Selborne
Selborne is a village in Hampshire, England, 3.9 miles (6.3 km) south of Alton, and just within the northern boundary of the South Downs National Park.

Selborne is a village in Hampshire, England, 3.9 miles (6.3 km) south of Alton, and just within the northern boundary of the South Downs National Park. The village receives visitors because of its links with the naturalist Revd. Gilbert White, a pioneer of birdwatching.
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Worth seeing in and around Selborne
8 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.
- 01Blackmoor War Memorial
Blackmoor War Memorial is a First World War memorial cloister in Blackmoor, near Liss, in Hampshire. The memorial stands on the north side of the main road, with the Church of St Matthew to the east and the village school to the west.
3.8 km · war memorial in Blackmoor, Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St Matthew's Church
St Matthew's Church is an Anglican parish church in the village of Blackmoor, Hampshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.9 km · church in Blackmoor, Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Noar Hill
Noar Hill is a 63-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Selborne in Hampshire. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2, and part of East Hampshire Hangers Special Area of Conservation.
2.5 km · Site of special scientific interest in Hampshire, England · Wikipedia - 04St 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.
2.5 km · church in Hartley Mauditt, Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Upper Greensand Hangers: Empshott to Hawkley
Upper Greensand Hangers: Empshott to Hawkley is a 37.7-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Petersfield in Hampshire. It is part of the East Hampshire Hangers Special Area of Conservation.
3.5 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 06Church of St Mary
The Church of St Mary is an Anglican church in the village of Selborne, Hampshire, England. It is in the Diocese of Winchester.
200 m · historic church in Selborne, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07Farringdon 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.
3.5 km · building in Farringdon, East Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Selborne Common
Selborne Common is a 99.6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Selborne in Hampshire. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, and is part of the East Hampshire Hangers Special Area of Conservation.
700 m · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
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Getting to Selborne
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 53 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 53 km · London Luton (LTN), 95 km
- Stations
- Tisted railway station, 3.8 km
- London → Selborne73 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · £9–11
- Luton, Luton → Selborne94 km · quickest by road, 2h 9m · £11–14
- London, Essex → Selborne73 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · £9–11
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No local-transport research exists yet for Selborne
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 Selborne. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Selborne
Selborne is 40 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Farringdonvillage and civil parish in East Hampshire, Hampshire, England3.5 km
- Newton Valencevillage in Hampshire, England, UK2.1 km
- Worldhamcivil parish in East Hampshire, Hampshire, England3.2 km
- Blackmoorvillage in Hampshire, United Kingdom3.8 km
- Empshottvillage in Hampshire, UK2.6 km
- West Worldhamvillage in Hampshire, United Kingdom3.4 km