New Alresford or merely Alresford is a village as well as civil parish in the City of Winchester area of Hampshire, England. It is 7.5 miles (12 km) northeast of Winchester and also 12 miles (20 kilometres) southwest of the community of Alton. New Alresford has independent shops, a vacationer info centre, a central conservation area, 4 cafeteria, five clubs as well as is a terminus just like Alton of the Watercress Line, a steam-worked heritage train at Alresford railway station. Of its population, 25.9% are aged 65 or over, and also the mean age is higher than the national standard, at 45.4 years. Old Alresford is a town as well as civil church in Hampshire, England. It is 1 kilometres (0.6 miles) north of the community of New Alresford, 12 kilometres (7 miles) northeast of the city of Winchester, as well as 20 kilometres (12 miles) south-west of the town of Alton. The town is crowned by its large T-shape major street conservation area. The town is an attractive art, rail as well as visitor location, with its classic, dense two Georgian roads positioned near Winchester and the South Downs National Park. Below are the Swan Hotel, Bell Hotel, Pink House Hotel, jewellers, white wine sellers, butchers, flower stores, plaything store, boutique, the Alresford Gallery, Candover Gallery and also tea rooms. There are 3 various other pubs, the larger being the Globe Inn by one of the stream channels and play area. Alresford is at the south-western end of the Watercress Line (formally the Mid-Hants Railway). This heritage railway line runs steam and also diesel trains, as well as obtains its name from the fact that it used to be the line that took watercress up to London. The other end of the heritage line is Alton, which is additionally completion of the existing Alton-London Waterloo line, making it possible to take the train from Alresford to London: diesel or steam to Alton, and then modern-day train right into London. Appropriately, the community council supply 115 hanging baskets every summer. The two settlements have a consolidated population of 5,971 people.