Windmill Hill is a chalk hill running alongside the A3(M) 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 England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

, overlooking

Chalton Chalton may refer to: * Chalton, Bedfordshire, England * Chalton, Hampshire, England See also * Charlton (disambiguation) {{place name disambiguation ...

to the east, and Clanfield to the west. It measures 193 metres above sea level and is named so because of

Chalton Windmill Chalton Windmill is a Grade II listed tower mill on the top of Windmill Hill at Chalton, Hampshire, England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Grea ...

which sits upon its summit. This windmill is a Grade II listed building which lay derelict until the late 1970s, when it was restored and converted into a private residence. On its northern slopes at Bascomb Copse sits

Butser Ancient Farm Butser Ancient Farm is an archaeological open-air museum and experimental archaeology site located near Petersfield in Hampshire, southern England. Butser features experimental reconstructions of prehistoric, Romano-British and Anglo-Saxon build ...

, which moved there in 1991. The hill has numerous footpaths some of which lead to the small village of

Blendworth Blendworth is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Horndean, in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It lies 0.4 miles (0.6 km) northeast of Horndean just east off the A3 road. The village has a populatio ...

and then to

Horndean Horndean is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district, in Hampshire, England, north of Portsmouth. The nearest railway station is southeast of the village at Rowlands Castle. The village had a population of 12,942 at the 20 ...

to the south, and Queen Elizabeth Country Park and Butser Hill, which is well within walking distance to the north.

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