Source : SWR
Andover is a good quick stop en route from London to Salisbury. It's a smaller town with historic buildings mainly from the 18th century. Back then, this was a stop for travelling between London, Southampton, and Oxford.
Today, the main attractions are grouped into a heritage trail.
Funded by Dr. Goddard, former Headmaster at Winchester School, St Mary's was built in the 1840s to replace a medieval church on the same site.
Just a short walk from the church are almshouses along Marlborough Street that were founded in 1686.
The only surviving section of the 12th century Andover Church is the Norman Arch.
The Angel Inn has served prominent royal visitors over the centuries. Medieval Andover was a busy place where the road to the West Country from London met the route up to Newbury.
Farmers once brought their wheat to the Town Mills to ground it to flour. According to the Domesday Book, the town had 6 mills, with the one we see today dating from 1764. It was grinding flour until the 1960s, and today serves as a pub instead.
There is a High Street with a number of shops and cafes as well as a larger indoor shopping mall. At a prominent corner fronting a large square is the Guildhall, which was built in 1825.
