Everton in the South-east of the Parish, has some 760
dwellings, the majority having been built since 1970, a Village shop/Post
Office, a Social Club, a Garden Centre, a large Nursery,a Public House, aMobile
Home Park, the Everton Garage, and is served by the
church
of
St Mary
’s the daughter
church
of
All Saints, Milford
on sea. It also has a regular
Bus Service to New Milton, Lymington and Hordle.
Hordle has some 1660 Dwellings, the Village having grown considerably since
1945, much of it in the 1970’s, has
a Premier Inn,Doctors Surgery,
Post Office, Chemist, and a range of other Village Shops
including Hairdressers, Pet shop, Haberdashery,
Take Away, Petrol Service Station with a Spar shop and a Co-operative Stores,
although with the easy access to the superstores at New Milton &
Lymington which are both served by a regular Bus service the survival of all the shops serving the Parish are at risk, it
also has a
Primary School. The
only church is that of
All Saints Hordle.
There are small Industrial Units at Silver Street Farm, Kings Farm at
Hordle and Lea Green Farm at Downton providing various services such as Vehicle
Repairs and MOT's, Bike Sales, Carpet Sales, Garden Sheds, Garage Doors, Patio
Slabs, Carpentry Services &c..
There are three Public Houses in the Parish namely,
the Plough Inn at Tiptoe,
the Crown at Everton,
and
the Three Bells at Hordle which is
also a Premier Inn other eateries in the Parish is the Camellia at Everton
Nurseries and
The Mill at Gordleton which
straddles the Parish Boundary.