New Alresford or simply Alresford is a small town 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 12 miles (20 km) southwest of the community of Alton. New Alresford has independent shops, a tourist details centre, a main conservation area, four tea rooms, five pubs as well as is a terminus as with Alton of the Watercress Line, a steam-worked heritage train at Alresford railway terminal. Of its population, 25.9% are aged 65 or over, and also the mean age is higher than the national average, at 45.4 years. Old Alresford is a town as well as civil church in Hampshire, England. It is 1 km (0.6 miles) north of the town of New Alresford, 12 kilometres (7 miles) northeast of the city of Winchester, and also 20 km (12 miles) south-west of the town of Alton. The community is crowned by its huge T-shape primary street conservation area. The town is an attractive art, rail and visitor location, with its classic, thick 2 Georgian streets situated near Winchester and the South Downs National Park. Here are the Swan Hotel, Bell Hotel, Pink House Hotel, jewellers, wine sellers, butchers, flower shops, toy shop, dress shops, the Alresford Gallery, Candover Gallery as well as cafeteria. There are 3 other public houses, the larger being the Globe Inn by among the stream channels and also play area. Alresford is at the south-western end of the Watercress Line (officially the Mid-Hants Railway). This heritage train line runs steam and diesel trains, and also obtains its name from the reality that it used to be the line that took watercress as much as 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 after that modern-day train into London. Appropriately, the town council give 115 hanging baskets every summertime. The two negotiations have a consolidated population of 5,971 people.