Key facts
- Population
- 52,753 (2021 Census)
- Os grid reference
- SU3646
- Civil parish
- Andover
- District
- Test Valley
- Shire county
- Hampshire
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- Sovereign state
- United Kingdom
- Post town
- Andover
- Postcode district
- SP10, SP11
- Dialling code
- 01264
- Police
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Fire
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Ambulance
- South Central
- Uk parliament
- North West Hampshire
- Website
- Town Council
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Andover (/ˈændoʊvər/ AN-doh-vər) is a town in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. The town is on the River Anton, a major tributary of the Test, and lies alongside the major A303 trunk road at the eastern end of Salisbury Plain, 18 miles (29 km) west of the town of Basingstoke. It is 14 miles (23 km) from Winchester, 35 miles (56 km) north of Southampton and 65 miles (105 km) from London.
The town developed as a centre for grain milling and wool processing, and in the 20th century it took on a significant Armed Forces presence.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Andover” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.