• Salisbury (20 miles)  
• Winchester (15 miles) with its Norman cathedral and the authoress, Jane Austen.  
• Oxford (30 miles) with its ‘dreaming spires’, museums and cultural centres.  
• Windsor (40 miles) Castle, home to the Royal Family, Windsor Great Park and Lego Land.  
• London is just over an hour away by direct train.  
• Southampton and Portsmouth also have heritage sites. 

• Stonehenge, Woodhenge (15 miles) Avebury, Silbury Hill and West Kennet Longbarrow  
• Danebury Hill Fort and Andover’s Museum of the Iron Age. (Local)  
• Whitchurch Silk Mill (6 miles)  

• Harewood Forest – several square miles of ancient oak forest. Three species of deer, badgers and great butterflies. Located at the end of the garden!  
• Test Valley and the famous River Test. Considered to be the best chalk river in the world. Walk able distance.  
• New Forest (30 miles) and Solent Coastline  
• Kennet and Avon Canal (15 miles)  
• Salisbury Plain (15 miles) with its rolling, elevated chalk landscape. Fabulous and unknown part of wild Britain. 

Garden Visits  

• Forest Edge’s garden has been featured in the RHS magazine, The Garden. (April 2001). It is open to the public under the ‘Yellow Book’ scheme.  
• Sir Harold Hillier Gardens and Arboretum.  Longstock Park and its famous Water garden  
• Exbury, the home of rhododendrons  
• Many other gardens are available to public or private visits. 

Activities   

• Golf – two courses locally  
• Walking – Forest Edge is close to the Test Way, a long-distance pathway. The local area is riddled with footpaths.  
• Cycling –local, signposted routes.  
• Fishing – this may be arranged on the world famous Rivers Test, Itchen and Avon.  
• Marwell Zoological Park and The Hawk Conservancy.  
• Theatres at Salisbury, Newbury, Basingstoke, Southampton (London productions, ballet and opera) and Winchester. There is a small theatre in Andover.  
• Football – tickets may be obtained for Premiership and Nationwide games.  
• Steam Railways – Didcot Steam Centre and The Watercress Line 
• Horse Racing – Newbury and Salisbury.  
• Car racing – Thruxton  Middle Wallop Air Show and museum. 

Famous buildings   

• Wilton House, near Salisbury. Van Dyke collection.  
• Windsor Castle  
• Salisbury Cathedral  
• Winchester Cathedral  
• The Vine, Basingstoke  
• Winchester College  
• The Oxford colleges 
• Crofton Beam Engines  
• Highclere Castle and Gardens 
• Jane Austin's House, Alton.