Cultural East Hampshire

Discover our rich cultural life, our literary associations, thriving arts and music scene, historic homes and ancient history.

Local arts and crafts:

• decorative arts housed in the Allen Gallery 
• innovative world art and design at Bedales Gallery
• pottery and gifts at Grayshott Pottery
• exquisite hand crafted furniture at the Edward Barnsley tradition workshop near Petersfield
• the Selborne Gallery where the Hampshire Artists Cooperative exhibit
• the Phoenix Theatre and Arts Centre.

• The exquisite window in All Saints Church, Steep, commemorates local poet Edward Thomas.
• John Keats was inspired to write some of his finest verse in the chapel at Stansted House, Rowlands Castle. 
• Flora Thompson delighted in the Weavers Down and the Holly Hills at Liphook.
• Selborne was home to the Reverend Gilbert White, whose "The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne" (1789) still attracts international recognition.
• Part of Jane Austen's prolific literary life was spent in her engaging home in Chawton.

Follow in the footsteps of some of these literary greats, details on our walking page.

 Jane Austen