The best running trails around Chawton

A song that—originally from the American gospel tradition—has traveled the world is a perfect fit for this church, which the parish has dedicated to the patron saint of All Saints. "Oh when the Saints go marching in, oh when the Saints go marching in, oh Lord, I want to be in that number, oh when the Saints go marching in." Over the decades, numerous versions of the lyrics have emerged, but an original text cannot be verified due to its early oral transmission. Many artists have taken up the gospel song and released their own interpretations, such as Bruce Springsteen with his session band at a concert in Dublin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6eKkirEcgE

Great cafe stop with a wide selection. Does get very busy.

Keep to the bridleways. There are only 2 cycle routes through the woods but cyclists go off route a lot and make a bad name for the rest of us that follow the Highway Code/labelled bike paths. Remember heels before wheels and don’t explore off bridleways as the cycle paths here are great if you keep to them.

Lots of table space for groups

Wood fired pizzas at the Green, Butts Road in Alton. Saturdays from 4pm.

An old distance sign that has survived the redevelopment of Alton.

The Church of All Saints in Alton, Hampshire, is a Grade II Listed Building built in 1873-4 and designed by Frederick Charles Dyer of London in the Early English style. Not to be confused with the 12th-century Church of All Saints located in Alton Priors, Wiltshire. From https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101391647-church-of-all-saints-alton : "The nave, north and south transepts and chancel were built in 1873/4 at a cost of £3,163 13s raised by public subscription. William Dyer gave the site (valued at £150) and stone from his Selborne quarry for the building of the church. Building works commenced on Easter Monday 1873. The foundation stone was laid on 18th July 1873, by Sir Roundell Palmer (First Earl of Selborne) whilst he was Lord Chancellor. The works were completed and the church dedicated on 23rd December 1874 by Bishop Harold Browne. The vestry was added in 1878 on the north side of the nave and the south west tower and spire added in 1881. A well executed and unaltered Early English style High Victorian parish church of good quality stonework with impressive tower capped with broach spire which is a local landmark and complete interior fittings."

The Church of St Lawrence, Alton is an Anglican parish church in Alton, Hampshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building and is notable both for the range of its architecture and for being the site of the concluding action of the Battle of Alton during the English Civil War. The Church of St Lawrence, like many older English churches, is an amalgam of styles resulting from repeated additions and extensions being made down the centuries. In the words of William Curtis: "There are then apparent in the church three distinct styles of architecture, and these strangely enough represent the two extremes of Gothic architecture, namely, early Norman, early English, and two sorts of Perpendicular and Tudor work, the flat-headed and pointed arch." [...] The present-day church had its origins in the Norman period, with building probably starting at some time not long after 1066. The conventional date for the founding of the church is 1070, and the church celebrated its 900th anniversary in 1970. Cit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St_Lawrence,_Alton