Odiham
Odiham is a large historic village and civil parish in the Hart district of Hampshire, England.
Odiham is a large historic village and civil parish in the Hart district of Hampshire, England. It has been twinned with Sourdeval in the Manche Department of France since 1993. The 2011 population was 4,406. The parish in 1851 had an area of 7,354 acres with 50 acres covered by water. The nearest railway station is at Hook, on the South West main line. The village had its own hundred, named The Hundred of Odiham. The village is situated slightly south of the M3 motorway and approximately midway between the north Hampshire towns Fleet and Basingstoke, 37 miles north-northeast of Southampton and 43 miles (69 km) southwest of London.
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Worth seeing in and around Odiham
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.
- 01All 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.
200 m · Anglican church in Odiham · Wikipedia - 02Odiham 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.
1.8 km · ruined castle situated near Odiham in Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Dogmersfield Park
Dogmersfield Park or Dogmersfield House is a Grade I listed Georgian country house, now being used as a hotel. It is located in Dogmersfield, a small village in Hampshire, England.
3 km · Grade I listed country house in Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Butter 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.
2.9 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 05Warnborough 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.
1.6 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.
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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.
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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).
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Getting to Odiham
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 41 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 54 km · London Luton (LTN), 79 km
- Stations
- Hook railway station, 3.3 km
- London → Odiham63 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · £7–9
- Luton, Luton → Odiham78 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · £9–12
- London, Essex → Odiham63 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · £7–9
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Odiham
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 Odiham. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundFarnborough has a good network of cycle routes, the majority being either off-road or along lanes segregated from motor traffic.
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Next door to Odiham
Odiham is 23 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Hookvillage in Hart district, Hampshire, England, UK3.1 km
- Greywellvillage and civil parish in Hampshire, United Kingdom2.5 km
- Long Suttonvillage and civil parish in Hampshire, UK3.7 km
- Winchfieldvillage in Hampshire, England, UK3.1 km
- North Warnboroughvillage in Hampshire, England, UK1.1 km
- Ryehamlet in Hampshire, England, UK3 km