Meon Valley Railway Line, South Downs National Park

Name: Meon Valley Railway Line
Address: South Downs National Park, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in South Downs National Park

Hiking, Hiking trail

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Meon Valley Railway Line, South Downs National Park

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The Meon Valley Railway was a cross-country railway in Hampshire, England, that ran for 22+1⁄4 miles between Alton and Fareham, closely following the course of the River Meon. At its northern end, it joined with the Mid-Hants Railway to Winchester, the Alton Line to Brookwood and the Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway. At Fareham it linked with the Eastleigh to Fareham Line, the West Coastway Line and the line to Gosport. The railway was authorised in 1896 and opened in 1903, making it one of the last railways of any size to be built to main-line standards in the United Kingdom. Passenger services were withdrawn after 5 February 1955, and the line was closed completely on 13 August 1968. ()

Opened: 1 June 1903 (121 years ago)Coordinates: 51°0'43"N, 1°5'17"W

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Meon Valley Railway Line – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Itchen Way, Riversdown English Immersions, Beacon Hill, Old Winchester Hill.

3.4 miNW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Itchen Way, South Downs National Park
88 min walk • The Itchen Way is a 31.80-mile long-distance footpath following the River Itchen in Hampshire, England, from its source near Hinton Ampner House to its mouth at Woolston. The walk finishes at Sholing railway station.
2.4 miW
51°1'8"N • 1°8'34"W
Riversdown English Immersions, South Downs National Park
62 min walk • Golf
2.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Beacon Hill, South Downs National Park
66 min walk • Beacon Hill, Warnford is a 46.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Warnford in Hampshire. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, and an area of 40.1 hectares is a national nature reserve.
2.1 miS
Forts and castles
Old Winchester Hill, South Downs National Park
55 min walk • Old Winchester Hill is a 66.2-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hampshire. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, and a national nature reserve. Part of it is a scheduled monument.
5.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Butser Hill, South Downs National Park
134 min walk • Butser Hill is a 239.7-hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of Petersfield in Hampshire. It is a national nature reserve and a Special Area of Conservation.
2.7 miSE
Church, Gothic architecture
All Saints Church, South Downs National Park
69 min walk • All Saints Church is an Anglican parish church in the village of East Meon, Hampshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building and the oldest building in the village, lying so tight to a hill to the north of the village – part of the South Downs – that there was no room for a north aisle to be built.
5.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
South Downs, South Downs National Park
133 min walk • The South Downs are a range of chalk hills that extends for about 260 square miles across the south-eastern coastal counties of England from the Itchen valley of Hampshire in the west to Beachy Head, in the Eastbourne Downland Estate, East Sussex, in the east.
2.9 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Holy Trinity Church, South Downs National Park
74 min walk • The Church of the Holy Trinity, Privett, is a redundant Anglican church in the parish of Froxfield, Hampshire. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
5.5 miSE
Park
Oxenbourne Down, Petersfield
139 min walk • Oxenbourne Down, Clanfield is a 84.8-hectare Local Nature Reserve north of Clanfield in Hampshire. It is owned and managed by Hampshire County Council.
1.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Henwood Down, South Downs National Park
45 min walk • Henwood Down is one of the highest points in the county of Hampshire, England, and in the South Downs, reaching a height of 201 metres above sea level. Its prominence of 64 metres qualifies it as a Tump.
3.5 miNW
Museum, Reportedly haunted, History museum
Hinton Ampner, South Downs National Park
90 min walk • Hinton Ampner is a village and country house estate with gardens within the civil parish of Bramdean and Hinton Ampner, near Alresford, Hampshire, England. The village and house are 8 miles due east of Winchester.