New Alresford
A pretty Georgian market town with a wide Broad Street lined with coloured terraced houses and independent shops, and riverside paths past watercress beds and an old fulling mill.
New Alresford was planned around 1200 by the Bishop of Winchester. Its main street, Broad Street, is lined with pink, blue and white Georgian houses that now hold antique shops, tea rooms and delis. To the north of town, along the River Arle, the Fulling Mill Walk passes watercress beds, trout streams and a half-timbered fulling mill built over the river. Each May, the Watercress Festival brings processions and watercress food. The town is also the starting station of the Watercress Line steam railway. It is about a 15-minute drive from Winchester.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Watercress Line (Mid Hants Railway)
- Hinton Ampner
- Winchester Science Centre & Planetarium
- Winchester City Mill
- Statue of Alfred the Great
- Wolvesey Castle (Old Bishop's Palace)
- Marwell Zoo
- Winchester Cathedral