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County - Hampshire
Tel code: 01420 | code search
Postcode: GU34 | code search
Population: 31000
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Alton is a large market town with two great claims-to-fame, both literary – its connections with Gilbert White and Jane Austen, each with a centre celebrating their lives here. The town, surrounded by gentle countryside, is also the start of the preserved steam railway the Watercress Line... Read More.

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A wonderful experience for Children of ages. Great places to stay, masses to do...a perfect family holiday for the 21 century. ... More

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Alfred Becomes King of Wessex - 0871, English order of knighthood founded - 1348, Birth of Shakespeare - 1564, Death of Shakespeare - 1616, Charles II is crowned - 1661, First Broadcast by British Monarch - 1924, Death of Blair Peach - 1979
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