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There are so many amazing things to do and explore around Stockbridge, Hampshire, from clay shooting, horse riding and fly fishing to galleries, silk mills and artisan stores. Choose a category to start discovering our favourites:

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Food & Drink

Leckford Farm Shop, Stockbridge

Five minutes' drive from The Greyhound on the Test, this Waitrose-owned farm shop stocks over 1000 products. Although they use 60 local suppliers, many of the items are produced on the estate itself, including the wheat used in its own-label flour, milk, apples, pears, free-range eggs and chickens. There's a cafe, too, offering a breakfast and lunch menu.

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Thyme & Tides, Stockbridge

This little gem is a deli, fishmonger and cafe all rolled into one. Amongst its wide-ranging produce, it stocks artisan breads from the Hoxton Bakehouse and also offers Friday night ‘fish and chips’, which you can wash down with a glass of wine or ale.

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Wine Utopia, Stockbridge

This well-stocked wine merchants, which supplies The Greyhound on The Test, has hundreds of top quality and great value wines from across the world, many from small producers and estates.

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River Test Smokery, Chilbolton

A smokery using traditional methods where fish, meat and game is sourced locally where possible and smoked over English oak chippings. Salmon and rainbow trout are also on sale here, while duck, pheasant and other game are on offer during the shooting season. Products can be collected from the site via pre-arrangement and there’s also a mail-order service.

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Culture & Heritage

Mottisfont Abbey, Mottisfont

This 12th-century former Augustinian priory became a private house after the Dissolution. Now managed by the National Trust, Mottisfont includes a drawing room decorated by Rex Whistler and a superb walled garden containing one of the finest collections of roses in the country. A tributary of the Test flows prettily through the grounds.

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Salisbury Cathedral

Its spire is the tallest in the country, immortalised in John Constable's famous painting Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows, painted in 1831. The cathedral was begun in 1220, finished about 1280, and includes a medieval frieze and an original copy of the Magna Carta.

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Whitchurch Silk Mill, Whitchurch

Dating from 1800 and restored by the Hampshire Buildings Preservation Trust, Whitchurch is the oldest silk mill in the country. Weavers work here using 19th-century machinery.

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Walks & Nature

Walking

For keen walkers, Hampshire is surprisingly varied and rewarding – there are still many tracts of unspoiled countryside and downland, especially in the vicinity of Stockbridge. The jewel in the county’s crown is undoubtedly the New Forest, now a National Park, but Hampshire can also claim several picturesque river valleys, including the Test (aka the queen of the chalk streams) where the walking (the Test Way) is particularly enjoyable. The county also boasts 13 long-distance trails, one of which, the 24-mile Clarendon Way, runs close to the Greyhound.

Fly Fishing: Upstream Dry Fly, River Test

A bespoke service is offered with a range of over 80 beats on more than 20 chalk stream rivers, including several beats on the famous River Test, namely the half-mile Greyhound Beat adjacent to the inn’s garden. There are few places in the UK where you can access some of the best and most sought-after private estate fly fishing in the world, but this is one of them.

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Spitfire Shoot, Houghton Down Farm, Stockbridge

With a clay pigeon shooting ground at Stockbridge, Spitfire Shoot can accommodate all levels of gun, from the novice to the seasoned shot. Qualified experts and instructors are on hand to ensure your safety.

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The Wykeham Gallery, High Street, Stockbridge

A contemporary art gallery exhibiting paintings, sculpture and ceramics from many well-established artists, as well as work from some very exciting younger artists. Solo, group and themed shows throughout the year.

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Stockbridge Riding School, Winton Hill, Stockbridge

A friendly BHS approved stables offering lessons for beginners to experienced riders in dressage, jumping and cross-country, livery, and hacking in the Hampshire countryside.

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Last updated: 15.01.21

Photo credit: Shutterstock (Visharo - Mottisfont Abbey/Martin James Cook - Salisbury Cathedral); Unsplash; Bryan Parry Studios - Wykeham Gallery

The best things to do in & around Stockbridge

Food & Drink

Leckford Farm Shop, Stockbridge

Thyme & Tides, Stockbridge

Wine Utopia, Stockbridge

River Test Smokery, Chilbolton

Culture & Heritage

Mottisfont Abbey, Mottisfont

Salisbury Cathedral

Whitchurch Silk Mill, Whitchurch

Walks & Nature

Walking

Fly Fishing: Upstream Dry Fly, River Test

Activities & Days Out

Spitfire Shoot, Houghton Down Farm, Stockbridge

The Wykeham Gallery, High Street, Stockbridge

Stockbridge Riding School, Winton Hill, Stockbridge

Out & about in Sussex & Hampshire

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Food & Drink

Leckford Farm Shop, Stockbridge

Thyme & Tides, Stockbridge

Wine Utopia, Stockbridge

River Test Smokery, Chilbolton

Culture & Heritage

Mottisfont Abbey, Mottisfont

Salisbury Cathedral

Whitchurch Silk Mill, Whitchurch

Walks & Nature

Walking

Fly Fishing: Upstream Dry Fly, River Test

Activities & Days Out

Spitfire Shoot, Houghton Down Farm, Stockbridge

The Wykeham Gallery, High Street, Stockbridge

Stockbridge Riding School, Winton Hill, Stockbridge

Out & about in Sussex & Hampshire