Andover (England)

Andover is a market town of 50,000 people (2020) in Hampshire. It is well-known as the location of an important Royal Air Force base. Surrounding Andover is the Hants portion of the North Wessex Downs, which includes interesting small towns such as Whitchurch.

Understand
The town's largest employer is the Ministry of Defence. RAF Andover was opened on Andover Airfield, to the south of the town, during the First World War and became the site of the RAF Staff College.
 * Andover visitor information from Visit Hampshire

Get in
Andover is on the major A303 trunk road at the eastern end of Salisbury Plain, 18 miles (30 km) west of Basingstoke. It is 20 miles (32 km) NNW of Winchester, 35 miles (56 km) north of Southampton and 65 miles (105 km) WSW of London.

The M4 motorway, to the north, can be reached by way of the A34 trunk road, which continues to Birmingham; or via Marlborough, Wiltshire.

is on the London Waterloo to Exeter line. Trains arrive from Salisbury, Yeovil Junction, Exeter St Davids, Basingstoke and London Waterloo (with a usual intermittent stop of Woking) and some stopping services to places such as Whitchurch.

Andover and around

 * The Lights arts and entertainment venue hosts professional artists throughout the year.







Distillery and winery tours




Walk and cycle

 * Mill Trail - a circular walk of up to seven miles partly along the Test.


 * Walk or cycle to Watership Down


 * Walk around Longparish

Eat



 * The café at Whitchurch Silk Mill is a great choice for locally-sourced light bites.