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Twyford and Shawford

3.5m / 6km from Winchester
27m / 43km from Portsmouth

If you travel to Bishop's Waltham from Winchester via the B3335 you will pass through Twyford, where the old waterworks is open to visitors most Sundays. The engine is normally in steam on the first Sunday of each month and a couple of times a year there are special steam open weekends.

Shawford sits on the other side of the river from Twyford and is probably best known today for being the spot chosen to film where Victor Meldrew - the grumpy old man from the television series One Foot in the Grave - was hit by a car and died. There are pleasant walks here along the river or up onto Shawford Down.