Picket Twenty

Picket Twenty is a suburb of Andover, in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. The centre of Andover lies to the (2.6 km) north-west of the suburb. For much of its existence it was a free-standing hamlet.

Picket Twenty
Picket Twenty
Location within Hampshire
OS grid referenceSU383454
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townANDOVER
Postcode districtSP11 6
Dialling code01264
PoliceHampshire and Isle of Wight
FireHampshire and Isle of Wight
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament

History

On the 1888 OS map, only the farmstead of "Picket Twenty Farm" is drawn, although "Pavey's Farm" is relatively nearby"[1]

Just thirteen dwellings are listed for Picket Twenty in the 1962 Kelly's Directory of Andover, it appears this number remained constant until 2008.[2]

Construction began in 2010 for 1,200 new homes on agricultural land near to the hamlet.[3] By September 2019 1158 homes were occupied. After 2017 in a further phase of development, housing was built beneath Andover Down, and relatively close to Harewood forest. A torch sculpture was completed in the village in 2024 although this proved divisive.[4]

Although an expansion of Andover, the Picket Twenty development is detached from the urban area, with a large sports ground providing a natural barrier. Picket Twenty can therefore be considered a suburb of Andover.

Both the barn and granary at Picket Twenty Farm are grade two listed.[5]

References
  1. "Picket twenty on os map". National Library Scotland.
  2. Kelly's Directory of Andover and neighbourhood 1962 lists Pickett Twenty spelt with two t's. The properties include Renthay Farm, The View, Woodside and the Bungalow
  3. "Picket Twenty". TVBC.
  4. The Mirror https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/huge-new-torch-sculpture-put-32384706
  5. "Listed buildings in picket twenty". British Listed Buildings.
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