Greywell
Greywell is a small village and civil parish in Hampshire, England – a past winner of the Best Kept Village in Hampshire competition and a recent winner of Best Small Village in Hampshire.
Greywell is a small village and civil parish in Hampshire, England – a past winner of the Best Kept Village in Hampshire competition and a recent winner of Best Small Village in Hampshire. It lies on the west bank of the River Whitewater, 6 miles east of Basingstoke and 1.5 miles west of Odiham. The area is popular with walkers and cyclists. Many photographers also take pictures of some of the local architecture. There are 29 Grade II listed buildings or entries in the area, and 2 Grade II* listed buildings. The nearby medieval Odiham Castle is of historical interest. At the centre of the village is the Fox and Goose public house.
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Worth seeing in and around Greywell
5 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.
- 01Odiham Castle
Odiham Castle is a ruined castle situated near Odiham in Hampshire, United Kingdom. It is one of only three fortresses built by King John during his reign.
1.3 km · ruined castle situated near Odiham in Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02All Saints Church
All Saints Church is an Anglican church in the village of Odiham, Hampshire. It is situated near to Odiham's high street, 10 miles away from Basingstoke.
2.4 km · Anglican church in Odiham · Wikipedia - 03St Swithun's church, Nately Scures
St Swithun's Church is the smallest ancient Church of England parish church in the English county of Hampshire. Newnham and Nately Scures are part of the Anglican United Parish which includes: Greywell, Mapledurwell and Up Nately, which in turn are covenanted with a further seven churches in the area.
2.8 km · church in Newnham, Basingstoke and Deane, Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Warnborough Green SSSI
Warnborough Green is a 4.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in North Warnborough in Hampshire. It is owned and managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust.
1.7 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 05Butter Wood
Butter Wood is a 133-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Basingstoke in Hampshire. Part of Up Nately LNR, which is designated a Local Nature Reserve, is in the SSSI. This site is mainly deciduous woodland with a diverse geology and structure.
1.2 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Odiham Castle
The ruins of a castle built by King John.
- 02All Saints Church
A historic church in Odiham, and the largest in the diocese.
- 03Church of St Mary the Virgin
7, The St, Greywell (lies a hundred yards or so south-east of the village of Greywell).
- 04Greywell Tunnel
Special Scientific Interest, with its bat colony.
From Wikivoyage: Greywell, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
Basingstoke Canal. The Basingstoke Canal extends through Odiham, and there are many walks around the canal. Both Odiham Castle and the Greywell Tunnel are easily accessible from the towpath. The canal is connected to the national network at its far end from Odiham.
From Wikivoyage: Greywell, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
The George Hotel & Restaurant, 100 High Street, Odiham,.
- 01Newlyns Farm Shop Café
North Warnborough, Hook RG29 1HA (J5 of A3 south on A287).
From Wikivoyage: Greywell, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Greywell
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 43 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 56 km · London Luton (LTN), 81 km
- Stations
- Hook railway station, 3.1 km
- London → Greywell65 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · £7–9
- Luton, Luton → Greywell79 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · £9–12
- London, Essex → Greywell65 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · £7–9
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No local-transport research exists yet for Greywell
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Greywell. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Greywell – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Greywell
Greywell is 23 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Odihamvillage and civil parish in Hampshire, England, UK2.1 km
- Hookvillage in Hart district, Hampshire, England, UK2.8 km
- South Warnboroughvillage in Hampshire, England, UK3.6 km
- Upton Greyvillage and civil parish in Hampshire, England, UK3.3 km
- Newnhamvillage and civil parish in Hampshire, England, UK3.1 km
- Mapledurwellvillage in Hampshire, England, UK2.5 km