Palestine is a village which lies in the civil parish of
Over Wallop
Over Wallop is a small village and civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. The village lies close to the border with Wiltshire, approximately northwest of Stockbridge.
Over Wallop is the westernmost of the three villag ...
, approximately south-west of
Andover
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, in
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.
It consists mainly of fields, farms and a few dozen houses with the built-up area having 283 residents at the 2011 Census. Most houses are built in a
bungalow
A bungalow is a small house or cottage that is typically single or one and a half storey, if a smaller upper storey exists it is frequently set in the roof and Roof window, windows that come out from the roof, and may be surrounded by wide ve ...
style.
The main roads are Streetway Road, Mount Hermon Road and Mount Carmel Road.
The settlement adjoins the village of
Grateley, which has a
railway station
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with hourly
South Western Railway
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trains to
London Waterloo and
Salisbury
Salisbury ( , ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parish in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers River Avon, Hampshire, Avon, River Nadder, Nadder and River Bourne, Wi ...
, half hourly in peak times.
The village is serviced by one bus, the number 5 from/to
Andover, Hampshire bus station, a few times a day during the week. This route also visits
Quarley,
Thruxton,
Weyhill, and Monxton MOD.
The parish boundary runs down the centre of Streetway Road, meaning that when a new housing development was built on the north side of the road, the residents on the south side could not officially object, as the development was within a different parish.
References
External links
* http://www.streetmap.co.uk/place/Hampshire_Gap_in_Hampshire_535611_251611.htm
Palestine
Villages in Hampshire
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