Where to find Barton Stacey

Barton Stacey is a parish in the county of Hampshire, centred on the village of Barton Stacey, 7 miles north of Winchester - the county town of Hampshire - and 6 miles east of Andover.   On a wider scale, Barton Stacey is about 35 miles north of Southampton and 65 miles south west of London.

On this page are more details of:

• maps of the surrounding area and the village itself
• how to get here by road
• how to get here by rail
• how to get here by air
• the natural features of the parish
• the landscape of the area

Map

View the map of the area surrounding Barton Stacey

View the map of Barton Stacey village itself.

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Road

The parish is easily reached by road - the A303, A30 and A34 trunk roads are all only two miles away, and the M3 motorway is only 9 miles away.  Despite this, the parish is well off the beaten track, so does not suffer from high volumes of traffic or traffic noise.

Above: Finger post outside Barton Stacey

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Rail

The railway line which passed through the parish was closed in the 1960s, so the nearest stations are now Andover and Winchester.

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Air

You can reach Barton Stacey by air too - the nearest commercial airport is at Eastleigh, 5 miles north of Southampton, and there is a small airfield for light aircraft at Popham, just 6 miles away, and an airstrip for microlights just 3 miles away at Chilbolton - a former RAF station.

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Natural features

The parish is situated on the chalky soil which covers a large part of Hampshire.   The most notable geographic features in the parish are Tidbury Hill - site of an ancient hill fort - which overlooks the parish, and the River Dever - a tributary of the famous River Test. The Dever has a good gravel bed and shallow clear water, and is good for trout. The road crossing over the Dever at Bransbury is particularly pretty.

Bransbury Common - designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) - is partly peat over gravel and partly disused water meadows, with a wide variation in grass and sedge.

Landscape

Barton Stacey is recognised as having areas of landscape with special character and quality.

The area has a wonderful charm with the rural, unspoilt character of the river valley combining rivers, meadows and woodland to provide a rich habitat for a range of animals, plants and trees. It is not surprising that the assessment of lanscape throughout the district council area identified this as a specific area of high quality landscape.

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