Description
The site comprises a freehold regularly shaped and level area of pasture with a screen of mature trees on the boundaries and two central mature oaks
immediately to the north of Dawson Lodge care home which is held on a 125 year lease from 25 December 1991.
The wider Moorgreen hospital site is surrounded to the north, west and south by mainly residential development, with a large hotel directly on the other side of Botley Road from the site. To the east is designated countryside which forms part of a narrow strategic gap which serves to separate West End (and the city of Southampton) from Hedge End (Eastleigh).
Location
‘The Donkey Field’ is located within the grounds of the former Moorgreen Hospital site immediately opposite the entrance to the Utilita Bowl (Hampshire Cricket Ground).
Access to the site is via the B3035 Botley Road which in turn provides access to central Southampton via the A27 Swaythling Road and Junction 7 of the M27 in Hedge End via Tollbar Way and Charles Watts Way.