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  1. Fri 30 Oct Tall Tales and Seasonal Stories: Awesome Autumn 10.30am · The Cabin, Harmony Woods · From £10
  2. Fri 30 Oct Country Superstars 7.30pm · The Lights · From £26.50
  3. On now to 1 Nov Pumpkin patch at Bourne Valley PYO Bourne Valley PYO · Free
  4. On now to 31 Oct Halloween at Finkley Finkley Down Farm
  5. On now to 1 Nov Spooky Owl Week Hawk Conservancy Trust

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Local Info Andover Petrol Prices: Cheapest Unleaded and Diesel Today Cheapest petrol in Andover today: unleaded from 171.9p and diesel from 199.9p a litre, across 5 forecourts within 8 miles. Updated every morning from the... Weather Andover Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook Andover weather today: overcast, 14°C by day and 8°C overnight, with a 0% chance of rain and winds up to 7 mph. Seven-day forecast, updated every morning. House prices Test Valley house prices fall to lowest since April 2024 The average Test Valley home cost £368,131 in July, down £2,038 on a year earlier and the lowest since April 2024. Only two other Hampshire districts fell. · 3 min read Music Andover Music Awards 2026 Winners: Dan Parkinson Wins Two Dan Parkinson took Musician of the Year and Best Original Song at the first Andover Music Awards. The full list of 15 winners, and the date for 2027. · 3 min read Andover Room on the Broom at Harmony Woods, Andover: Tue 27 Oct Room on the Broom told at Harmony Woods on Tue 27 Oct, then hazel broomstick making, £8 a child. Plus Halloween crafts at The Diamond Wood on Sat 24 Oct. · 3 min read Romsey Romsey Christmas market 2026: Makers market Sun 13 Dec Romsey Makers Christmas Market is in the town centre on Sunday 13 December, 10am to 3pm. Before it: a charities fair, Hillier's Artful weekend, the Abbey fair. · 6 min read Romsey Romsey Winter Carnival 2026: Sat 28 Nov, parade at 6pm Romsey Winter Carnival and Lantern Parade is Saturday 28 November: procession 6pm from Crosfield Hall. Nine roads including Bell Street shut 5pm to 9pm. · 2 min read Planning Bere Hill Andover 400 Homes: NH Wants Wait to 19 January Up to 400 homes, 160 affordable, are planned at Bere Hill off Churchill Way. National Highways wants no decision before 19 January 2027; 10 comments, all objections. · 6 min read Planning Landale Wilson Hall Enham: Café, Lift and Bar Plan Lodged Enham Trust wants to extend the 1926 Landale Wilson Hall with a café, a lift, a first-floor bar and a front terrace. Comments to Test Valley close on 30 October. · 4 min read Andover town centre Andover Riverside Park £12.65m Approved in £66.9m Vote Test Valley Council unanimously approved £66.9m on 14 October: Andover's riverside park rises to £12.65m and Vigo Park to £4m. The theatre's cost stays secret. · 7 min read Planning North Baddesley 190 Homes: Persimmon Agrees £304k for Buses Persimmon agreed £304,380 for more Blue Star 4 buses before councillors met on 13 October over 190 homes at Packridge Farm. The decision is not yet published. · 6 min read Romsey Paultons Park Christmas 2026: 5 Dec to 3 Jan, from £41 Christmas at Paultons runs on 19 dates from 5 December to 3 January. Day tickets £41 in advance, £55 on the day; Santa's Grotto £26 a child, park entry extra. · 5 min read
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Andover News is the independent local news site for Andover and the rest of Test Valley: council and planning decisions, roadworks, school and bin dates, new shops and what’s on, each story linked to the record it comes from. The newest stories are at the top of this page; the News hub has the full list.

Test Valley is a long thin district with a town at each end and about twenty miles of chalk stream in between. Andover is the northern one, the larger of the two and where the council works from. Romsey is the southern one, closer to Southampton than to Andover in every way that matters day to day. Stockbridge, Whitchurch, Chilbolton, Wherwell, Longparish, the Clatfords, Timsbury, Ampfield, North Baddesley and Nursling are strung between and around them.

Andover News covers both ends. The two towns share a council, which means they share planning policy, bin rounds, car parks and council tax bands, and those decisions are published in registers that hardly anybody reads. We read them and write down what they say, with a link to the source on every fact.

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  • Andover planning news: the borough abandoned its Local Plan route on 22 July. The target is 934 homes a year and adoption has slipped to 2029.
  • Andover house prices: the middle Andover home sold for £280,000 in the year to June, the cheapest median in Test Valley. Sector by sector, from Land Registry records.
  • Andover trains to London: 68 minutes to Waterloo, twice an hour, and £6,280 for the year.
  • Andover roadworks and parking: what is closed now, and why every council car park is free after 4pm.
  • Things to do in Andover: nine days out with every price checked, four of them free.

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