Itchen Valley is a
civil parish in the
English county of
Hampshire. Forming part of the
City of Winchester district, it comprises the villages of
Avington,
Easton,
Itchen Abbas and
Martyr Worthy, with a population of 1,267 at the time of the 2001 Census. increasing at the 2011 Census to a population of 1,459.
It is to the northeast of
Winchester
Winchester is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city in Hampshire, England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government Districts of England, district, at the western end of the South Downs Nation ...
and takes its name from the
River Itchen. The parish is crossed by the
M3 motorway, and contains Winchester services. The main West–east route through the parish is the B3047. East bound from Winchester the B3047 enters the parish at Worthy Park and exits it at a point approx. 300m East of Rectory Lane, Itchen Abbas. It is located near to the
civil parishes of
Itchen Stoke and Ovington and
New and
Old Alresford.
Largely rural in character, much of the parish is in both the
South Downs National Park and the
East Hampshire Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and is crossed by several designated walking paths and riding routes including the
Itchen Way
The Itchen Way is a long-distance footpath following the River Itchen in Hampshire, England, from its source near Hinton Ampner House to its mouth at Woolston. The walk finishes at Sholing railway station. The route has been promoted by t ...
,
King's Way
King's Way or the Allan King Way is a footpath in Hampshire, England. This footpath was created by the Hampshire Area of the Ramblers' Association as a memorial to the late Allan King a former Publicity Officer who was partly responsible f ...
,
Pilgrims' Way,
St. Swithun's Way
St Swithun's Way is a long-distance footpath in England from Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire to Farnham, Surrey. It is named after Swithun, a 9th-century Bishop of Winchester, and roughly follows the Winchester to Farnham stretch of the Pilgrim ...
,
South Downs Way,
Three Castles Path and
Oxdrove Way.
Governance
Itchen Valley Parish Council has eleven councillors who hold various portfolios concerning the local area. Itchen Valley is part of the
Hampshire County Council Ward of the same name, which has larger borders and also includes settlements such as Alresford. The ward has been represented by Jackie Porter since
2005
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, who was most recently reelected in
2017
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.
As part of
Winchester City Council is forms part of Alresford and Itchen Valley ward, which since 2016 has had three councillors. As of the 2019 election, these are:
References
External links
Parish websiteMap of Parish Boundaries
Villages in Hampshire
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