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Aldershot, Hampshire

This is a town whose history will be forever linked to that of the British Army. A century and a half or so ago, Aldershot was just a quiet village at the centre of...

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Alresford, Hampshire

Alresford is a market town in Hampshire, just north-east of the City of Winchester and south-west of the town of Alton, which it is linked to by the Mid Hants Watercress Railway...

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Alton, Hampshire

An historic market town which in recent times derived its prosperity from hop fields and the brewing industry, previously it had been a centre for wool and cloth.

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Ampfield, Hampshire

Ampfield is a serene, picturesque village set amid glorious Hampshire countryside just a short distance from Romsey and within striking distance of Knapp Hill which has a wealth of attractive thatched cottages.

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Beaulieu, Hampshire

This lovely village is set in the lush greenery of the New Forest where a pretty village street leads to the banks of the Beaulieu River at the point at which it opens up as an estuary.

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Boldre, Hampshire

This is a beautiful village situated a short distance from the edge of the New Forest National Park and the shoreline of Lymington, in the Solent.

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Breamore, Hampshire

Breamore is one of those beautiful New Forest villages which is populated almost entirely by houses of the Tudor period.

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Brockenhurst, Hampshire

Gloriously set, like a jewel in a crown, between woodland and heathland, is the picturesque place called Brockenhurst.

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Calmore, Hampshire

Lively district within the commuter belt for Southampton which is not quite, but almost, on Southampton Water. It's name in Old English means Cabbage Marshes and it is assumed...

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Chawton, Hampshire

In Chawton is the unassuming 18th-century cottage where Jane Austen once lived.

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Crux Easton, Hampshire

Crux Easton is a quiet Hampshire hamlet lying in the shadow of Beacon Hill which rises to 262ft west of the village.

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East Meon, Hampshire

A picturesque village surrounded by the South Downs National Park, and with a rich history

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Emsworth, Hampshire

Super little yachting village tucked away between the many tidal creeks of Chichester Harbour.

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Exbury, Hampshire

Standing close to the saltmarshes and creeks along the Beaulieu River, in an area of outstanding natural beauty, Exbury must be one of the most captivating villages for miles around.

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Farnborough, Hampshire

This town is listed in the Doomsday Book of 1086, then it was a mere settlement which over the passing centuries developed into a village.

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Fordingbridge, Hampshire

Fordingbridge is a historic market town in Hampshire

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