Houghton’s Piece
Houghton’s Piece is a forest in Four Marks, East Hampshire, England. Houghton’s Piece is situated nearby to the neighborhood Chawton End, as well as near Boyneswood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jane Austen’s House Museum and Medstead and Four Marks railway station.
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.
Medstead and Four Marks railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Medstead and Four Marks railway station is a railway station in the English county of Hampshire, serving the villages of Medstead and Four Marks. At 644 ft above sea level, it is currently the highest operational standard-gauge railway station in Southern England.
Chawton House
Library
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alton and Medstead.
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.
Medstead
Village
Photo: OLU, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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 lies about 3 miles east of the village.
Houghton’s Piece
- Type: Forest
- Location: Four Marks, East Hampshire, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.1149° or 51° 6′ 54″ northLongitude
-1.0247° or 1° 1′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C3W4X7G+W4OpenStreetMap ID
way 701944907OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Chawton End and Boyneswood.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tanner’s Paddock and New Copse.
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