Selborne Common, Chawton
#4 among attractions in Chawton


Facts and practical information
Selborne Common is a 99.6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Selborne in Hampshire. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, and is part of the East Hampshire Hangers Special Area of Conservation. It is managed by the National Trust. ()
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Selborne Common – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Jane Austen's House Museum, Hangers Way, St Swithun's Way, Chawton House Library.
2.8 miNWThe famed writer's 17th-century homeJane Austen's House Museum, Chawton
73 min walk • Jane Austen's House Museum is a small independent museum in the village of Chawton near Alton in Hampshire. It is a writer's house museum occupying the 17th-century house in which novelist Jane Austen spent the last eight years of her life.
3.7 miNHiking, Hiking trailHangers Way, Alton
94 min walk • Hangers Way is a 21-mile-long-distance footpath through Hampshire, England from Alton railway station to Queen Elizabeth Country Park where it meets the South Downs Way National Trail.
4.3 miWHiking, Hiking trailSt Swithun's Way
111 min walk • St Swithun's Way is a 34-mile long-distance footpath in England from Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire to Farnham, Surrey. It is named after Swithun, a 9th-century Bishop of Winchester, and roughly follows the Winchester to Farnham stretch of the Pilgrims' Way.
2.6 miNWJane Austen, Historical place, GardenChawton House Library, Chawton
66 min walk • Chawton House is a Grade II* listed Elizabethan manor house in Hampshire. It is run as a historic property and also houses the research library of The Centre for the Study of Early Women's Writing, 1600–1830, using the building's connection with the English novelist Jane Austen.
2.7 miEMemorialBlackmoor War Memorial, Bordon
70 min walk • Blackmoor War Memorial is a First World War memorial cloister in Blackmoor, near Liss, in Hampshire. The memorial stands on the north side of the main road, with the Church of St Matthew to the east and the village school to the west.
1.4 miNChurchSt Leonard's Church, South Downs National Park
36 min walk • St Leonard's Church is a Church of England parish church in the hamlet of Hartley Mauditt, East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England.
2.7 miSWChurch, Gothic architecture, Romanesque architectureChurch of St Peter ad Vincula, South Downs National Park
70 min walk • The Church of St Peter ad Vincula is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Colemore, Hampshire, England. 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.
2.6 miNWJane Austen, History museum, MuseumChawton House, Chawton
66 min walk • Chawton House is a Grade II* listed Elizabethan manor house in Hampshire. It is run as a historic property and also houses the research library of The Centre for the Study of Early Women's Writing, 1600–1830, using the building's connection with the English novelist Jane Austen.
3.6 miN 2.8 miEChurch, Gothic Revival architectureSt Matthew's Church, South Downs National Park
71 min walk • St Matthew's Church is an Anglican parish church in the village of Blackmoor, Hampshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. The church was designed by Alfred Waterhouse for Roundell Palmer, later 1st Earl of Selborne.
2.6 miNEForts and castlesKing John's Hill, South Downs National Park
68 min walk • King John's Hill is the site of an Iron Age hillfort located in Hampshire, in southeast England. The hill is situated in the parish of Worldham, in East Hampshire District.