Andover Down

Andover Down is a hamlet in Hampshire, England 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Andover.^[1][2]

Andover Down
Andover Down Location within Hampshire
OS grid reference	SU397458
Civil parish	Andover
District	Test Valley
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ANDOVER
Postcode district	SP11
Dialling code	01264
Police	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Fire	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	North West Hampshire
List of places UK England Hampshire 51.21057°N 1.43280°W / 51.21057; -1.43280

History

On the 1888 OS map there are a very small number of houses: Down House, Down House farm, Harewood, Harewood Farm, and two further dwellings.^[3]

It seems Andover Down underwent some expansion immediately after the Second World War, but it remained a relatively isolated location until the rapid expansion of Andover (as an overspill town), particularly with the building of the Walworth Industrial Estate to the east.

With the large housing development at Picket Twenty, and especially the post-2018 second phase development, houses now surround the south of Andover Down, and it is arguably now a suburb of Andover.

In 2020, planning permission was sought to build additional housing to the north of Andover Down, on agricultural land^[4]

Excavating Bronze Age barrows site prior to Picket Twenty housing development (photo by Dr C Williams)