New Alresford or simply Alresford is a village as well as civil parish in the City of Winchester area of Hampshire, England. It is 7.5 miles (12 kilometres) northeast of Winchester and 12 miles (20 kilometres) southwest of the town of Alton. New Alresford has independent stores, a vacationer details centre, a main conservation area, 4 tea rooms, five pubs and also is a terminus as with 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 greater than the nationwide standard, at 45.4 years. Old Alresford is a village and also civil parish in Hampshire, England. It is 1 kilometres (0.6 miles) north of the town of New Alresford, 12 kilometres (7 miles) northeast of the city of Winchester, and 20 kilometres (12 miles) south-west of the community of Alton. The town is crowned by its large T-shape major road sanctuary. The town is an eye-catching art, rail as well as traveler location, with its timeless, thick two Georgian streets located near Winchester and the South Downs National Park. Below are the Swan Hotel, Bell Hotel, Pink House Hotel, jewellers, red wine merchants, butchers, flower shops, plaything store, boutique, the Alresford Gallery, Candover Gallery and tea rooms. There are 3 other pubs, the bigger being the Globe Inn by one of the stream networks and also play area. Alresford goes to the south-western end of the Watercress Line (formally the Mid-Hants Railway). This heritage railway line runs steam and diesel trains, and also gets its name from the reality that it utilized to be the line that took watercress approximately London. The various other end of the heritage line is Alton, which is also the end of the existing Alton-London Waterloo line, making it possible to take the train from Alresford to London: diesel or steam to Alton, and afterwards modern train into London. As necessary, the town council provide 115 hanging baskets every summer. Both negotiations have a combined population of 5,971 people.