Bentley, Hampshire


Bentley is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. The parish has changed little over centuries and currently measures, the same size it measured in 1875. when the population was 731 The village is south of the A31 road between Farnham and Alton, about five miles southwest of Farnham and six miles northeast of Alton. The village is served by Bentley railway station, which is about one mile to the south, in the parish of Binsted against Alice Holt Forest.
There are two pubs in the village: The Star Inn and The Bull Inn.

Culture

Bentley was the location of a Radio 4 and ITV Docu-Drama from the 1990s called The Village, which focused on local residents and their daily lives.
Twinned with Newton Haven the village is proud of its culture.

Notable residents