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The Dene, ANDOVER, SP11 0AG

Situated on the A343 The Dene, this TE has the code STHRSTT. It provides telephone and broadband services to 355 residential and 29 non-residential premises in Hurstbourne Tarrant plus Ibthorpe and Upton nearby. The red telephone box in front of it would indicate that the TE dates from the GPO era, ie before 1969, although the dark building behind it was probably added more recently. The bus stop in front of the TE shows the timetable for Stagecoach route 7 between Newbury and Andover. The TE has (01264) 736xxx numbers, the (01264) referring to the Andover group of sixteen TEs, and its postcode is SP11 0AG.

The A343 Newbury to Andover road passes through the village on a nasty double bend.

The A343 winding through the village. Ahead is the George and Dragon on the corner of Stoke Road.

This plaque is on the wall of the George and Dragon public house Image] in the centre of the village. He was knighted in 1957 for services to English theatre, as an actor and as a manager. He was born in Nottinghamshire but later lived in Ibthorpe near Hurstbourne Tarrant where he died. The plaque was unveiled in 2002, on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

At the crossroads in the centre of the village. On the wall is a plaque Image] to Sir Donald Wolfit, actor and manager, who lived in the parish.

One of the many thriving businesses in Hurstbourne Tarrant.

Hurstbourne Tarrant was a Saxon settlement (Hissaburnham), part of the extensive King's Forest. Writer William Cobbett stayed with his friend Joseph Blount at Rookery Farm where he wrote much of his 'Rural Rides'.

The footpath runs behind the villages houses and is part of the Test Way.

One of those idyllic country villages, once off the main road. Even in the current economic climate that brick and flint property "for sale" will have interest.