Blacknest

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Blacknest
Hampshire

The Jolly Farmer, Blacknest
Location
Grid reference: SU798415
Location: 51°10’2"N, -0°51’35"W
Data
Post town: Alton
Postcode: GU34
Dialling code: 01420
Local Government
Council: East Hampshire

Blacknest is a small village in the east of Hampshire, a mile and a half east of Binsted (to which civil parish it is allocated) and a mile and a half again west of the border of Sussex, and between Blacknest and the border extends the Alice Holt Forest.

The local pub is The Jolly Farmer. The village has a golf course (the Blacknest Golf & Country Club), and access to the Alice Holt Forest. Its nearest town is Alton, which stands some five miles west of the village.

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