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Hampshire & The
Isle of Wight
Winchester, Southampton, Basingstoke, Hamble, Portsmouth,
Fareham and The New Forest Areas of Hampshire and The Isle of
Wight.
Hampshire has a mixture of very pretty
countryside and good rail links to Waterloo station and the City
of London with correspondingly high property values.
The county divides into the commuting areas
in the north, centred on the characterless town of Basingstoke.
South and west of Basingstoke is some beautiful countryside and
villages, including the famous trout rivers, the Test and Itchen
with the historic and charming city of Winchester in the centre
of the county. In the south is the conurbation of Southampton,
Fareham and Portsmouth served by the M27 motorway. To the west
is the New Forest, a large protected area of heathland and woodland
popular for walking and riding with the town of Lymington and
the Beaulieu river providing some good sailing facilities. On
the eastern border of the county is the market town of Petersfield,
which is close to the beautiful unspoilt South Downs of West Sussex.
Communications are excellent. The fast trains
from Basingstoke to Waterloo take approximately 45 minutes and
from Winchester approximately 60 minutes. The M3 motorway connects
Basingstoke, Winchester and Southampton to London and provides
access to the West Country via the A303 trunk road and the south
coast via the M27 motorway. Petersfield is connected to south
London by the A3 dual carriageway and trains to Waterloo, which
take approximately 70 minutes.
Hampshire is renowned for its private schools.
In particular, Winchester has a good choice of pre-prep, prep
and public schools, Winchester College and St Swithuns Girls
School being the best known.
The country house market in Hampshire is particularly
popular for those moving out of London with young families looking
for commuting facilities and good schools. The best commuting
areas are south of Basingstoke to the charming small market town
of Alresford and west towards the town of Andover. Property values
are similar around Winchester but south of the M27 it is densely
populated and difficult to commute to London and consequently
cheaper. The New Forest is popular with local buyers working in
Southampton and weekenders from London attracted by the sailing.
It is considered by most buyers to be too far to commute to London.
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