Ashley, East Hampshire

Ashley
Ashley  Ashley shown within Hampshire
Population	20
OS grid reference	SU6483140164
Civil parish	Bentworth
District	East Hampshire
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Alton
Postcode district	GU34
Dialling code	01420
Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
Website	http://www.bentworth.info
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Coordinates: 51°09′25″N 1°04′28″W / 51.157062°N 1.074343°W

Ashley is a hamlet in the large civil parish of Bentworth in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Alton, which lies approximately 4.3 miles (6.9 km) to the east.

Its nearest railway station was Bentworth and Lasham on the Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway, until its closure in 1932.^[1] The nearest station is now 3.6 miles (5.8 km) east of the village, at Alton.

Parish Boundary

The western edge of the civil parish of Bentworth includes Ashley Farm house.^[2] The parish of Wield starts immediately to the west just beyond a Z-bend in the road. Before border changes in 1994, Ashley used to be in the Civil Parish of Wield, part of the City of Winchester district. It is now in the parish of Bentworth, part of East Hampshire district.

References

1. lostlines.fotopic.net Alton Light Railway closure
2. streetmap.co.uk Archived July 16, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Ashley Farm