Bentley is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the

East Hampshire East Hampshire is a local government district in Hampshire, England. Its council is based in the town of Petersfield, although the largest town is Alton. The district also contains the town of Bordon along with many villages and surroundin ...

district of

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to the north, Surrey and West Sussex to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south, ...

, England. The parish has changed little over centuries and currently measures , the same size it measured in 1875 when the population was 731 The village is north of the A31 road between

Farnham Farnham is a market town and civil parish in Surrey, England, around southwest of London. It is in the Borough of Waverley, close to the county border with Hampshire. The town is on the north branch of the River Wey, a tributary of the ...

and Alton, about five miles (8 km) southwest of Farnham and six miles (10 km) northeast of Alton. The village is served by Bentley railway station, which is about one mile (1.6 km) to the south, in the parish of

Binsted Binsted is a village and large civil parish in East Hampshire, England. It is about east of Alton, Hampshire, Alton, its nearest town. The parish is one of the largest in northern Hampshire and covers almost . It contains two villages, Bucks ...

against Alice Holt Forest. There is one pub in the village, The Star Inn & a large village shop complete with cafe and a Post Office.

Culture

Bentley was the location of a Radio 4 and ITV Docu-Drama from the 1990s called '' The Village'', which focused on local residents and their daily lives. Twinned with Newton Haven the village is proud of its culture.

Notable residents

Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom), Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, ( ; 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, founder of The Scout Association, The Boy Scou ...

, founder of the

Scout Movement Scouting or the Scout Movement is a youth movement which became popularly established in the first decade of the twentieth century. It follows the Scout method of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including ...

, lived in Bentley at Pax HillRobert Baden-Powell
* Sir William Pike, Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff * Harold Sanderson, the owner of the White Star Line, learned of the sinking of the

Titanic RMS ''Titanic'' was a British ocean liner that sank in the early hours of 15 April 1912 as a result of striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, United States. Of the estimated 2,224 passengers a ...

whilst at his home Jenkyn Place in Bentley.

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Villages in Hampshire {{Hampshire-geo-stub