New Alresford or just Alresford is a small town and civil parish in the City of Winchester area 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 shops, a visitor details centre, a central conservation area, 4 tea rooms, five pubs and also is a terminus just like Alton of the Watercress Line, a steam-worked heritage train at Alresford train station. Of its population, 25.9% are aged 65 or over, as well as the mean age is greater than the nationwide standard, at 45.4 years. Old Alresford is a town and civil parish in Hampshire, England. It is 1 km (0.6 miles) north of the community of New Alresford, 12 km (7 miles) northeast of the city of Winchester, and 20 kilometres (12 miles) south-west of the town of Alton. The town is crowned by its huge T-shape main street sanctuary. The community is an attractive art, rail as well as traveler destination, with its classic, thick 2 Georgian streets located near Winchester and the South Downs National Park. Here are the Swan Hotel, Bell Hotel, Pink House Hotel, jewelers, red wine merchants, butchers, blossom shops, plaything store, dress shops, the Alresford Gallery, Candover Gallery as well as tea rooms. There are 3 other hostelries, the larger being the Globe Inn by one of the stream channels and also 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 diesel trains, as well as gets its name from the reality that it made use of to be the line that took watercress approximately London. The various other end of the heritage line is Alton, which is likewise completion of the current Alton-London Waterloo line, making it possible to take the train from Alresford to London: diesel or steam to Alton, and then modern train into London. Accordingly, the town council give 115 hanging baskets every summertime. Both settlements have a consolidated population of 5,971 people.