Visit Alton

30/09/2026

28/09/2026

**Eleven walks still have places**

Alton’s Autumn Walking Festival returns from Monday 12 to Sunday 18 October 2026, offering 22 guided walks through the town, surrounding villages and Hampshire countryside. As of 25 September, eleven walks are fully booked, while eleven still have places available.

History lovers can join the Alton Town Guides’ Civil War Walk on Tuesday 13 October or Town Walk on Saturday 17 October. Those drawn to local stories can discover Jane Austen’s Alton on Thursday 15 October or take Around the back of Alton on Friday 16 October. Countryside walks with places still available include Bentworth Circular, Four Marks to Alton – a longer way, Hawkley, East Tisted and Newton Valence, and Farmland and Woods around West Meon.

Places currently available
Tuesday 13 October:
Farnham to Alton (17 miles)
Alton Town Guides’ Civil War Walk (2 miles)

Wednesday 14 October:
Bentworth Circular Walk (5 miles)
Four Marks to Alton – a longer way (11 miles)

Thursday 15 October:
Hawkley, East Tisted and Newton Valence (10 miles)
Discovering Jane Austen’s Alton (3 miles)

Friday 16 October:
Around the back of Alton (2 miles)

Saturday 17 October:
Alton Town Guides’ Town Walk (2 miles)

Sunday 18 October:
Farmland and Woods around West Meon (5.8 miles)

If you are interested in a fully booked walk you can join its waiting list, as places may become available through cancellations.

Please check each walk’s pace and details before booking. https://bookwhen.com/aawf2026

Alton Town Council Walk Alton Newbury Building Society Medstead Physiotherapy

12/09/2026

Another lovely day in Alton
Meet the Town Guides at Alton Heritage event at the Assembly Rooms Alton TODAY! Saturday 12 September from 10am to 3pm
And look out for the next guided town walk next Saturday 19 September- 11am at the Cairn Alton High Street.

22/08/2026

Great to see the Town busy ! Classic car show on until 3pm

11/08/2026

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Stand By!
Next Alton guided town walk is next Saturday at 11 AM - The Cairn Alton High Street.
That is 15th August.
Spread the word

14/07/2026

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Hi everyone spread th word next Alton Town walk is 11 am next Saturday 18 July.
Enjoy😃

20/06/2026

The start of Alton’s Regency week today

15/06/2026

Sadly the event has been cancelled !

2026 EVENT CANCELLED

The organisers regretfully announce that the 2026 Alton Bus Rally & Running Day planned for Sunday 19th July has been cancelled.

Although we were advised that building works were scheduled to take place at the college during the 2026 college summer holidays, the locations of work and the external space needed to carry out these works have only recently been advised and they are significantly larger than anticipated which will severely restrict bus movements. The areas affected by these works are critical for the event to operate and ultimately means less space for exhibits and bus services being drastically cut back. With only a handful of vehicles running in service there would be less variety of vehicles and routes operating as well as insufficient capacity for the number of visitors.

We feel we would not be able to provide a safe event to the standard or quality that we strive to achieve and that people have come to expect and therefore we have had to make the difficult decision to cancel the event. As you can imagine this has been an agonising decision to make and one which has not been taken lightly.

We would like to thank everyone who has entered a vehicle or stall and those who were planning to visit the event and we apologise for any inconvenience the cancellation may cause you.

We will publicise the cancellation as widely as possible and we will contact everyone who has entered a vehicle or stall to the event. All stall holders that have paid for a pitch at the event will receive a full refund.

Right now our priority is to get the cancellation message out, contact entrants and refund stall holders. Once the dust has settled we will look at options for next year’s event and a further announcement will be made later in the year in relation to this.

We would like to point out that the issues that caused the event to be moved from Anstey Park all still prevail, so returning to Anstey Park is not an option and there is no other suitable alternative site in Alton big enough for the event. In any case there is now insufficient time to move the event to another site, it took the team 15 months of work and planning to relocate the event from Anstey Park to Alton College.

The team are truly sorry for all those that were looking forward to our event, but we hope that you will all understand and support our decision.

Claire & the Alton Bus Rally & Running Day Organising Team
15/06/2026

04/06/2026

🚶‍♀️ Join our next Chawton Village Walk on Saturday 27 June and explore the village Jane Austen knew and loved in the gorgeous summertime.

Led by an expert guide, you’ll discover some of the houses and views that she knew, with readings from her novels and letters bringing her world to life.

🔗 Book now: https://janeaustens.house/events/chawton-village-walk-27/

27/05/2026

This gentle market town is enjoying a renaissance as a destination with its own distinctive character, edge and tastes