| Preston Candover | |
|---|---|
 The village pump at Preston Candover | |
  Preston Candover Location within Hampshire | |
| Population | 357 [1] 510 (2011 Census including Bradley and Moundsmere)[2] |
| OS grid reference | SU6069341721 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BASINGSTOKE |
| Postcode district | RG25 |
| Dialling code | 01256 |
| Police | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Preston Candover and Nutley Parish Council |
Preston Candover is a village and large civil parish in Hampshire, England. It has two churches, only one of which is still in use. Its nearest town is Basingstoke, approximately 4.5 miles (7.2 km) away. It has an acreage of 3,457 acres (13.99 km2), which lies on comparatively low ground, south of the high country round the surrounding villages of Farleigh Wallop and Nutley, and north-west of that which rises to Wield and beyond to Bentworth. The village itself lies on the lowest ground towards the west of the parish on the road which comes northeast from Northington and the two other Candovers, and runs across the parish to enter Nutley at Axford and continues uphill to Farleigh Wallop and then to Basingstoke.
The village was home to the late Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover and his wife Anya Linden, of the supermarket Sainsbury family. [3]
- ^ "Census data". Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ^ "Ex-supermarket boss Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover dies at 94". BBC News. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.