Bishop's Waltham
Bishop's Waltham is a Town in the county of Hampshire.
There are great places to visit near Bishop's Waltham including some great cities, villages, lakes, towns, historic buildings, shopping centres and airports.
There are a several good cities in the Bishop's Waltham area like Portsmouth, and Winchester.
The area around Bishop's Waltham boasts some of the best villages including Southwick, Milford-on-Sea, and Hambledon.
There are a number of lakes near to Bishop's Waltham including Southwick Park Lake.
Don't miss Aldershot, Lymington, Gosport, Basingstoke, and Southampton's towns if visiting the area around Bishop's Waltham.
Bishop's Waltham is near some unmissable historic buildings like Fort Blockhouse,
There are a number of shopping centres near Bishop's Waltham including The Malls - Basingstoke, and Westquay.
Southampton Airport, and Blackbushe Airport are great places to visit near Bishop's Waltham if you like airports.
Bishop's Waltham History
There are some historic monuments around Bishop's Waltham:
Places to see near Bishop's Waltham
History of Bishop's Waltham
During the 19th century, Bishop’s Waltham was a successful market town, being home to several agricultural suppliers, merchants and a cattle market. The town also had a large brickworks to its north, along with a gasworks that provided town gas for lighting and heating the town. The town had a large enough working population by the late 19th century to support a Working Men’s Institute, which occupied an ornate brick building on Bank Street, which remained open until 2003, when it was converted into housing. Bishop’s Waltham was home to Gunner and Company, which was the last provincial private bank in the United Kingdom.
