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Hog the Limelight
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Mottisfont Abbey & Garden
Days out just for two
Locations across Hampshire
Romsey
01962 846 019
01794 340 757
Take time out for just the two of you with our days out in
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Hampshire, including heritage trails, country pubs, lovely walks
See top quality bands, comedians and
Mottisfont is famous for its rose garden,
and top quality entertainment.
theatre companies in a village hall or
home to the National Collection of old-
community centre near you. There are also
fashioned roses, but its handsome house,
workshops and classes, enabling you to
pretty gardens and views of the lovely
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The Anvil
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Gilbert White’s House &
learn as well as have fun.
River Test are also well worth a visit.
Basingstoke
The Oates Museume
01256 844 244
Selborne, nr Alton
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Hospital of St Cross
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Museum of Army Flying
01420 511275
Winchester
Middle Wallop, nr Andover
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From folk to Flamenco, ballet to blues
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01962 851 375
01264 784 421
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and comedy to concertos, The Anvil in
There are beautiful views and lovely walks
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Basingstoke offers a varied and vibrant range
at naturalist Rev. Gilbert White’s house
Visit England’s oldest and most perfect
The museum’s collection of kites, gliders,
t Whi
of entertainment throughout the year.
and garden at Selborne, with its museum,
medieval almshouse, which, along with
planes and helicopters, along with its
follies, first class tea room and famous
its 12th-century church and tranquil
displays and dioramas, tells the stirring
Gilber
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Exbury Gardens
zig-zag path through the beech woods.
gardens, nestles in water meadows by
story of army flying from pre World War 1
Exbury, New Forest
the River Itchen.
to the present day.
023 8089 1203
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Hampshire Records Office
Winchester
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Jane Austen’s House
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The Vyne www.exbury.co.uk
01962 846 154
Chawton, nr Alton
Sherborne St John, nr Basingstoke
Take a riverside stroll at Exbury Gardens,
which borders the beautiful Beaulieu
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01420 83262
01256 881 337
River. Exbury’s spectacular 200-acre
A treasure trove of information on
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woodland garden, world-famous
Hampshire and its people, Hampshire
org.uk
Explore the walled kitchen garden, lakes,
rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias and
Archives and Local Studies at Hampshire
Spend time browsing memorabilia at Jane
woods, meadows, Tudor chapel and rare
rare trees and plants are not to be missed.
Records Office is the ideal place to trace
Austen’s house in Chawton, topped by
treasures of this impressive 16th-century
your family history or discover fascinating
afternoon tea or a traditional pint at The
house near Basingstoke, run by the
facts from the past.
Greyfriar, an award-winning country pub
National Trust.
just opposite.
This is just a small selection of the many
quality attractions in Hampshire. For more
inspirational ideas for days out please visit
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www.hants.gov.uk/culture-all