The Downs
The Downs is a locality in Bentworth, East Hampshire, England. The Downs is situated nearby to the locality The Hanger, as well as near Ridge Field.Places of Interest
Highlights include Jane Austen’s House Museum and Church of St Peter and St Paul.
Jane Austen’s House Museum
Museum
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Jane Austen's House is a small independent museum in the village of Chawton near Alton in Hampshire. It is a writer's house museum occupying the 17th-century house in which novelist Jane Austen spent the last eight years of her life, during which time she wrote, revised and made ready to be published all six of her novels, and the fragment Sanditon. Jane Austen’s House Museum is situated 2½ miles southeast of The Downs.
Lasham Airfield
Aerodrome
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Lasham Airfield is an aerodrome 3.6 miles north-west of Alton in Hampshire, England, on the North side of Lasham village. The airfield was built on farming land in 1942 as a Royal Air Force Station during the Second World War. Lasham Airfield is situated 1½ miles north of The Downs.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thedden and Bentworth.
Thedden
Hamlet
Thedden is a hamlet in the large civil parish of Bentworth in Hampshire, England, about 1.3 miles south east of the centre of Bentworth village. Its nearest town is Alton, about 3.5 miles east of Thedden.
Bentworth
Village
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Bentworth is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. The nearest town is Alton, which about 3 miles east of the village.
Lasham
Village
Photo: Mike Cattell, CC BY 2.0.
Lasham is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 3.4 miles northwest of Alton and 1.2 miles north of Bentworth, just off the A339 road.
The Downs
- Type: Locality
- Location: Bentworth, East Hampshire, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.16056° or 51° 9′ 38″ northLongitude
-1.02126° or 1° 1′ 17″ westOpen location code
9C3W5X6H+6FOpenStreetMap ID
node 11186716222OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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