Hampshire villages are extremely diverse – from the wooded hamlets of the New Forest, to the old fisherman villages on the south coast – and as pretty as those in its neighbour, Dorset.
Here, then, is our pick of the best of these Hampshire villages:
The Prettiest Hampshire Villages:
Wherwell
By Andreasegde
Wherwell is a village on the River Test. The name may derive from its bubbling springs resulting in the Middle Ages place name “Hwerwyl” noted in AD955, possibly meaning “kettle springs” or “cauldron springs.
Buriton
By grumpylumixuser, CC BY 3.0, Link
Buriton is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district, 2 miles (3.3 km) south of Petersfield.
It lies at the foot of the South Downs escarpment, just east of the A3 road. One kilometre to the south rises the tree-covered hill of Head Down (205 m), one of the highest points of the South Downs and flanked on either side by two other high points, War Down (244 m) and Oakham Hill (202 m).
Chalton
By BenShade at the English language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
Chalton is a small village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England.
It is in the civil parish of Clanfield. It is 2.3 miles (3.7 km) north-east of Horndean, just east of the A3 road. The nearest railway station is 3.1 miles (5 km) south of the village, at Rowlands Castle.
Longparish
By Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0, Link
Longparish is situated on the northwest bank of the River Test.
St Mary Bourne
By Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Link
St Mary Bourne is small village and civil parish in northwest Hampshire . It lies in the valley of the Bourne Rivulet, a tributary of the River Test 5 miles (8 km) northeast of the town of Andover.
Burley
By Peter Facey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Link
Burley is located towards the western edge of the New Forest, 5 miles (8.0 km) south-east of the town of Ringwood.
Droxford
By Margaret Sutton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Link
The village is clustered with slight ribbon development along its main, north-south, undulating road. It is entirely on the lower half of the western slopes of the Meon valley.
East Meon
By Oxenhillshaw
East Meon is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district, 4.4 miles (7.1 km) west of Petersfield.