Picket Twenty

Human settlement in England

Andover

District

Test Valley

Hampshire

Region

South East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townANDOVERPostcode districtSP11 6Dialling code01264Police Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire Hampshire and Isle of Wight Ambulance South Central UK Parliament

North West Hampshire

List of places: UK; England; Hampshire

51°12′27″N 1°27′07″W / 51.20739°N 1.45181°W / 51.20739; -1.45181

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.

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

^ "Picket twenty on os map". National Library Scotland.
^ 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
^ "Picket Twenty". TVBC.
^ The Mirror https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/huge-new-torch-sculpture-put-32384706
^ "Listed buildings in picket twenty". British Listed Buildings.