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The village of Fair Oak consists of widely scattered houses and farms reaching from
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Eastleigh Falls, a semi-natural rapidly flowing chalk stream which supports a variety of locally rare plant and animal species. The site has been recognised as important habitat for
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was included in the civil parish and at that time, consisting of a post office, the Rising Sun Inn, Hammerley Farm and a Union Chapel, was considered "a detached portion of Fair Oak village".
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not play in Fair Oak itself, but the club homes all four sides at
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