Wickham, Hampshire Wickham, Hampshire Wickham is a small village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, about three miles north of Fareham. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 4,816, falling to 4,299 at the 2011 Census. Wickham has a wide and well-proportioned square lined with historic buildings and is designated a conservation area. It was the fording place of the River Meon on the Roman road between Noviomagus Regnorum (Chichester) and Venta Belgarum (Winchester), and the inferred divergent point of the route to Clausentum (Bitterne). The Roman road from Wickham to Chichester is still followed today by local roads, passing
Venta Rapid were used to catch salmon and sturgeon. Due to these fishing devices, Kuldīga used to be called to be a town where you can catch salmon in the air. One could catch as many as 80—100 salmon a day . The fish that didn't make the jump up the river were swept by the current back into the canals where they were caught in hanging baskets. On January 1, 1997, it was designated a natural monument of Latvia. Venta Rapid Venta Rapid () is a waterfall on the Venta River in Kuldīga, Latvia. It is the widest waterfall in Europe