| Coordinates: | 51.127, -1.005 |
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| OS grid ref: | SU 69 36 |
| Dialling code: | 01420 (Alton) |
Chawton is a small, attractive village and civil parish in East Hampshire, Hampshire, set amid rolling chalk downland close to the South Downs. It lies a short distance from Alton and within easy reach of Winchester, with a largely rural character of farms, lanes and hedgerows that give way to a handful of listed cottages and a village green.
The place is best known for its strong literary heritage: Jane Austen's House Museum occupies the cottage where Austen wrote and revised several novels, while nearby Chawton House - an Elizabethan manor now housing a library and research centre for early women’s writing - draws visitors and scholars. That cultural profile, together with conservation protections, means the local economy mixes tourism and heritage activity with traditional agriculture and a commuter population, and community life still centres on the church and village institutions such as St Nicholas Church.
Postcode districts covering Chawton
Most populated places nearby
- Reading 22.2 miles
- Southampton 22.2 miles
- Portsmouth 21.6 miles
- Basingstoke 10.2 miles
- Woking 22.2 miles
- Bracknell 22.4 miles
- Guildford 20.5 miles
- Gosport 22.9 miles
- Waterlooville 17.5 miles
- Aldershot 13.5 miles
- Farnborough 15.3 miles
- Fareham 20.5 miles
Neighbouring places
- Farringdon Parish 1.1 miles
- Lower Farringdon Built-up area 1.2 miles
- Beech Built-up area 1.2 miles
- Alton Whitedown Ward 1.3 miles
- Upper Farringdon Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Four Marks & Medstead Ward 1.5 miles
- Alton Westbrooke Ward 1.9 miles
- Alton Ashdell Ward 2 miles
- Four Marks Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Alton Amery Ward 2.1 miles
- Alton Built-up area 2.3 miles
- Alton Eastbrooke Ward 2.4 miles
Example postcodes in Chawton
GU34 3DQ, GU34 3HG, GU34 1EE, GU34 5PY, GU34 5GQ, GU34 3HJ, GU34 5BH, GU34 1SH, GU34 1SQ … See all
Transport links
- Southampton Airport 19.6 miles
- London Heathrow Airport 33.6 miles
- Medstead and Four Marks Station 2 miles
- Alton Railway Station 2.4 miles
Hotels near Chawton Ad
- Swan Hotel 3 2 miles
- Alton House Hotel 3 2.3 miles
- The Market Hotel 5 1.9 miles
- Swan Hotel 3 2 miles
- The Crown Hotel 2.1 miles
- Travelodge Alton Four Marks 3 2.7 miles
- The Trooper Inn 4 6.3 miles
- The Angel Hotel 5.3 miles
- The Hawkley Inn 5.7 miles
- The Anchor Inn 5 6.1 miles
Schools in Chawton
- Chawton C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- The Grange Country house 8.4 miles
- Dogmersfield House Estate 9.6 miles
- The Farnum Museum Museum 10.5 miles
- Milestones Museum 10.7 miles
- Borden Wood Forest 10.9 miles
- Cairn Wood Forest 11 miles
- Jungle Wood Forest 11.1 miles
- Waverley Abbey Archaeological site 11.5 miles
- Jamia Ahmadiyya UK College 11.8 miles
- Oakley Hall Estate 12 miles
- The Vyne Historic site 12.9 miles
- Recreation Ground Stadium 13.7 miles