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==Overview==
Sway has shops, two pubs, a church, a village hall and a number of restaurants and hotels.<ref name="swayvill">[http://www.sway-pc.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=7062 Sway Village] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324085941/http://www.sway-pc.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=7062 |date=24 March 2012 }}, Sway Parish Council, retrieved, 18 July 2011</ref> There is also a Church of England primary school.<ref name="swayvill"/> The village is home to football clubs,<ref>[http://swayfc.weebly.com/ Sway Football Club], retrieved 18 July 2011</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120327204729/http://www.swayjuniorsfc.co.uk/swayfc/index.php Sway Junior Football Club], retrieved 18 July 2011</ref> a tennis club,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://swaytennis.com/|title=Sway Tennis Club - Home|website=swaytennis.com}}</ref> Sway Cricket Club,<ref>[http://www.swaycc.co.uk/ Sway Cricket Club], retrieved 5 March 2021</ref> a fencing club,<ref>[http://swayfencingclub.wordpress.com/ Sway Fencing Club], retrieved 18 July 2011</ref> an archery club,<ref>[http://www.sway-bowmen.org.uk/ Sway Bowmen], retrieved 18 July 2011</ref> a thriving community choir ‘Sing'Sing Sway’Sway' and a gardening club.<ref>[http://www.swaygardeningclub.co.uk/Sway Gardening Club]{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}, retrieved 18 July 2011</ref> [[Sway railway station]] is on the [[South West Main Line]] from [[Weymouth railway station|Weymouth]] and [[Bournemouth railway station|Bournemouth]] to [[Southampton Central railway station|Southampton]] and [[London Waterloo railway station|London Waterloo]] with train services operated by [[South Western Railway (train operating company)|South Western Railway]]. From [[Brockenhurst railway station|Brockenhurst]], one can catch the [[Lymington Branch Line|"Lymington Flyer"]] services connect with the ferry to [[Yarmouth, Isle of Wight|Yarmouth]] on the [[Isle of Wight]]. Sway is twinned with the village of [[Bretteville-sur-Ay|Bretteville]], France.<ref>[http://volve.org.uk/directoryitem.aspx?index=513&item=2845&dataitem=4543 Sway – Bretteville Friendship Link] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120715191131/http://volve.org.uk/directoryitem.aspx?index=513&item=2845&dataitem=4543 |date=15 July 2012 }}, retrieved 10 July 2011</ref>
 
The northern part of the parish contains areas of woodland, heathland, acid grassland, scrub and valley bog, supporting a richness and diversity of wildlife.<ref name="hanttreas56">{{cite web|url=http://www.hants.gov.uk/hampshiretreasures/vol05/page303.html|title=Hampshire Treasures, Volume 5 (New Forest), Sway, page 303|access-date=10 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406002259/http://www.hants.gov.uk/hampshiretreasures/vol05/page303.html|archive-date=6 April 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>