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Picket Piece

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Ox Drove joins Walworth Road geograph.org.uk 156386
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Picket Piece is a small village in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. Andover lies approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) south-west from the village. The village has expanded rapidly since 2015 with several new roads and house building. In October 2017 Test Valley Council approved another 520 homes to be built in the village.There is one church in the village. It started as the Harroway Mission. It is named after the Whitchurch to Andover road (part of the Harrow Way) that ran through Picket Piece to Andover. When the Walworth Industrial Estate was built in the 1960s, that stretch of the road was renamed Walworth Road. The Mission was built by the Congregational (now the United Reformed Church) in Andover. It last appeared in the United Reformed Church yearbook in 2001.

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Picket Piece
Ox Drove, Test Valley

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Ox Drove

Ox Drove
SP11 6ND Test Valley
England, United Kingdom
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Little London, Andover, Hampshire

Little London is a hamlet and civil parish which lies 3.5 miles north of Andover in Hampshire, England. The hamlet is in the parish of Smannell (where the 2011 Census population was included. ) and has 53 houses. One side of the village has a number of original flint and mortar and thatch-roofed cottages whilst Ridges View is 1960s ex local authority houses. The pub (Horse and Jockey) closed in the 80's and the Post Office also has gone. The village is set in a beautiful location nestled in a gentle valley in Northern Hampshire. It is surrounded by farmland and has woodland at the top of the village (Doles Wood) and has a single road that runs to Frenches Farm. There are two other 'roads' - Big Street and Little Street (which is now a footpath). The village dates back to around the late 17th century. Its name suggests that the inhabitants came from London - possibly post the outbreak of plague in 1665 or after the fire of 1666 and settled in the fields outside Andover. There have been over one hundred Little Londons (currently there are 12) in the UK and another one just 12 miles away near Kingsclere, Hampshire. There is a village well in Little Street that has been capped and there are several other wells on private properties in the village. Annually there is a Summer Village Fete, annual Christmas light switch on, quiz, and a fireworks night. These are mostly organised by the Little London Playing Field Association. A newly built German all glass Hauf Haus has been recently built and overlooks the village surroundings. In terms of wildlife, the village has a range of bats, birds including night jars, nuthatches and buzzards, and several different types of deer. In 2011/2012 the village received high speed, fibre based, broadband services after a successful campaign. Working with Hampshire County Council FTTC capabilities were delivered providing speeds up to 40Mbit/s. This scheme was retired in 2018 and now Vodafone and BT can provide up to 76mbits.