South Wood
South Wood is a forest in Shalden, East Hampshire, England. South Wood is situated nearby to the village Shalden, as well as near the locality The Hanger.Places of Interest
Highlights include Jane Austen’s House Museum and Curtis Museum.
Jane Austen’s House Museum
Museum
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Curtis Museum
Museum
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Curtis Museum in Alton is a local history museum in Hampshire, England. The museum was founded in 1865 by Dr William Curtis. In 2014, ownership of the museum was transferred to the Hampshire Cultural Trust as part of a larger transfer of museums from Hampshire County Council and Winchester City Council.
Alton railway station
Railway station
Photo: Clive Warneford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alton railway station serves the market town of Alton, in the English county of Hampshire. The station is the terminus for two railway lines: the Alton line, which runs to Brookwood and on to London Waterloo, and the Watercress Line, a heritage railway which runs to Alresford.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alton and Bentworth.
Alton
Photo: AlasdairW, Public domain.
Alton is a town in Hampshire, surrounded by attractive countryside and villages that were once home to novelist Jane Austen, naturalist Gilbert White, and Antarctic explorer Lawrence Oates.
Bentworth
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
South Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Shalden, East Hampshire, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.1604° or 51° 9′ 38″ northLongitude
-0.9992° or 0° 59′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C3X5262+58OpenStreetMap ID
way 261936347OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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