Alresford
New Alresford or just Alresford is a small town as well as civil parish in the City of Winchester district of Hampshire, England. It is 7.5 miles (12 kilometres) northeast of Winchester as well as 12 miles (20 kilometres) southwest of the town of Alton. New Alresford has independent stores, a vacationer info centre, a central conservation area, four tea rooms, five bars as well as 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 the mean age is more than the national standard, at 45.4 years. Old Alresford is a town and civil church in Hampshire, England. It is 1 kilometres (0.6 miles) north of the town of New Alresford, 12 km (7 miles) northeast of the city of Winchester, and also 20 kilometres (12 miles) south-west of the community of Alton. The community is crowned by its large T-shape primary road sanctuary. The community is an appealing art, rail and visitor location, with its timeless, dense 2 Georgian streets situated near Winchester and the South Downs National Park. Here are the Swan Hotel, Bell Hotel, Pink House Hotel, jewellers, wine merchants, butchers, flower stores, toy shop, boutique, the Alresford Gallery, Candover Gallery and also tea rooms. There are 3 other hostelries, the larger being the World Inn by one of the stream channels and play area. Alresford is at the south-western end of the Watercress Line (officially the Mid-Hants Railway). This heritage train line runs steam as well as diesel trains, as well as gets its name from the fact that it used to be the line that took watercress approximately London. The other end of the heritage line is Alton, which is additionally the end of the present Alton-London Waterloo line, making it possible to take the train from Alresford to London: diesel or steam to Alton, and afterwards contemporary train right into London. As necessary, the town council provide 115 hanging baskets every summer. The two negotiations have a consolidated population of 5,971 people.
