Monk Wood
Monk Wood is a forest in Alton, East Hampshire, England. Monk Wood is situated nearby to the locality Golden Chair Hill, as well as near the neighborhood Spitalhatch.Places of Interest
Highlights include Alton railway station and Curtis Museum.
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.
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 Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Paul the Archivist, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Binsted and East Worldham.
Binsted
Village
Photo: Hassocks5489, CC0.
Binsted is a village and large civil parish in East Hampshire, England. It is about 4.1 miles east of Alton, its nearest town. The parish is one of the largest in northern Hampshire and covers almost 7,000 acres.
East Worldham
Village
Photo: Michael FORD, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Worldham is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Worldham, in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 1.9 miles east of Alton; and 1.9 miles south-west of Wyck.
West Worldham
Hamlet
Photo: Michael Ford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Worldham is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Worldham, in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 2.1 miles southeast of the town of Alton.
Monk Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Alton, East Hampshire, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.149° or 51° 8′ 57″ northLongitude
-0.9413° or 0° 56′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C3X43X5+JFOpenStreetMap ID
way 306855039OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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