Preston Candover
Preston Candover is a village and large civil parish in Hampshire, England.
Preston Candover is a village and large civil parish in Hampshire, England. It has two churches, only one of which is still in use. Its nearest town is Basingstoke, approximately 4.5 miles (7.2 km) away. It has an acreage of 3,457 acres (13.99 km2), which lies on comparatively low ground, south of the high country round the surrounding villages of Farleigh Wallop and Nutley, and north-west of that which rises to Wield and beyond to Bentworth. The village itself lies on the lowest ground towards the west of the parish on the road which comes northeast from Northington and the two other Candovers, and runs across the parish to enter Nutley at Axford and continues uphill to Farleigh Wallop and then to Basingstoke.
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Worth seeing in and around Preston Candover
One place 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.
- 01Old Church of St Mary the Virgin, Preston Candover
The Old Church of St Mary the Virgin is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Preston Candover, Hampshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
500 m · church in Preston Candover, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Preston Candover
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 57 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 66 km · London Luton (LTN), 94 km
- London → Preston Candover79 km · quickest by road, 2h 2m · £8–11
- Luton, Luton → Preston Candover93 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · £11–14
- Bristol → Preston Candover106 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · £13–18
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No local-transport research exists yet for Preston Candover
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 Preston Candover. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inPortsmouth is a major international ferry port, and receives ferries from Jersey and Guernsey (in the Channel Islands), Cherbourg, Caen, Le Havre and St.
- Get inOther nearby south coast ports with ferry service from the continent are Dover, Newhaven, and Poole.
- Get aroundPortsmouth is linked to Gosport by a frequent passenger ferry.
- Get aroundThere are also hovercraft, passenger and car ferry crossings to various towns on the Isle of Wight from Lymington, Southampton, and Portsmouth.
- Go nextThe Isle of Wight is an easy ferry trip from Portsmouth, Southampton or Lymington.
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Next door to Preston Candover
Preston Candover is 34 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Bradleyvillage and civil parish in Hampshire, England, UK2.7 km
- Nutleyvillage and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane, Hampshire, England2.3 km
- Chilton Candovervillage in Hampshire, United Kingdom2.2 km
- Lower Wieldvillage in Hampshire, United Kingdom3.3 km
- Upper Wieldvillage in Hampshire, United Kingdom3.8 km
- Axfordvillage in Hampshire, United Kingdom1.7 km