The district of Hart sits in north‑east Hampshire, a mixture of small towns and rural parishes roughly between Reading and Basingstoke. It has good road and rail connections - the M3 and local services make it a popular commuter area for London and the surrounding employment centres.
Geographically it takes its name from the small River Hart and contains notable green spaces such as Fleet Pond nature reserve and stretches of the Basingstoke Canal. Historic touches include the remains of Odiham Castle and a number of attractive villages and conservation areas with timbered houses and coaching inns.
Economically Hart is generally prosperous, with a high proportion of professional households, strong schools and local business parks serving the wider Thames Valley economy. Socially it feels like an affluent commuter belt with active parish communities, farmers’ markets and local events in towns such as Fleet, Yateley, Hook and Odiham, and it often ranks highly in quality‑of‑life surveys.
Places in Hart
- Blackwater Built-up area
- Blackwater and Hawley Parish
- Bramshill Parish
- Church Crookham Parish
- Crondall Built-up area
- Crookham East Ward
- Crookham Village Built-up area
- Crookham West and Ewshot Ward
- Dogmersfield Built-up area
- Elvetham Heath Built-up area
- Eversley Parish
- Eversley Centre Built-up area
- Eversley Cross Built-up area
- Ewshot Built-up area
- Fleet Built-up area
- Fleet Central Ward
- Fleet East Ward
- Fleet West Ward
- Greywell Built-up area
- Hartley Wintney Built-up area
- Hawley Built-up area
- Heckfield Parish
- Hook Built-up area
- Long Sutton Built-up area
- Lower Common Built-up area
- Mattingley Parish
- Minley Built-up area
- Odiham Built-up area
- Phoenix Green Built-up area
- Rotherwick Built-up area
- Yateley Built-up area
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