What is "eastleigh"

Eastleigh is in Hampshire, England, and the main town in the Borough of Eastleigh. The town lies between Southampton and Winchester, and is part of the South Hampshire conurbation. The first substantial growth was as a railway town. Now it is home to many businesses, including a manufacturing plant owned by Prysmian Cables & Systems (formerly the cables division of Pirelli). The town lies on the River Itchen, one of England's premier chalk streams for fly fishing, a designated site of Special Scientific Interest.

Eastleigh is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The current MP is Mims Davies of the Conservative party, elected in the 2015 General Election.

Eastleigh may refer to:

• Eastleigh, town in Hampshire, England.
  • Eastleigh (borough), local government area around the town
  • Eastleigh F.C.
  • Eastleigh (UK Parliament constituency)
• Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya, eastern suburb of the city
  • RAF Eastleigh, former airbase in the suburb