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Places of Interest

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.

Chawton House

Library

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Chawton House is a Grade II* listed manor house in Hampshire on the South side of Chawton village, and the present building was started in 1580. In the late 18th century it belonged to Edward Austen Knight, a wealthy brother of the novelist Jane Austen.

Alton Town Hall

Town hall

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Alton Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Square in Alton, Hampshire, England. The structure, which is the meeting place of Alton Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

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Alton

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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

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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.

Medstead

Village

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Medstead is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Alton, which lies 4.3 miles northeast of the village.

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