https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/Local news, what's on and the information you need for Petersfield, Alton and east Hampshire.en-GBSun, 04 Oct 2026 06:43:26 +0000https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/liphook-hampshire-village-of-the-year-2026/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/liphook-hampshire-village-of-the-year-2026/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsBramshott and Liphook shares Hampshire Village of the Year 2026 with Yateley. Judges cited the carnival, Canada Day and its volunteers; Lindford was commended too.https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/bordon-sheep-killed-dogs-police-appeal/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/bordon-sheep-killed-dogs-police-appeal/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsFive sheep were put down after two dogs attacked a flock off Hartley Lane, Bordon, on 28 September. Police have released a CCTV image of the dogs. Call 101.https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/alton-christmas-lights-switch-on/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/alton-christmas-lights-switch-on/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnAlton's Christmas lights switch-on and market is on Friday 27 November 2026, 3pm to 7pm, on the High Street, Market Street and in the Assembly Rooms.https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/christmas-at-uppark/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/christmas-at-uppark/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnChristmas at Uppark opens on nine days, Sundays to Tuesdays from 6 to 22 December 2026. No booking: house entry is £10 for adults, and the garden is free.https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/petersfield-roadworks-travel/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/petersfield-roadworks-travel/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000Local InfoA3 northbound shut overnight Hazel Grove to Thursley, 5 to 8 October, and both Liss southbound slips close 7 October. Southbound closures follow from 9 October.https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/petersfield-halloween/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/petersfield-halloween/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnRogate Pumpkin Patch opens 16 October at £10 a head, Hollycombe has Halloween glow nights on 10, 17 and 31 October, and QECP carves pumpkins on the 30th and 31st.https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/treloars-memorial-unveiled-holybourne/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/treloars-memorial-unveiled-holybourne/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsA bronze memorial at Treloar's in Holybourne honours 122 boys with haemophilia given infected blood at the school. The Inquiry says around 30 survive.https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/whats-on-petersfield-this-month/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/whats-on-petersfield-this-month/Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnRogate Pumpkin Patch opens 16 October, Hollycombe glows for Halloween on 10, 17 and 31 October, and the Round Table fireworks light Bell Hill on 7 November.https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/lindford-sensory-park-weyford-playground-grants/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/lindford-sensory-park-weyford-playground-grants/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsTwo £25,000 council grants will fund an inclusive sensory park in Lindford and a new playground at Weyford primary in Bordon. £13,835 is left in the pot.https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/remembrance-sunday-petersfield/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/remembrance-sunday-petersfield/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnRemembrance Sunday is 8 November 2026. Petersfield's parade and service are in The Square at 10:15am, then the High Street war memorial. Village times too.https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/father-christmas-petersfield/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/father-christmas-petersfield/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnThe Watercress Line's Father Christmas Express runs 12 to 24 December 2026 from Ropley, £27.50 a child. QECP's grotto runs 12 to 23 December, £15.95 a child.https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/queen-elizabeth-country-park/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/queen-elizabeth-country-park/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnWinter parking at Queen Elizabeth Country Park is £2 an hour or £7 a day from October, the cafe closes at 4pm, and Halloween Hollow and the grotto need booking.https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/pub-with-no-name-priors-dean-liquidation/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/pub-with-no-name-priors-dean-liquidation/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe company behind the White Horse at Priors Dean has called a creditors' meeting for 5 October, the first step to liquidation. What the record shows.https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/bordon-health-hub-deadline-chase-hospital/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/bordon-health-hub-deadline-chase-hospital/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsEHDC will review its near £1m for the Whitehill & Bordon Health Hub unless the NHS proves the funding by 24 December. If not, it wants Chase Hospital kept.https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/east-hampshire-food-hygiene-ratings-september-2026/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/east-hampshire-food-hygiene-ratings-september-2026/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000News47 of 55 East Hampshire food inspections since 11 August earned a 5, including M&S and Aldi in Petersfield. One Dragon Street restaurant was rated 1.https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/new-in-business-petersfield-september-2026/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/new-in-business-petersfield-september-2026/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsTwelve new companies registered in Petersfield and Whitehill from 21 August to 23 September, from a fishing shop to a meat retailer. Plus two insolvency noticeshttps://petersfieldonline.co.uk/petersfield-pulens-lane-road-humps-objections/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/petersfield-pulens-lane-road-humps-objections/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsFour raised tables are proposed for Pulens Lane and Heath Road East, and objections close on 9 October. The £1.4m safety scheme starts this autumn.https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/east-meon-cinema-20-years/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/east-meon-cinema-20-years/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsTwenty years after The Constant Gardener, East Meon's village cinema marks its anniversary on Saturday 26 September, with a programme now twice the size.https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/east-hampshire-food-waste-collections-start/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/east-hampshire-food-waste-collections-start/Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsEast Hampshire food waste collection starts Monday 5 October, weekly. Collection days are on MyEHDC now; check again 3 or 4 October. Last caddies due this week.https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/east-hampshire-house-prices-july-2026/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/east-hampshire-house-prices-july-2026/Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe average East Hampshire flat is £198,995, £1,893 below July 2021. Detached homes gained £67,371 over the same five years. District average down 1.2%.https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/east-hampshire-claimant-count-august-2026/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/east-hampshire-claimant-count-august-2026/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsAlton Westbrooke has the district's highest claimant rate at 3.9%, Clanfield and Bentworth the lowest at 1.2%. Petersfield's four wards sit at or below 2.1%.https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/east-hampshire-lgr-cost-local-plan/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/east-hampshire-lgr-cost-local-plan/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe council spent £295,000 on the reorganisation ministers scrapped on 7 September and has written to ask for it back. A new Local Plan needs 30 months.https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/turtle-doves-released-selborne/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/turtle-doves-released-selborne/Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThirty turtle doves were released near Selborne in spring, and one has already laid eggs. About 100 more are being reared for a release in spring 2027.https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/east-hampshire-council-merger-withdrawn/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/east-hampshire-council-merger-withdrawn/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsMinisters have withdrawn the plan to abolish East Hampshire District Council in 2028. May 2027 polls revert to existing wards. The leader wants compensation.https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/east-hampshire-veterans-festival-petersfield/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/east-hampshire-veterans-festival-petersfield/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe East Hampshire Veterans Festival is back at Petersfield Festival Hall on Saturday 19 September, 10am to 3pm. Free drop-in for forces families, no booking.https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/fitstory-foundation-jiu-jitsu-crowdfunder/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/fitstory-foundation-jiu-jitsu-crowdfunder/Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsA Petersfield father has raised £150 of £2,500 to put 20 boys on jiu-jitsu mats in Waterlooville. The appeal closes 16 October and nothing is running yet.https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/petersfield-heath-restoration-consultation-results/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/petersfield-heath-restoration-consultation-results/Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe Heath consultation results are in: 81% back a new hard surface, 95% back tree planting. The council says its £150,000 plan needs no major changes.https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/alton-bowls-club-solar-panels-climate-grant/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/alton-bowls-club-solar-panels-climate-grant/Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsAlton Social Bowling Club's panels should make 8,700kWh a year. Seven clubs in the district have taken £61,099 from the fund, which reopened until 5 October.https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/petersfield-fireworks-bonfire-night/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/petersfield-fireworks-bonfire-night/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnThe Round Table's Bell Hill display is Saturday 7 November, fireworks at 7pm, adults £10 in advance. Steep is on the 5th, Four Marks the 6th, Bordon the 7th.https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/petersfield-taro-fair/https://petersfieldonline.co.uk/petersfield-taro-fair/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnThe council's own rule puts the Taro Fair on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday closest to 6 October. In 2026 that points to 9 to 11 October, and nobody has confirmed it yet.