55′30″N 1°28′45″W / 50.9251°N 1.4792°W / 50.9251; -1.4792

File:Romsey River Test.jpg

The Test downstream of Sadler's Mill, Romsey

The Test is tidal in Southampton and is lined with quays

Pen and Ink of the River Test near Long Parrish circa 1891^[1]

The River Test is a river in Hampshire, England. The river has a total length of 40 miles (64 km) and it flows through downland from its source near Ashe, 10 km to the west of Basingstoke (at grid reference SU 532 498), to the sea at the head of Southampton Water. In its upper reaches it is a chalk stream, known throughout the world for the excellent quality of its fly fishing for trout.^[2]

The river rises near the village of Ashe, and flows west through the villages of Overton, Laverstoke, and the town of Whitchurch, before joining with the Bourne Rivulet at Testbourne and turning into a more southerly direction. It then flows through the villages of Longparish and Middleton to Wherwell and Chilbolton, where the Rivers Dever and Anton contribute to the flow.^[3]

From Chilbolton the river flows through the villages of Leckford, Longstock, Stockbridge and Houghton to Mottisfont and Kimbridge, where the River Dun joins the flow. From here the village of Timsbury is passed, then through the grounds of Roke Manor before reaching the town of Romsey. On the western edge of Romsey, Sadler's Mill, an 18th Century watermill, sits astride the River Test.^[4]

South of Romsey, the river flows past the country house of Broadlands, past Nursling that was once the site of a Roman bridge, and between Totton and Redbridge. Here the river is joined by the River Blackwater and soon becomes tidal, widening out into a considerable estuary that is lined on its northern bank by the container terminals and quays of the Port of Southampton. Finally the Test estuary meets that of the River Itchen and the two continue to the sea as Southampton Water.^[5]

Between Chilbolton and Redbridge, the river was once paralleled by the abandoned Andover Canal. Much of the length of this canal was converted to a railway in 1865, and much of this railway has since also been abandoned. As a result, most traces of the canal have completely disappeared, although the remains of a stretch of the canal can still be seen between Timsbury and Romsey.^[6]

The river is managed by the Environment Agency, whilst the Port of Southampton is the navigation authority for the tidal section below Redbridge.

The River Test has given its name to the Test Valley District, a local government district in the area, and to Southampton Test, a UK Parliament constituency.

1 In Watership Down
2 Tributaries
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

In Watership Down [link]

The river plays a significant part in Richard Adams' novel Watership Down.

After Bigwig leads the breakout from Efrafa, the Watership rabbits are pursued by an Efrafan force led by their Chief, General Woundwort. Hazel carries out a plan devised by Blackberry which leads to their successful escape down the Test on a punt. In the text we are told that this plan would not have been possible on most rivers, but the Test's smooth-flowing, weed-free nature makes it an exception. Shortly afterwards, the punt becomes lodged on a low bridge, and the surviving rabbits are forced to swim under it to get out.

Tributaries [link]

The following are the named tributaries of the River Test, listed in order upstream from Southampton Water.^[7]

References [link]

^ Hamilton, Edward (1891). Recollections of Fly Fishing. London: Sampson, Low and Marston Co Ltd. pp. 106.
^ Environment Agency (2006). Fact file on the River Test. Retrieved February 8, 2006.
^ Ordnance Survey (2004). OS Explorer Map 144 - Basingstoke, Alton & Whitchurch. ISBN 0-319-23606-4.
^ Ordnance Survey (2004). OS Explorer Map 131 - Romsey, Andover & Test Valley. ISBN 0-319-23600-5.
^ Ordnance Survey (2004). OS Explorer Map OL22 - New Forest. ISBN 0-319-23616-1.
^ Andover Town Central (2000-2006). The Andover Canal. Retrieved February 9, 2006.
^ Ordnance Survey (1995). OS Landranger Map 185 - Winchester and Basingstoke. ISBN 0-319-22185-7.

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Neighbouring areas: Berkshire Dorset Isle of Wight Surrey West Sussex Wiltshire

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Phil Laak
Phil Laak at the 2006 World Series of Poker
Nickname(s)	The Unabomber
Residence	San Francisco, California
Born	(1972-09-08) September 8, 1972 (age 39) Dublin, Ireland
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)	1
Final table(s)	4
Money finish(es)	12
Highest ITM Main Event finish	None
World Poker Tour
Title(s)	1
Final table(s)	3
Money finish(es)	7
European Poker Tour
Title(s)	None
Final table(s)	None
Money finish(es)	1
Information accurate as of 28 February 2012.

Philip "Phil" C. Laak (born September 8, 1972)^[1]^[2] is a professional poker player and a poker commentator, now residing in Los Angeles, California. Laak holds a World Poker Tour (WPT) title,^[3]^[4] a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet and has appeared on numerous nationally-aired television shows.^[5]

1 Early life
2 Poker career
3 Nickname and personality
4 Notes
5 External links

Early life [link]

Laak was born in Dublin, Ireland, raised on the East Coast of the United States, and now lives in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1987^{[citation needed]} with a degree in mechanical engineering and worked as an engineer, a repo man, a dishwasher on Cape Cod, a stock day trader, a gardener and a real estate investor, prior to getting into open poker games in California. He is a former roommate of fellow professional poker player and close friend Antonio Esfandiari. Prior to his move west, Laak lived for several years in New York City where he honed his skills as a world-class backgammon player before he turned his focus to poker.

Poker career [link]

Laak learned to play poker as a child.^[6] His first major tournament victory was at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Celebrity Invitational in February 2004. He has made two other WPT final tables since: sixth place in both the season two Battle of Champions and the 2005 Five Diamond World Poker Classic.

At the 2005 World Series of Poker (WSOP), Laak finished second to Johnny Chan in the $2,500 pot limit hold 'em event. Laak defeated Ram Vaswani to win the inaugural William Hill Poker Grand Prix, taking home the £150,000 first prize. He has also competed in numerous Poker Royale series. Laak appeared on seasons two through six of High Stakes Poker on GSN, and served as the dealer on the short-lived television series E! Hollywood Hold'em.

Laak was a winner of NBC's Poker After Dark, earning the weekly prize of $120,000. The tournament was entitled "Phil Phil" because both Phil Laak and Phil Hellmuth were contenders. Apart from Laak and Hellmuth the table consisted of Doyle Brunson, Antonio Esfandiari, Jennifer Harman, and Erik Seidel. He again won $120,000 in the Nicknames episode, defeating Annette Obrestad, Mike Matusow, Antonio Esfandiari, Erick Lindgren and Phil Hellmuth.

At the 2007 conference of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence in Vancouver, British Columbia, Laak and fellow professional player Ali Eslami competed against, and beat, Polaris, a poker playing computer program developed at the University of Alberta, in two of the four rounds with the remaining rounds being a loss and a draw.

In 2008, Laak made a cameo appearance in the Knight Rider television movie, where he was credited as "Poker Pro".^[7]

Laak has written a monthly column called "Being Phil Laak" in the poker-themed Bluff Magazine since late 2005. ^[8] Laak co-hosted a show called I Bet You on the (MOJO network) with his friend Antonio Esfandiari where they can be found betting on any and all things.

Laak also played in the 2009 Aussie Millions cash game Invitational.^[9]

In October 2009, Laak was crowned PartyPoker.com World Open V champion winning $250,000 in the process. He overcame an extremely strong final table that included Luke 'FullFlush' Schwartz and Laak's long-term partner - actress and poker pro Jennifer Tilly.^[10]

In early January 2010, Laak launched his own online poker site, Unabomber Poker. The site, which features cartoon style graphics, is a member of the Cake Poker Network.^[11]

On September 16th, 2010, Laak won his first WSOP bracelet by winning the ₤2,500 buy-in Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em championship at the 2010 World Series of Poker Europe. His win came after an accident involving an all-terrain vehicle in August, where he suffered a broken elbow amongst other injuries.^[12]

World Series of Poker bracelets
Year	Tournament	Prize
2010 WSOPE	£2,650 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em	£170,802

As of December 2011, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,500,000.^[4]

Nickname and personality [link]

Jennifer Tilly and Phil Laak right after her win at the 2005 World Series of Poker $1,000 Ladies Only Event - No Limit Hold'em.

Laak became known widely in the poker scene as the "Unabomber" because of the hooded sweatshirt ^[13] and sunglasses he wears at the table, making him resemble the forensic sketch of Theodore Kaczynski who was known as the Unabomber. These items were given to him by fellow poker player Gus Hansen. Laak is known also for his unusual and inventive manner of speech. He coined the poker term "felted" to mean having lost all of one's chips (i.e. nothing left in front of the player except the table felt).^[14]

He is currently dating actress Jennifer Tilly, who won a WSOP bracelet in 2005 in the $1,000 buy-in Ladies no limit Texas hold 'em championship.^{[citation needed]}

Phil Laak played the first day of the Main Event of the 2008 World Series of Poker incognito, in a latex mask, wig, make-up and costume. His disguise was reported thereafter by AP reporter Oskar Garcia.^[15] The WSOP 2009 rules added a new rule prohibiting wearing masks at the table.

On June 2nd-7th 2010, at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Laak set the world record in longest time spent playing poker in a single session. He halted at 115 hours. The previous official record, 72 hours and 2 minutes, was held by Larry Olmsted set at the Foxwood casino in 2004. Guinness allows one 5 minute break every hour, in which Laak could do whatever he wanted, and Laak could "bank" those 5 minute breaks into longer breaks if he played through. Laak banked several breaks to take a 30 minute nap (allowed), but he vows that he did not use caffeine or any stimulants. Playing $10/$20 No Limit Hold'em (with uncapped buyins), Laak finished up $6,766 and donated half of his winnings to charity. He did this for Camp Sunshine, a charity that helps sick children enjoy summer camp. His feat was witnessed live on streaming video by over 130,000 people. ^[16]

Notes [link]

^ Phil Laak Poker Biography
^ Phil Laak
^ "Phil Laak". worldpokertour.com. http://www.worldpokertour.com/Shared/Players/Bios/P/Philip_Laak.aspx. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
^ ^a ^b Butt, Robert. "Phil Laak - Stats". The Hendon Mob. http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=s&n=16576. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
^ "Phil Laak". IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1884316/. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
^ "PokerWorks.com". PokerWorks.com. 1972-09-08. http://pokerworks.com/poker-players/phil-laak.html. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1114258/fullcredits#cast
^ "Being Phil Laak by Phil Laak | Bluff Magazine October-2005". Bluffmagazine.com. http://www.bluffmagazine.com/magazine/Being-Phil-Laak-Phil-Laak-269.htm. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
^ "2009 Aussie Millions". Pokernews.com. 2009-01-26. http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2009-aussie-millions/cash-game/day1/. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
^ "Phil Laak is crowned PartyPoker.com World Open V Champion". Blog.PartyPoker.com. 2009-10-16. http://blog.partypoker.com/world-open-v/phil-laak-is-crowned-partypokercom-world-open-v-champion.html/. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
^ "Phil Laak gets real". Bluff Europe. 2010-01-01. http://www.bluffeurope.com/interview/en/Phil-Laak-gets-real-_6445.aspx. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
^ http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/9545-poker-pro-phil-laak-hospitalized-after-atv-accident
^ "Uher=playubt.com". http://www.playubt.com/ubt_teamubt_prfbio.aspx?pge_id=145&pge_pge_id=124&ply_id=96.
^ "Pokerplayernewspaper.com". Pokerplayernewspaper.com. http://www.pokerplayernewspaper.com/viewarticle.php?id=2246. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
^ Garcia, Oskar (2008-07-06). "World Series of Poker top prize announced after registration". Associated Press. http://www.seattlepi.com/othersports/369798_page2fill07.html. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
^ Pempus, Brian (2010-06-06). "Phil Laak Breaks World Record". CardPlayer.com. http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/9203-phil-laak-breaks-world-record/. Retrieved 2010-09-30.

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v t e 2010s WSOP Bracelet Winners

2010/ 2010 E	Daniel Alaei Harold Angle Richard Ashby David Baker Praz Bansi John Barch Chris Bell Tomer Berda James Bord Dutch Boyd Eric Buchman Shawn Busse Yan Chen Michael Chow Aadam Daya James Dempsey Jason DeWitt Jonathan Duhamel Mike Ellis Sigurd Eskeland Sam Farha Peter Gelencser Steven Gee Ian Gordon Dean Hamrick Gus Hansen William Haydon Vanessa Hellebuyck Phil Ivey Steve Jelinek Frank Kassela (2) Matt Keikoan Dan Kelly Steven Kelly Chance Kornuth Valdemar Kwaysser Phil Laak Pascal LeFrancois Michael Linn Jeff Lisandro Ayaz Mahmood Matt Matros Michael Mizrachi Scott Montgomery Men Nguyen Jeffrey Papola Hoai Pham Carter Phillips Konstantin Puchkov Miguel Proulx Jesse Rockowitz Scott Shelley Gavin Smith Brendan Taylor Jeffrey Tebben Joshua Tieman Luis Velador Marcel Vonk David Warga Simon Watt Ryan Welch

2011/ 2011 E	Owais Ahmed André Akkari Hasan Anter Andrew Badecker Francesco Barbaro Allen Bari Sam Barnhart Steve Billirakis Nick Binger Tyler Bonkowski Kirk Caldwell Jake Cody David Diaz Sean Drake Joe Ebanks Elio Fox Andy Frankenberger Sean Getzwiller Kenneth Griffin Bertrand Grospellier Foster Hays Pius Heinz Andrew Hinrichsen James Hess Guillaume Humbert Daniel Idema Matt Jarvis John Juanda Eugene Katchalov Geffrey Klein Oleksii Kovalchuk Mikhail Lakhitov Ben Lamb Chris Lee Amir Lehavot Maxim Lykov Leonard Martin Matt Matros Jason Mercier Michael Mizrachi John Monnette Elie Payan Justin Pechie Matt Perrins Athanasios Polychronopoulos Rep Porter Mark Radoja Brian Rast (2) Eric Rodawig Mitch Schock David Singontiko Jason Somerville Fabrice Soulier Sam Stein Aaron Steury Antonin Teisseire Arkadiy Tsinis Chris Viox Tristan Wade Harrison Wilder Marsha Wolak Darren Woods Viacheslav Zhukov

2012	Leif Force Brent Hanks Chiab Saechao Cory Zeidman

note number in brackets represents the number of bracelets earned in that year

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Name	Laak, Phil
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Date of birth	1972-09-08
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
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