Chawton

Worth seeing in and around Chawton

9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Jane Austen's House Museum

   Jane Austen's House is a small independent museum in the village of Chawton near Alton in Hampshire. It is a writer's house museum occupying the 17th-century house in which novelist Jane Austen spent the last eight years of her life, during which time she wrote, revised and made ready to be published all six of her novels, and the fragment Sanditon.

   0 m · historic house museum in East Hampshire, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Chawton House

   Chawton House is a Grade II* listed manor house in Hampshire on the south side of Chawton village, near Alton, and the present building was started in 1580. In the late 18th century it belonged to Edward Austen Knight, a wealthy brother of the novelist Jane Austen.

   500 m · country house in Chawton, Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   HSDC Alton

   HSDC Alton, formerly known as Alton College, is located in Alton, Hampshire, England. In addition to offering A Levels, the college provides an adult education service to the local population.

   2.7 km · Sixth Form College In Alton, Hampshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Church of St Lawrence, Alton

   The Church of St Lawrence, Alton is an Anglican parish church in Alton, Hampshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building and is notable both for the range of its architecture and for being the site of the concluding action of the Battle of Alton during the English Civil War.

   2.2 km · church in Alton, Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Curtis Museum

   The Curtis Museum in Alton is a local history museum in Hampshire, England. The museum was founded in 1865 by Dr William Curtis.

   2.2 km · Museum in Alton, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Farringdon Church of England Primary School and Village Hall

   Massey's Folly, a grade II listed building, was built by Thomas Hacket Massey who served as rector in Farringdon village in Hampshire for 62 years. The folly took thirty years to build as it was entirely built by Massey along with a single bricklayer.

   2.2 km · building in Farringdon, East Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Town Hall

   Alton Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Square in Alton, Hampshire, England. The structure, which is the meeting place of Alton Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

   1.9 km · town hall in Alton, East Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   All Saints' Church, Alton

   All Saints' Church is an Anglican church in Alton, Hampshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building by English Heritage.

   1.5 km · grade II listed church in Alton, East Hampshire, Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   St Leonard's Church, Hartley Mauditt

   St Leonard's Church is a Church of England parish church in the hamlet of Hartley Mauditt, East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. All that is left of the hamlet is the 12th-century church, the foundations of a manor house, and a large pond, Hartley Pond, which lies opposite the church on the other side of the road.

   3.7 km · church in Hartley Mauditt, Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Jane Austen's House

   Winchester Rd, Chawton, GU34 1SD, enquiries@janeaustens.house.

2. 02
   Gilbert White's House and the Oates Collections

   Home of 18th-century naturalist Gilbert White, and a museum dedicated to Captain Lawrence 'Titus' Oates, the Antarctic explorer of the polar expedition with Captain Scott.

3. 03
   Chawton House Library

From Wikivoyage: Chawton, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

1. 01
   Watercress Line

   Steam locomotives and vintage diesel trains links Alton's National Rail station to Alresford.

From Wikivoyage: Chawton, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

1. 01
   The George

   Butts Rd,.

2. 02
   The Greyfriar

   Winchester Road, Chawton, GU34 1SB.

From Wikivoyage: Chawton, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Chawton

Airports

London Heathrow (LHR), 53 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 56 km · London Luton (LTN), 93 km

Stations

Alton railway station, 2.6 km

• London → Chawton

  75 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · £8–11
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• Luton, Luton → Chawton

  93 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · £10–14
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• London, Essex → Chawton

  75 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · £8–11
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