Bramdean and Hinton Ampner

Bramdean is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bramdean and Hinton Ampner, in the Winchester district, in the county of Hampshire, England. It is a linear settlement located along the busy A272 trunk road which was widened by the American troops in 1943 in preparation for D-Day.The village itself is peculiar due to the large number of large houses dating from the Georgian period, a few of these are set in/next to beautiful rolling parkland with specimen trees.

The Itchen Way is a 31.80-mile (51.18 km) long-distance footpath following the River Itchen in Hampshire, England, from its source near Hinton Ampner House to its mouth at Woolston. The walk finishes at Sholing railway station. The route has been promoted by the Eastleigh Group of the Ramblers with grant aid from Hampshire County Council and Eastleigh Borough Council. The route was altered and improved in 2008.

The Battle of Cheriton of 29 March 1644 was an important Parliamentarian victory during the First English Civil War. Sir William Waller's "Army of the Southern Association" defeated a Royalist force jointly commanded by the Earl of Forth and Sir Ralph Hopton. Defeat ended Royalist hopes of retaking South East England and forced them onto the defensive for the rest of 1644. Although less well known than the Battle of Marston Moor, in his "History of the Rebellion" senior Royalist advisor Clarendon considered Cheriton an equally disastrous defeat.

Hinton Ampner is a village and country house estate with gardens and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bramdean and Hinton Ampner, in the Winchester district, in the county of Hampshire, England. It is near Alresford and eight miles due east of Winchester. The name probably derives from a combination of old English words Hea (high ground), Tun (homestead) and Higna (home of the monks), with the suffix Ampner being a corruption of Almoner, as the manor was once attached to a priory landholding.The house is a Grade II listed building. The house and garden are owned by the National Trust and are open to the public.

Brockwood Park is a country estate located in the civil parish of Bramdean and Hinton Ampner, in the Winchester district, in the county of Hampshire, England. Historically, it was situated in the now reformed parish of Bramdean. There is a Krishnamurti school on the grounds of the estate known as Brockwood Park School.

Bramdean Common is near Winchester, Hampshire, England.Bramdean means "the valley where brooms grow" - broom being the gorse bush originally prevalent in the valley that carries a yellow flower. There was a Roman villa near the village, excavated in 1823, by the Greenwood family of Brockwood (then Brookwood) Park. The name goes back to 923. It is close to Hinton Ampner. There is a Church in the Wood which was built in 1883, by the Reverend Alfred Caesar Bishop, for the farm workers of Bramdean Common. The church later became used by Romany families, who camped on the Common, and practised charcoal burning on the land. It is built of corrugated iron and took five weeks to construct. It was here in 1993 that the Dongas road protest group moved after being driven from Twyford Down by bulldozers.

Bishops Sutton or Bishop's Sutton is a village and civil parish one mile (1.6 km) east of the market town of Alresford in the City of Winchester district of Hampshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 419, increasing to 463 at the 2011 Census.

Kilmeston is a small village and civil parish in the City of Winchester district of Hampshire, England. Historically the village has been known as Chelmestune or Kilmiston, and some sources still quote Kilmiston as the official name of the civil parish. Kilmeston Manor, a substantial country house, is a grade II* listed building.The parish church of St Andrew has its origin in medieval times. Rebuilt in 1772 and again in the late 19th century, it is a grade II listed building. Lt.-Gen. Sir Henry Warde lived at Dean House, Kilmeston.

Shutts Copse is a 5-hectare (12-acre) nature reserve north of West Meon in Hampshire. It is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust.This small wood has a ground layer of wild flowers, such as primroses and bluebells. There is a healthy population of dormice and birds include coal tits, tawny owls and great spotted woodpeckers.

Cheriton is a village and civil parish near Alresford in Hampshire, England. The settlement is close to the site of the 1644 Battle of Cheriton, fought during the First English Civil War.

Ropley Dean is a village in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 7.3 miles (11.7 km) southwest of Alton. The village has its own restored railway station on the Watercress Line. Trains from here connect with the nearest national rail station 7.3 miles (11.7 km) to the northeast, at Alton.

Ropley railway station is a railway station in Ropley, Hampshire, England, which opened in 1865 and reopened in 1977 after four years' closure, to be served by steam and select diesel trains on the Watercress Line which shares its terminus at Alton railway station along with the more major Alton Line.