THE VYNE
nr Basingstoke, Hampshire

Day task   50 miles from central London
637 566 (OS sheets 175/186) Nearest major route M3, J6 or M4, J11 Nearest station Basingstoke (3 miles)
  • From M3:
    1. Leave by Junction 6 signposted for A339. Follow signs for A340, District Hospital, Tadley, Aldermaston. At start of A340 notice on your LEFT AA building and then the District Hospital.
    2. Go along A340 for about 4 miles, passing through SHERBORNE ST. JOHN.
    3. Then about ½ mile further notice brown sign to The Vyne. Turn RIGHT.
    4. After about 1 mile at T-junction, turn RIGHT into VYNE ROAD.
    5. The Vyne is 1 mile on RIGHT. Park in the Main Car Park.
  • From M4:
    1. Leave by Junction 11 signposted for A33 Basingstoke. At SECOND roundabout 200 yds from motorway, continue over for a distance of 6 miles. At roundabout take RIGHT turning to SHERFIELD on LODDON. In 100 yards, at staggered junction, go straight across.
    2. Follow road for about 3 miles to BRAMLEY.
    3. At the end of BRAMLEY village there is a brown sign to The Vyne. Turn LEFT into VYNE ROAD.
    4. The Vyne is about 2 miles on the RIGHT. Park in the Main Car Park.

Built in the early 16th Century for Lord Sandys, Henry VIII's Lord Chamberlain. Sold in 1653 to Chaloner Chute, a fearless advocate, who ended his career as Speaker of the House of Commons under Richard Cromwell. House stayed in the family until 1956 when the last in the line - at the Vyne - bequeathed it plus contents and 1,000 acres to the Trust.