St. Peter's Church

Welcome to Stockbridge

A lovely village in the heart of the valley of the River Test; a wide main street with pleasingly varied shops and houses; a view of trees and fields as the hills rise at the end of the High Street - these are the first things which strike the visitor to our town.

If you want a meal or a drink or to stay for a night, there are many welcoming hotels, pubs and guest houses, some of which were once coaching inns. There are many interesting arts and crafts shops, galleries, delicatessen and fishing tackle shops.  You can feed ducks in one of the streams which run beneath the road; or you can walk down by the gently rippling river, the finest trout stream in England, with swans, coot, moorhens and the occasional heron to be seen. Not far off there is the Iron Age hillfort at Danebury, built by our Forebears 2,500 years ago. It's massive ramparts still have the power to impress.

Around Stockbridge there are many places to visit, many footpaths to explore, all in Hampshire countryside which remains rich in beauty, despite all the changes of the past century.

Whether for a brief stopover or a longer stay, Stockbridge has much to offer. You can learn more about its history, its special features and its environment in the pages of this web site. We hope it will tempt you to come and see all that goes on in this well-loved town.