Whitchurch and more….. Plan a route to take in more of the beautiful countryside of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Here are our suggestions for some great places to visit……… Whitchurch Silk Mill (town centre) www.whitchurchsilkmill.org.uk Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants (1.5 miles) Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants The Wayfarers Trail Bombay Sapphire Gin Distillery (2 miles) www.bombaysapphire.com Bourne Valley Villages – (from 2.3 – 10.5 miles) Overton Walkers are Welcome village (4 miles) overtonparishcouncil.gov.uk Harewood Forest & The Test Way (6 miles) The Watercress Way Long Distance Footpath (5.9 miles) www.watercressway.org.uk Wayfarers Long Distance Footpath and Watership Down (6.5 miles) Watership Down Finkley Down Family Farm (6.5 miles) www.finkleydownfarm.co.uk Museum of the Iron Age – Andover (7 miles) Museum of the Iron Age Highclere Castle (Downton Abbey) (8 miles) Highclere Castle Sandham Memorial Chapel (National Trust) (9 miles) Sandham Memorial Chapel The Fairground Arts & Crafts Weyhill (11 miles) www.fairgroundcraft.co.uk Milestones Museum - Basingstoke (11 miles) Milestone's Museum, Basingstoke Highclere Castle Wherwell, The River Test & Chilbolton Cow Common (11 miles) The common itself is a 45-acre Site of Special Scientific Interest designated by Natural England; it boasts 212 plant species, rare birds and rare insects. The common is crossed by a long-distance footpath, the Test Way. The Hawk Conservancy (12.5 miles) Hawk Conservancy Trust Stockbridge, the River Test and Stockbridge Common Marsh SSSI (12.5 miles) - www.visit-hampshire.co.uk/explore/stockbridge-p524261 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/mottisfont/trails/stockbridge-common-marsh-wildlife-walk Longstock Park Water Gardens (12.7 miles) leckfordestate.co.uk/water-garden Winchester: Great Hall, Cathedral, St Cross (13 miles) Combe Gibbet, Inkpen Beacon (13.4 miles) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combe_Gibbet Combe Gibbet – Walbury Hill The Vyne (National Trust) (14.6 miles) www.nationaltrust.org.uk/the-vyne Danebury Rings Iron Age Hillfort (15.5 miles) www.hants.gov.uk/thingstodo/countryside/finder/danebury The Museum of Army Flying (17 miles) Museum of Army Flying And of course if you have a bit more time... Stonehenge Avebury Salisbury (Cathedral) Kennet and Avon Canal, Hungerford Watercress Line, Alresford Romsey (Abbey) Mottisfont (National Trust) .