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Blounce
Location within Hampshire
Population21 
OS grid reference SU7224647408
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Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ALTON
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51°13′17″N0°58′01″W / 51.221305°N 0.966875°W / 51.221305; -0.966875

Blounce is a small hamlet in the civil parish of South Warnborough in the Hart district of Hampshire, England. It lies on the B3349 road in between Alton and Odiham. The hamlet is only made up of a few cottages and was once a main crossing point between Alton and Odiham.

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