Ashmansworth

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Ashmansworth is a village and civil parish in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 215. It is about 7 miles south of Newbury in Berkshire, and nine miles from Andover in Hampshire.

The village has the distinction of being not only the highest village in Hampshire, but also the highest medieval village on chalk in Hampshire.

It lies within the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), and at weekends is popular with walkers, cyclists and horse riders alike. The village church is St. James' which dates from the 12th-13th Century.

The village is served by the excellent local public house, The Plough, which has won awards for its excellent real ale.

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