With its steep wooded hills and hidden valleys, its picture-perfect villages and peaceful market towns, East Hampshire is one of the loveliest parts of rural England.

Jane Austen, whose books are admired for their wit and social observation, was born and lived most of her life in Hampshire.

Selborne and its surrounding landscape inspired Gilbert White’s life-long investigation of the natural world, culminating in his world-famous book The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne.