West End is a parish in Hampshire in the borough of Eastleigh, five miles (8.0 km) east of the city of Southampton.

The village of West End is small and generally classed as an area in the outer suburbs or rural urban fringe of the borough of Eastleigh because of the surrounding woodland and countryside, including Telegraph Woods and Itchen Valley Country Park.

The village is known for being home of the Utilita Bowl, the stadium where Hampshire County Cricket Club plays, and occasionally England.

Aside from a typical number of listed houses, the other main landmarks of the parish are Moorgreen Hospital — a large, ornate Victorian building, the original St James School, built in 1901, on the high street, and West End Fire Station — a museum in the centre of the village.

A series of round barrows, dating from the Bronze Age (2000-600 BC), have been discovered in the Moorgreen area of the parish.

[3] A shutter telegraph station operated from the site during the Napoleonic Wars, forming part of the line connecting London to Plymouth.

[6] The ecclesiastical parish of West End was established in 1840, two years after the construction of the original St James' Church.

The second school building became Hilldene Community Centre, where a number of adult education courses and other activities take place.

[citation needed] The fire station was closed in 1996 and the building was transferred to the parish council to run as a community venue.

[8] The annual West End Carnival takes place each June, although it did not run in 2009 or 2010 due to a lack of volunteers.

The parish has an active local history society which runs a museum in the old fire station in the village centre.