{"id":10040,"date":"2015-06-26T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-the-meon-valley-hampshire\/"},"modified":"2016-04-06T04:55:10","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T21:55:10","slug":"lets-move-to-the-meon-valley-hampshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-the-meon-valley-hampshire\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to the Meon valley, Hampshire"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt\u2019s easy to miss it, but this hidden valley, with its wisteria-clad cottages, flint churches and chalk streams, is well worth exploringWhat\u2019s going for it? Exactly. Where? And that\u2019s just how they like it round here. The East Hampshire Downs are the kind of country that\u2019s driven past on the M27 or M3 en route for more famous climes, like Dorset or the New Forest. But speeding dolts are missing a trick or two, like dappled light falling through heavy branches on to clear, fast-flowing chalk streams. Or wisteria-hung windows peeping beneath low-slung thatched eaves. This might be the less-famous end of the South Downs national park, but it\u2019s still got some moves in its pretty little villages of half-timbered cottages and ancient, flint-fronted churches (the Norman church at East Meon is delicious) rooted in downland valleys. Boy, is it quiet round here, especially up those high-hedged lanes around Old Winchester Hill. You could live deep under the radar here, a retired MI6 officer in your dotage, perhaps, making piccalilli to sell in church porches, keeping your secrets as tightly clamped shut as a pickle jar lid.The case against Quiet and conservative. A little out of the way: driving and the odd bus are your only options, and trundling roads do not make for a speedy getaway. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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