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Preston Candover Hampshire Map

Traditional county: Hampshire · District / Borough: Basingstoke and Deane · Region: South East

Explore Preston Candover, Hampshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Preston Candover map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.

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PlacePreston Candover
Traditional CountyHampshire
District / BoroughBasingstoke and Deane
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude51.171976
Longitude-1.133181
Place TypeVillage

About Preston Candover

Preston Candover emerges from the chalky folds of the Hampshire landscape, defined by the quiet persistence of its flint-walled cottages and the pale, silvered light that catches the crests of the surrounding downs. It lies 5.8 miles north-north-east of New Alresford (from New Alresford: bearing 12°T, OS grid SU 606 417), and is situated south of Axford village. The Candover Stream carves a slow, deliberate path through the valley, feeding the watercress beds that have long anchored the local economy in the cool, mineral-rich earth. Ancient echoes linger in the soil, marked by the presence of a long barrow 600 metres south of Preston Grange, where the earth hums with the weight of centuries beneath the grass. To the south-east, the rise of Buds Hill offers a vantage point over the patchwork fields, where the horizon dissolves into a soft, hazy blue. Preston Candover maintains a stillness that feels untouched by the frantic pulse of the modern world, anchored instead by the rhythmic turning of the seasons. The architecture here speaks in the language of brick and local stone, grounded firmly against the open sky that stretches wide and pale above the valley floor.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Round Barrow Sw Of Lower Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 0.6 mi, 208° SSW
  • Long Barrow 600M South Of Preston Grange (Scheduled Monument) — 0.9 mi, 186° S
  • Round Barrow S Of Down Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 1.2 mi, 159° SSE
  • Buds Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.5 mi, 126° SE
  • Moundsmere Manor (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 1.5 mi, 055° NE · 9 ha
  • Windmill Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.7 mi, 019° NNE
  • The Green (Park) — 2.4 mi, 141° SE
  • The Holt (Forest / Woodland) — 2.4 mi, 300° WNW
  • Rushmoor Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.7 mi, 102° ESE
  • Bedlam Bottom (Valley) — 3.1 mi, 025° NNE
  • Buttermilk Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.3 mi, 039° NE
  • Bentworth War Memoiral (Monument) — 3.7 mi, 105° ESE
  • Stratton Park (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.9 mi, 263° W · 127 ha
  • Beggarwood Ampitheatre (Theatre) — 4.1 mi, 356° N
  • Blackwood Forest (Forest / Woodland) — 4.3 mi, 279° W
  • The Grange Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.5 mi, 216° SW
  • The Grange, Northington (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 4.5 mi, 220° SW · 283 ha
  • Alpha Lima Armillary Sphere (Monument) — 4.5 mi, 075° ENE
  • Grange Festival (Theatre) — 4.5 mi, 219° SW
  • Hatch Warren Park (Park) — 4.8 mi, 015° NNE
  • Gliding Heritage Centre (Museum) — 4.9 mi, 079° E
  • Candover Stream (River) — 5.0 mi, 213° SSW
  • Alresford Pond Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 5.5 mi, 190° S · 30 ha
  • Viables Craft Centre (Attraction) — 5.5 mi, 017° NNE
  • Micheldever Spoil Heaps Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 5.6 mi, 288° WNW · 32 ha
  • River Alre (River) — 5.7 mi, 196° SSW
  • Hackwood Park (Historic Park or Garden (Grade I)) — 5.7 mi, 033° NNE · 414 ha
  • Wrought Iron Gates (Public Artwork) — 6.3 mi, 012° NNE
  • Maize Maze (Attraction) — 6.4 mi, 353° N
  • iFLY (Attraction) — 6.4 mi, 006° N

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About This Preston Candover Map Page

Explore Preston Candover, Hampshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.171976, -1.133181. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.

Page builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.