Links to other Websites which tell you much more about Alton.
Alton's very comprehensive entry in the Wikipedia Encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alton,_Hampshire
Alton Guide
http://www.localauthoritypublishing.co.uk/councils/alton/index.html
East Hampshire District Council Alton pages
http://www.easthants.gov.uk/edo/tourism.nsf/allwebpages/alton
The Alton Show
http://www.altonshow.info/
Search Evolve, Hampshire Council's list of voluntary and other (Alton) organisations
http://www.e.volve.org.uk/search.aspx?Name=Alton
Alton Bus Timetables
http://www.stagecoachbus.com/south/timetables.php?depart=alton&arrive=&service=0&x=0&y=0
Alton Library - newly constructed in Central Alton 01420 85734
http://www3.hants.gov.uk/library/library-finder/alton-library.htm
Federation of Small Business Members in Alton
http://www.fsbonline.co.uk/SearchResults.aspx?F1=&F2=&F3=alton&F4&F5&F6&F7
The Alton Business Centre
http://www.charwellhouse.com/contactus.php/
Alton Connexions
http://www.connexions-southcentral.org/local_connexions.htm#Altonjobcentre
Hampshire Economic Partnership
http://www.hep.uk.com/
South East Rural Towns Partnership
http://www.setowns.org.uk
Geograph - Pictures of Alton and surroundings by Ordnance Survey Map Square
http://www.geograph.org.uk/gridref/SU7139
Alton Herald, local newspaper
http://www.alton-herald-today.co.uk
Alton is twinned with Montecchio Maggiore in Italy.
You can find out more about our twin town by clicking the link below but can you understand Italian? Perhaps a better course is to copy and paste the link into Google and then use the Translate this Page option for an English version.
http://www.comune.montecchio-maggiore.vi.it
The Alton Town Twinning Association web site is here:-
http://www.atta.org.uk/
Community First East Hampshire - free, informal and accessible voluntary and community group service.
http://www.communityfirst-easthampshire.org.uk
Community Action Hampshire - Advice on how to improve your community.
http://www.action.hants.org.uk/
Contact Alton's MP - Michael Mates
http://www.epolitix.com/EN/MPWebsites/Michael+Mates/contact.htm
East Hampshire's Crime Rate, which includes Alton, is lower than Hampshire and National Rates.
http://town-guides.org/tgo/hampshire/alton/crime-crime_rates.asp
British Council Of Disabled People
http://www.bcodp.org.uk/about/index.shtml
Alton's Population
from EHDC
and also a breakdown by age and sex
http://town-guides.org/tgo/hampshire/alton/population-overview.asp
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Facilities in or near Alton.
Alton Assembly Rooms - telephone 01420 82203.
http://www.altonassemblyrooms.co.uk/
Attractions in the Alton area
http://www3.hants.gov.uk/localpages/north-east/alton/alton-attract.htm
Alton Citizens Advice Bureau
http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/bureau_detail.html?serialnumber=101023
Curtis Museum
http://www.hants.gov.uk/museum/curtis
and Allen Gallery - direct telephone for both 01420 82802.
http://www.hants.gov.uk/museum/allen
The Rotary Club of Alton
http://www.altonrotary.org.uk/
Alton Sports Centre
http://www.riverparkleisurecentre.co.uk/sites/alton/home.html
Alton Palace Cinema
http://www.palacecinema.co.uk/
Alton Operatic and Dramatic Society
http://www.aods.org/AODSWelcome.asp
Alton Community Centre
http://www.altoncommunitycentre.org.uk
Alton Maltings Centre - an exciting new community facility in the heart of Alton. Main Reception 01420 81950.
http://www.altonmaltingscentre.com
Lasham Gliding - the UKs largest gliding club
http://www.lasham.org.uk/
The Sustainability Centre
http://www.earthworks-trust.com/index.html
The French Horn Pub/Restaurant in Alton.
http://www.frenchhorn.co.uk/
The Watercress Line - preserved steam railway from Alton To Alresford
http://www.watercressline.co.uk
Jane Austen Museum and House - our local, world famous authoress
http://www.jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk/
Alton University of the Third Age
http://www.altonu3a.org.uk/
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Churches and Religious Organisations in or near Alton.
Lists of Places of Worship around Alton
Please click here for Wikipedia entry
Please click here to visit Winchester diocese
St Lawrence Church - Alton's historic church
Please click here to visit website
Alton Organ Society also meets here.
There is also All Saints Church in Queens Road, Alton.
Farnham and Alton Methodist Churches
Please click here to visit the Methodists
Quakers - The Religious Society of Friends
http://www.altonquakers.org.uk/
Harvest Church
Please click here to visit website 1
Please click here to visit website 2
Alton Abbey
http://www.starcourse.org/abbey
Alton Christian Spiritualist Church
http://www.alton-christian-spiritualist-church.co.uk/
Photographs of very many local Churches
Please click here to visit website
United Reform Church, South Town Road, Medstead, GU34 5JF
Please click here to visit the United Reform Church
Krishnamurti Foundation
Krishnamurti Foundation Trust
The Butts Church
http://www.hants.org.uk/thebuttschurch/index.php
St Andrew's, Medstead
http://www.standrews.hampshire.org.uk/
and plenty of village information
http://www.standrews.hampshire.org.uk/comm.htm
Jubilee Church, Four Marks and Medstead
Please click here to visit website
Upper Wield Church
Please click here to visit website
Church of the Good Shepherd, Four Marks
http://www.churchofthegoodshepherd.org.uk/
KC21 Churches on the Move
Please click here to visit KC21 website
Alton Evangelical Free Church
Please click here for more details
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Colleges, Schools and Pre-school playgroups in Alton and its surrounding villages
Colleges
Alton College - our Beacon Sixth Form College
http://www.altoncollege.ac.uk
The recent really outstanding Alton College Ofsted inspection report can be found here:-
http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/130/c12_130691_20060515.pdf
Alton College is Alton's largest employer.
Treloar College - Beacon College for disabled young people
Treloar College is in Holybourne adjacent to Alton and the associated Treloar School is three miles north of Alton in Froyle.
http://www.treloar.org.uk/college/
Schools
Amery Hill School
http://www.ameryhill.hants.sch.uk/index.html
Eggars School - A Specialist Science College
http://www.eggars.net/
and
http://www.hants.gov.uk/school/eggars/
Alton Convent School
http://www.alton-convent.hants.sch.uk/index.html
Primary Schools
Wootey Junior School
http://www.wootey-jun.hants.sch.uk/
St Lawrence Church of England Primary School
http://www.st-lawrence.hants.sch.uk/
Andrews Endowed Church of England Primary School
http://www.andrewsendowedschool.com/index.html
Anstey Junior School
http://www.goodschoolsguide.co.uk/?112863&Retry=
and
http://www.schools.hants.org.uk/anstey/our-school/index.htm
The Butts Primary School
http://www.hants.gov.uk/education/schools/schools.php?dfes=2300
Binsted Church of England Primary School
http://www.binsted.hants.sch.uk/
Bentley Church of England Primary School
http://www.bentley.hants.sch.uk/
Bentworth Church of England Primary School
http://www.bentworth.hants.sch.uk/
Chawton Church of England Primary School
http://www.chawton.hants.sch.uk/
Four Marks Church of England Primary School
http://www.schools.hants.org.uk/fourmarks/
Medstead Church of England Primary School
http://www.medstead.hants.sch.uk/3101-index/3101-our-school.htm
Selborne Church of England Primary School
http://www.hants.gov.uk/education/schools/schools.php?dfes=3660
Child Care in East Hampshire North
http://www.childcarelink.gov.uk/whitebox/mapsearch.asp?cisid=5028&mapid=682
List of local Primary Schools and their performance in 2005
http://town-guides.org/tgo/hampshire/alton/education-primary.asp
Pre-School and Playgroups
Medstead Playgroup, Roe Downs Road, GU34 5LG 01420 561028
http://www.medsteadplaygroup.org/
The Beehive, Shalden. GU34 4DX 01420 542416
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Other Town Partnerships and Related Organisations
Alresford
Lee-on-the-Solent
Lymington and Pennington Community Forum
Margate Town Partnership
New Milton Town Partnership
Working for Whitchurch
Chipping Norton Town Partnership
Fleet Business Partnership
Havering Residents
Community Action Hampshire
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Surrounding Villages Websites and other village information
Alresford
http://www.alresford.org
Beech
http://www.beechvillage.org.uk
Bentley and Binsted
http://www.bentleyvillage.com/i4index.htm
Bordon and Whitehill
http://www.gu35,info/index.html
Chawton
http://www.chawton.info/
Farringdon
http://www.farringdon.biz
Four Marks Parish Council
http://www.fourmarks.info/
Four Marks - site set up by objectors to fight further development in Four Marks
http://www.fight4fourmarks.co.uk
Froyle
http://www.froyle.com/fropro.htm
Headley
http://www.johnowensmith.co.uk/headley/
Holybourne - frequently updated and contains useful links.
http://www.holybourne.com
Kingsley - Here is the Parish council site and an entertaining blog.
http://www.hants.gov.uk/kingsley/
http://www.kingsblog.org.uk/archives/archive_2007-m03.php
Lasham
http://www.lasham.org.uk/general/general.html
Medstead
Medstead history
and
plenty of useful Medstead information.
and Medstead Parish Plan.
Newton Valence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_Valence
Ropley
- a vision through time
and Ropley at the Millenium.
Selborne - winner Village of the Year for East Hants 2006.
Judging categories are Building
Community Life, Business, Young People, Older People, Environment and Information Technology.
http://www.selborne.parish.hants.gov.uk/
West Tisted history
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=41928
The River Wey and Alton
http://www.weyriver.co.uk/theriver/places_4_alton.htm
List of villages in the Alton area
http://www.hants.gov.uk/localpages/north_east/alton/villages.html
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