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Dist:0.4km north<br/>
©Jon S
Dist:0.9km north<br/>
©Trish Steel
Dist:1.0km north<br/>
©Trish Steel
Dist:1.0km northeast<br/>The road leading away from the viewpoint meanders around in a generally westerly direction until it eventually connects with the A3057 at SU350241. The road at the right leads to Berry Down Farm.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:1.0km north<br/>
©Trish Steel
Dist:1.0km north<br/>This tiny church stands in one of the most lovely parts of Hampshire. Surrounded by farmland, it has views that stretch south over the Downs towards the Isle of Wight, which on a clear day actually becomes visible.
©Trish Steel
Dist:1.0km north<br/>The modern font commemorates the Millennium and was dedicated by the Bishop of Winchester. It was designed by the late Michael Renton as his last commission, carved at Salisbury Cathedral Works. The inscription reads, 'A thousand years are but as a day in the sight of the Lord'.
©Trish Steel
Dist:1.0km north<br/>The parish of Farley, meaning 'meadow over the way' in Anglo-Saxon, was mentioned in the Saxon charter of Rigeleah, and again in the Domesday Book.
©Trish Steel
Dist:1.0km north<br/>There was a timber church on the site in early Saxon times. The present church dates from Norman times and the Norman south door still remains. The walls are flint and rubble. The manorial lands of Farley were given to Herbert Fitz-Remi, Chamberlain to William the Conqueror, from whence the village of Farley Chamberlayne derived its name.
©Trish Steel
Dist:1.0km north<br/>The church is dedicated to St John.
©Alan Rolfe
Dist:1.0km northeast<br/>The gazetteer says this is 'near to Upper Slackstead' but you have to pass through Lower Slackstead to get to it.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:1.1km northeast<br/>The sign just visible at the right says 'Berry Down Farm only' which isn't strictly true. The road ahead is public highway and it connects to 'another route with public access'.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:1.1km east<br/>
©Jon S
Dist:1.1km west<br/>From the SW
©Pierre Terre
Dist:1.2km northeast<br/>Some might say that the presence of the electricity pylon and cables is an eyesore in a rural area. That may be so but they are an invaluable aid to navigation.
©Brian Robert Marshall

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