The North Hampshire Downs stretch from Ewshot and Dippenhall in the east, through Cliddesden, Herriard and Shalden to Dummer and Brown Candover in the west.

It is an area covering approximately 65 square miles with approximately 30 villages and hamlets, many of which have existed as parishes for over 1000 years.

It consists of swathes of chalk downland that have been cultivated since the Iron Age.

 

The area is the source of the River Itchen to the south and the source of the Rivers Loddon, Lyde and Whitewater to the north.