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The Best Attractions In Otterbourne

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The Otter

Otterbourne is a village in Hampshire, England. It is located approximately four miles south of Winchester and eight miles north of Southampton. At the 2011 census, its population was 1,539, and there were 626 dwellings.There are three public houses in the village: the White Horse Inn, the Otter, and the Old Forge. There is also a school, a post office and village shop. Before the 21st century, the post office and village shop were located opposite Cranbourne Drive at the bottom of Otterbourne Hill. However, at the end of the 1990s, the car garage at the centre of the village was rebuilt to include a petrol station and convenience store. Shortly after ...
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The Best Attractions In Otterbourne

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Cycle over Hockley Viaduct in to Winchester City Centre

This is my film of the new cycle-route which can be started at the Winchester South Park and Ride carpark down on the Otterbourne Road.

Exiting the carpark the path rises to the Otterbourne Road, and goes down to the roundabout, before crossing the mainline railway and offering a view looking down on the recently restored Hockley Viaduct. A steepish drop follows before we travel over the viaduct, dropping to a junction with the Five Bridges Road, and continuing alongside the Itchen Navigation towards Winchester, passing St Catherine's Hill enroute.

We then pass the tennis courts by Domum Road, turn left into College Walk, and pass Winchester College along College Street, before entering St Swithun Street and The Close, ending by the Cathedral. It is then a very easy walk to stroll ones bike through the Cathedral ground to the shopping of the City Centre of Winchester.

I have dispensed with the soundtrack to my movie - replacing lovely birdsong of wrens with the Royalty-Free Music of Danosongs.com - because, having cycled 28 miles from Salisbury I found my head-cam would not work, and was forced to do the thing one-handed with camcorder in left hand. That's why there are lapses in camera-work while I try to change gears, and as I did not have a clean ride (note the white-van-man, the cyclist who cut me up, the car reversing in front of me, and the workmen who nearly pole-axed me) I realised when I got home the soundtrack was a string of swear-words! Doh! On the plus-side, there is some lovely scenery and some excellent dog-owners.

However, this is a wonderful cycle-path, and I thoroughly recommend it - you can even park your car at the park and ride and cycle into town to shop or work, how nice!!

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