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Views from my Music School
This album used to be on the Hampshire Guitar Orchestra website
Welcome to my back garden. I'm fortunate that there are some wonderful tourist attractions and some beautiful scenery here in South East Hampshire, whichever way I look.
Hampshire's County Town is Winchester - former capital of the ancient region of Wessex, and home to Hampshire County Council. Indeed, the best single source of information about Hampshire is, without a doubt, their massive website Hantsweb.
If you're visiting our site from afar, our photos will give you a little taster of this corner of England.
If you're from overseas enjoy the pronunciation delights of Hampshire with our popup poem!
Hampshire through the year...
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Idsworth Church - January | Bedhampton Church - January | Stansted House - May |
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Exbury Gardens - May | Emsworth Harbour - July | Portsmouth Harbour - July |
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Sunrise over Havant - October | A special copper Beech - October | A frozen Petersfield Lake - December |
Do you have a head for heights?
See my Spinnaker Tower photos from Portsmouth's elegant tower
See some of these photos and many more set to Elizabethan Serenade, played by the Hampshire Guitar Orchestra (hago) in our scenic video
When I formed hago it was originally called the Havant Area Guitar Orchestra. There's a whistle-stop tour of Havant and a cheesy bonus featured about Bedhampton UFOs and the world's smallest shopping centre, in the Museum here...