New Alresford or merely Alresford is a small town and civil parish in the City of Winchester district 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 stores, a tourist info centre, a central sanctuary, four cafeteria, five clubs and is a terminus similar to Alton of the Watercress Line, a steam-worked heritage railway at Alresford railway station. Of its population, 25.9% are aged 65 or over, and the mean age is higher than the nationwide average, at 45.4 years. Old Alresford is a town and also civil church in Hampshire, England. It is 1 km (0.6 miles) north of the community of New Alresford, 12 kilometres (7 miles) northeast of the city of Winchester, and also 20 kilometres (12 miles) south-west of the town of Alton. The community is crowned by its large T-shape main street sanctuary. The town is an appealing art, rail as well as vacationer destination, with its classic, thick 2 Georgian roads situated near Winchester and also the South Downs National Park. Right here are the Swan Hotel, Bell Hotel, Pink House Hotel, jewellers, red wine vendors, butchers, blossom stores, plaything store, boutique, the Alresford Gallery, Candover Gallery and tea rooms. There are 3 various other hostelries, the larger being the World Inn by among the stream channels and also play area. Alresford goes to the south-western end of the Watercress Line (officially the Mid-Hants Railway). This heritage train line runs steam and diesel trains, as well as obtains its name from the fact that it utilized to be the line that took watercress approximately 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 after that modern train into London. Accordingly, the town council give 115 hanging baskets every summertime. Both settlements have a consolidated population of 5,971 people.