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Hawley is a small village in the
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of Blackwater and Hawley, in the
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district of northeastern
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, England. The village is contiguous with the small town of Blackwater. It is on the western edge of the Blackwater Valley conurbation, about northwest of central Farnborough, Hampshire, about west of
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, Surrey and about west-southwest of London. Hawley is directly north of
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, a large, suburb of Farnborough, with a relatively long history.


History

The first written record of Hawley is from 1248, in the Compotus De Crundal, spelt as Halely, Halle and Hallee and later in 1280 as Hallegh. And spelt as Hallie and Halley in ''Documents relating to the Foundation of the Chapter of Winchester AD 1541–1547'', published by Hampshire Record Society in 1888. The name is likely in true Old or Medieval English ''Healhleah or Healhaleah'' meaning nook clearing or nook meadow.Hawley Historical Rural Settlement Publication
/ref> Historical spellings also include Hawleye, Halle and Hallie. The tithings of Yateley and Hawley were, as before, listed as parcels of the manor and the hundred of Crondall in 1567. The parish of Hawley was created out of that of Yateley in 1838, a few decades before the secular aspects of such were fully ceased as civil parishes were rolled out.


Parish church

The
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of Holy Trinity in what is often, being a relatively modern full place name, considered 'Blackwater'. built in 1837Pevsner & Lloyd, 1967, page 280 J.B. Clacy of
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Brodie, Felstead, Franklin & Pinfield, 2001, page 375 enlarged the church in 1857.
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expanded it further in 1863, adding the
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arch, chancel rib-vaulting and
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. The tower and spire were added in 1882. The building is in a
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style of about AD 1300 and is listed Grade II (listing 26 June 1987). The parish's second church, All Saints', South Hawley is where Chapel Lane meets Fernhill Road. The church parish contains all of any zone traditionally or normally considered Blackwater, see map at
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.


Amenities

Hawley has a
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, village green, equestrian centre, private leisure centre, a cricket ground and a playground area. Hawley has Hawley Primary School teaches boys and girls to
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s 1 and 2. HawleyHurst School merging into
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(until then in Ascot) folded in 2020 – an independent mixed, nursery, preparatory and senior school. Alumni include her former Royal Highness
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. The Department for Education (DfE) issued a notice to improve on 20 July 2018. The DfE removed the regulatory action on 11 November 2019. It had a £600,000 annual cash shortfall. Latterly it had 282 pupils, from a capacity of 450. Centred southwest is Hawley Lake (via a forest walk about 20 minutes from Hawley Green), which is used by the
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for basic sailing training and also has a private sailing club & watersports facility (Hawley Lake Sail Training Centre). The lake is used for dinghy sailing, kayaking, windsurfing and wakeboarding/water-skiing. There is also a beach on its southern shore which is used by local residents. Each
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the Army organises a firework display on the lake's islets, attracting thousands of visitors from many miles around.


Film location

Hawley Lake and the surrounding woodland is often used as a feature film location, including part of the opening sequence of the 2002 film ''
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'' in which
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is in
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. It also used for the obstacle course and lake scenes in ''
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'', starring
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, the 2005 film ''
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'' and scenes from the second
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film ''
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'', notably the cable car station. The
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filmed episodes of ''
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'' at the lake in the 1970s. In April 2014, the woodland to the east and south of the disused airstrip was used as a filming location for the 2015 superhero movie '' Avengers: Age of Ultron''. Throughout early 2017, sets were built for '' Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'' in the woodland.


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