Burkham

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Coordinates: 51°11′04″N 1°04′14″W / 51.184320°N 1.07048°W

Burkham
Burkham Burkham shown within Hampshire
Population	20
OS grid reference	SU6506343198
Civil parish	Bentworth
District	East Hampshire
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Alton
Postcode district	GU34
Dialling code	01420
Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
List of places UK England Hampshire

Burkham is a hamlet in the large civil parish of Bentworth in Hampshire, England including a large country house, Burkham House.^[1]

The nearest town is Alton, which lies about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) to the south-east. Its nearest railway station was formerly the Bentworth and Lasham railway station on the Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway, until its closure in 1932.^[2] The nearest railway station is now 3.6 miles (5.8 km) east of the village, at Alton.

Between Burkham and Bentworth is Home Farm, a Woodland Trust area of 339 acres (137 hectares) of mixed woodland, plantations and fields. The area was bought by the Woodland Trust in 1991.

References

↑ "Burkham House, Alton, England". Parks and Gardens UK. 12 August 2009. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
↑ Alton Light Railway closure

v t e Bentworth Parish

Villages	Bentworth

Hamlets	Burkham Wivelrod Holt End Thedden Ashley

Former (until 1859)	Medstead Lower Wield Bradley Beech Moundsmere Alton Abbey Southrope

Houses	Bentworth Hall Gaston Grange Hall Place Thedden Grange Wivelrod Manor

v t e Towns, villages and hamlets in the East Hampshire District of Hampshire, England

	Adhurst Alton Arford Ashley Barford Beech Bentley Bentworth Binsted Blackmoor Blacknest Blendworth Bordean Bordon Bradley Bramshott Bucks Horn Oak Buriton Burkham Catherington Chalton Chawton Clanfield Cold Ash Hill Colemore Conford Ditcham Durford Wood East Meon East Tisted East Worldham Empshott Farringdon Finchdean Flexcombe Four Marks Froxfield Green Froyle Golden Pot Grayshott Greatham Griggs Green Hartley Mauditt Hawkley Headley Headley Down High Cross Holt End Holybourne Hollywater Horndean Idsworth Isington Kingsley Kitwood Langrish Lasham Lindford Liphook Liss Liss Forest Longmoor Lovedean Lower Wield Medstead Monkwood Neatham Newton Valence North Street Nursted Oakhanger Oakshott Passfield Petersfield Priors Dean Privett Ramsdean Ropley Ropley Dean Rowland's Castle Selborne Shalden Sheet Sleaford Soldridge South Hay Southrope Standford Stansted Steep Steep Marsh Stroud Thedden Upper Wield West Liss West Tisted West Worldham Weston Wheatley Whitehill Wivelrod Wyck

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