Test Valley
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| Borough of Test Valley | |
|---|---|
 Shown within Hampshire | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Borough |
| Region: | South East England |
| Admin. County: | Hampshire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 71st 627.58 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Andover |
| ONS code: | 24UN |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density | Ranked 185th 112,300 179 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 97.9% White |
| Politics | |
 Test Valley Borough Council http://www.testvalley.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Sandra Gidley, George Young |
Test Valley is a local government district and borough in Hampshire, England. Its council is based in Andover.
The borough was formed on April 1, 1974 by a merger of the boroughs of Andover and Romsey, along with Andover Rural District and Romsey and Stockbridge Rural District.
Test Valley covers some 250 square miles of western Hampshire, stretching from boundaries with Southampton in the south to Newbury in the north. Test Valley is a predominantly rural area. It encompasses the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The River Test is the centrepiece of the Test Valley; the river is a world renowned chalk stream of particular beauty and famous for its fishing, salmon and trout, which Lord Crickhowell (onetime chairman of the National Rivers Authority) said 'should be treated as a great work of art or music'. Home of theHoughton Fishing Club, an exclusive fishing club founded in 1822, which meets in the Grosvenor Hotel in Stockbridge.
[edit] Towns and villages
- Abbotts Ann
- Ampfield
- Amport
- Andover
- Appleshaw
- Ashley
- Awbridge
- Barton Stacey
- Bossington
- Brook
- Broughton
- Buckholt
- Bullington
- Charlton
- Chilbolton
- King's Somborne
- Houghton
- Michelmersh
- North Baddesley
- Romsey
- Stockbridge
- Tangley
- Thruxton
- Timsbury
- Wellow
[edit] Miscellaneous
Test Valley Arts Foundation is local charitable trust which exists to promote arts and local artists in the borough of Test Valley.
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