Geo-Trips :: A trip across Hampshire
Andover
A drive from Blackwater, Sun, 10 May 2015 by David Howard
With the longer journeys I often have a plan A,B and C depending on the conditions. This one aimed to get to Andover, then if possible Wiltshire for the first time, and then ditto beyond. On the map the distance from Basingstoke to Andover looks quite innocent, but besides being a B road with plenty of junctions and twists and turns it's actually a lot further in reality than on a small scale map, and after negotiating the four roundabouts just to get into the centre of Andover had had quite enough and completed the primary mission. Of course Geotrips are quite different from normal journeys, and with some years of experience my spots prove after the event my awareness of the distance of one centisquare to the next, with no technology or paperwork to tell me, is almost perfect. Therefore it requires stopping roughly every half mile once you get to new territory. But the mission was completed, and being a Sunday didn't have to worry about traffic in all the usual places, and happily wound my way around Basingstoke without a clue of the roads heading west besides the general direction, knowing each new turn may gain a new square. Coming back it turned out there was actually a road directly from Basing to Worting straight through the middle to the Andover road, but using the ring road was undoubtedly faster.
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London Road at the junction of Wells Lane
Going under a disused railway bridge
Wells Lane, Whitchurch
1200 years of worship as advertised outside the church on the right
The churchyard at Whitchurch
Advertised outside is 1200 years of worship, clearly an established village
Shops on Junction Road, Andover
Shops on Bell Street, Whitchurch
The Enham Arch Roundabout, Andover
Trees by the Enham Arch Roundabout, Andover
The edge of Tescos is on the right
The Enham Arch Roundabout, Andover
The blue building opposite is Currys
Path off Churchill Way, Andover
Leading to the footbridge ahead
The Ashwood Way Roundabout, Basingstoke
Wellington Terrace, Winklebury
Wellington Terrace at the junction of Roman Road
Railway bridge on Andover Road, Oakley
Roundabout on Churchill Way West
Looking towards Airkix, the indoor sky diving centre which recently opened on ex woodland.
Roundabout on Churchill Way West
Between Winklebury and South Ham
Worting Road
The B3400 between Basingstoke and Andover
Turnpike Cottages, Overton
At the junction of High Street
The White Hart Hotel, Overton
Currently under refurbishment
Laverstoke Mill Distillery
Now home to Bombay Sapphire Gin, the distiller being on the left.
The Bombay Sapphire distillery
Where the gin is made
Houses on London Road, Whitchurch
London Road at the entrance to Andover Down Farm
House on London Road, Andover Down
Jack Wilson Cars, Andover
This was Ginjin till recently but still in the same business
London Road, Andover
Heading to Basingstoke along the railway line
Track to Fox Cottages, Andover Down
Roadworks on the A30, Black Dam
They have been going on for months and still look the same
Yard on Brunel Road, Houndmills
Warehouse on Brunel Road, Houndmills
Cottages on London Road, Freefolk
Layby on London Road, Andover Down
Field by Fox Cottages, Andover Down
Field by Fox Cottages, Andover Down
Site entrance on London Road, Hurstbourne Priors
Running along the bed of the old railway line
London Road, Hurstbourne Priors
The road to Tufton
Running between London Road and Nun's Walk but no apparent name
Cottages on Church Street, Whitchurch
House on London Road, Whitchurch
The entrance to Oakley Hall, Deane
The entrance to the care home
Rectory Road at the junction of Andover Road
Pack Lane at the junction of Andover Road
Stratus Motors, Newfound
The name has recently been changed from Sascron, I think I can understand why.
Roundabout on Worting Road, Basingstoke
The fire station is on the right
Roundabout on Worting Road, Basingstoke
The Thornycroft Roundabout, Basingstoke
Roundabout on the Basingstoke Ring Road
The forecourt of Berrydown garage
Southington Close at the corner of London Road
Houses on London Road, Southington
London Road, Southington
My trusty Perodua Kenari (a rebadged Daihatsu Move) gets in the shot again.
House on Andover Road, Newfound
Woods by the A30, Hartfordbridge
Junction on Andover Road, Deane
The Thornycroft Roundabout, Basingstoke
Gordian Strapping on Brunel Road, Houndmills
Gordian Strapping provides bands for pallets and packages for forklift trucks and... more
London Road between Hurstbourne Priors and Whitchurch
Shops on London Road, Blackwater
This is a duplicate view of http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4395719 but taken... more
London Road, Hurstbourne Priors
Milepost in Southington
Using an old distance plate, the design is closer to the standard pre-Worboys... more
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