South Wood

South Wood is a forest in , , . South Wood is situated near the village , as well as near the locality .

Places of Interest

Highlights: Jane Austen’s House Museum and Curtis Museum.

Museum
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Jane Austen's House is a small independent museum in the village of near in . 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.

Museum
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The in is a local history museum in , . 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.

Railway station
Photo: Clive Warneford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the market town of , in the English county of . The station is the terminus for two railway lines: the Alton line, which runs to 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.

Photo: AlasdairW, Public domain.
is a town in , surrounded by attractive countryside and villages that were once home to novelist Jane Austen, naturalist Gilbert White, and Antarctic explorer Lawrence Oates.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of , England. The nearest town is , which lies about 3 miles east of the village.

Village
Photo: Mike Cattell, CC BY 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of , England. It is 3.4 miles northwest of and 1.2 miles north of , just off the A339 road.

South Wood

Latitude
51.1604° or 51° 9′ 38″ north
Longitude
-0.9992° or 0° 59′ 57″ west
Open location code
9C3X5262+58
Open­Street­Map ID
way 261936347
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­wood
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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Shalden and The Hanger.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: South Wood and Warren Plantation.

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