Andover
Built-up area in Test Valley, Hampshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.214, -1.485 |
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| OS grid ref: | SU 36 46 |
| Population: | 42,276 |
| Dialling code: | 01264 |
Andover is a modest market town in the borough of Test Valley, Hampshire, England, set where the chalk-stream River Anton meets the fertile vale drained by the famous River Test. Its roots go back to Saxon and medieval times and it grew as a coaching and market centre; the town also figures in 19th-century social history because of a well-known workhouse scandal. Much of the centre reflects Victorian and post-war redevelopment alongside older lanes and parish churches.
Today Andover functions as a local commercial and light industrial hub with retail and business parks, good road and rail connections into London and the south, and serves as a gateway to the chalk downland of Salisbury Plain. Outdoor interests are strong because of the chalk streams and surrounding countryside popular with walkers and anglers, while small museums and community events keep a modest cultural life in the town.
Postcode districts covering Andover
Most populated places nearby
- Southampton 20.7 miles33.3 km
- Basingstoke 17.2 miles27.6 km
- Eastleigh 17.7 miles28.4 km
- Eastleigh Town 18.3 miles29.5 km
- Winchester 12.6 miles20.2 km
- Salisbury 16.8 miles27 km
- Totton 20.3 miles32.7 km
- Totton and Eling 20.5 miles32.9 km
- Newbury 15 miles24.2 km
- Thatcham 16.1 miles25.9 km
- Hythe and Dibden 24.3 miles39.1 km
- Hythe and Dibden Purlieu 24.6 miles39.6 km
Neighbouring places
- Andover Harroway Ward 0.7 miles1.2 km
- Andover St. Mary's Ward 0.8 miles1.4 km
- Andover Winton Ward 0.9 miles1.5 km
- Charlton Built-up area 0.9 miles1.5 km
- Andover Millway Ward 1.1 miles1.7 km
- Andover Romans Ward 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Anna Valley and Upper Clatford Built-up area 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Andover Downlands Ward 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Penton Mewsey Parish 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Enham Alamein Built-up area 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Penton Mewsey and Penton Grafton Built-up area 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Picket Piece Built-up area 2.2 miles3.5 km
Example postcodes in Andover
SP11 6TZ, SP11 6YA, SP11 6UF, SP10 5AB, SP10 3EN, SP10 1AA, SP10 1DL, SP10 1QD, SP10 2GJ … See all
Transport links
- Southampton Airport 19 miles30.6 km
- Bournemouth Airport 33.8 miles54.3 km
- Andover Railway Station 0.3 miles0.5 km
- Whitchurch Railway Station 6.6 miles10.6 km
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Schools in Andover
- Andover C of E Primary School Primary
- Anton Infant School Primary
- Anton Junior School Primary
- Balksbury Infant School Primary
- Balksbury Junior School Primary
- Endeavour Primary School Primary
- Harrow Way Community School Secondary
- Icknield School Special
- John Hanson Community School Secondary
- Knights Enham Nursery and Infant School Primary
- Lift Winton Secondary
- Norman Gate School Special
- Pilgrims' Cross C of E Aided Primary School Primary
- Portway Infant School Primary
- Portway Junior School Primary
- Roman Way Primary School Primary
- Rookwood School Independent - all ages
- St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, Andover Primary
- The Knights Enham Junior School Primary
- … See all
Local points of interest
- Ramridge House Estate 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Norman Court Estate 11.7 miles18.7 km
- Wolf Hall Historic site 12.2 miles19.7 km
- Oakley Hall Estate 12.6 miles20.3 km
- Roman wall Archaeological site 12.6 miles20.3 km
- Hursley Park Estate 13 miles20.9 km
- Durrington Walls Archaeological site 13.1 miles21.1 km
- Pitt Manor Estate 13.1 miles21.1 km
- Amesbury Abbey Historic site 13.3 miles21.3 km
- The Grange Country house 13.9 miles22.4 km
- Savernake Forest Forest 14.5 miles23.4 km
- Newbury Racecourse Recreation 14.8 miles23.9 km