Places to Visit
CHAWTON 1.4 miles
Jane Austen’s House, where she wrote a number of her great works, the Museum tells the story of her and her family’s life. Mansfield Park, Emma, and Persuasion were written at the house.
The Chawton House Library is an internationally-renowned research institution, working in partnership with scholars and universities across the globe as it holds works written by women in English during the period 1600 to 1830.
Tours of the house and gardens are available and more details can found on the Chawton House website
CHICHESTER 28.2 miles
Festival Theatre, Shopping, Cinema Multiplex, Goodwood Races and Festival of Speed and Goodwood Revival.
PORTSMOUTH 25 miles
Historic Dockyard, Museums, Shopping
PETERSFIELD 9.4 miles
Farmers Market, Restauarants and Pubs
WINCHESTER 13 – 15.3 miles
Cathedral, Guildhall, Mill Race, Water Meadows, River Itchen and Intech Science Centre and Planetarium. Marwell Wildlife Park.
SELBORNE 2.9 miles
Gilbert White House and Oates Museum
FARNHAM 7.6 – 8.3 miles
Alice Holt Forest, Woods and walks and ‘Go Ape’ swings and ropes for children, Birdworld
HORNDEAN 9.3 miles
Queen Elizabeth Country Park, 1,400 acres of woodland and downland
ALRESFORD 8.3 miles
The Mid Hants Railway “Watercress Line”
WATERLOOVILLE 10.7 miles
Butser Ancient Farm, experimental archaeological site with ongoing re-construction of buildings based on ancient sites, crops from prehistory, rare breeds of animal and ancient technologies.
BASINGSTOKE 13.5 miles
Bowlplex, Living History Milestones Museumn an open-air museum inside a massive modern building, with a network of streets, shops, a village green and a pub, all dating from Victorian times to the 30s.