Local accommodation

Hotels
The Greyhound, Stockbridge
The Peat Spade, Longstock
Hotel du Vin, Winchester
Lainston House, Sparsholt
Essebourne Manor, Hurstbourne Tarrant, Andover
The Wykeham Arms, Winchester (marvellously idiocyncratic with old school desks, bishops’ mitres and all kinds of other interesting items in the bar/restaurant below – perfect for foreigners)
White Horse Hotel, Romsey
Audleys Wood Hotel, Basingstoke
Norton Park Hotel, Sutton Scotney
Pembroke Arms Hotel, Salisbury
The Grosvenor, Stockbridge
The White Hart, Stockbridge
Pubs
The White Lion, Wherwell, walking distance
The Bourne Valley Inn, St Mary Bourne
The Mill Arms, Dunbridge
The Fox, Crawley
Bed and Breakfast
The Hawk Inn, Amport
Yew Cottage, Longparish
Chilworth House, King’s Sombourne
Ibthorpe Manor Farm, Ibthorpe
Highfield Country Guesthouse, Stockbridge
Yew Tree Barn, Houghton
How Park Farm, King’s Somborne
Little Mead, Sparshalt
The Old Bun Shop, Whitchurch
Itchen Valley B&B, Martyr Worthy
Hannah’s B&B, Winchester
Mulberry Barn, Micheldever (through booking.com)
Beagle Cottage Studio B and B just up the hill from the White Lion pub in Wherwell which takes dogs and will look after them (the owner has beagles). Contact Jenny Boileau at jennyboileau@gmail.com or on 07802 434724.
Self-catering
Larch Loft, Chilbolton, the next-door village
Dines Barn, near Hatherden
Two Bare Feet, Winchester
Riverside Cottage, Bransbury (owner Clare Scott Dryden, mobile phone: 07973 215 407)
Mill Barn, Wherwell (right on the back drive to Wherwell Priory): two gorgeous self-contained double en-suite rooms. Contact Tessa Frost, mobile: 07876 523359 tessa.b.frost@gmail.com
Four incredible tree houses are managed by Wild Escapes, and they are just down the road. The Poppy sleeps 4 with a tree top bath tub; The Fallow sleeps 2 with a boot room; The Damselfly sleeps 2 also with a boot room, and the Perigord sleeps 4. All are dog friendly. Prices start from £274 per night and it’s a minimum 2 night stay on Mondays and Wednesdays, 3 night stay from Friday over the weekend. For more information contact Katie Hughes, as info@wildescapes.com ,
Airbnb
Harewood House, a one-bed self-contained annex, walking distance
Three-bed thatched house in Wherwell, hosted by Grainne