Bentley, Hampshire

Bentley
Bentley
	The Bentley Archer
	Bentley Location within Hampshire
Population	1,116 (2011)
OS grid reference	SU785445
Civil parish	Bentley;
District	East Hampshire;
Shire county	Hampshire;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	FARNHAM
Postcode district	GU10
Dialling code	01420
Police	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Fire	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	East Hampshire;
	List of places UK England Hampshire 51°11′38″N 0°52′39″W / 51.19401°N 0.87756°W

Bentley is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. The parish has changed little over centuries and currently measures 2,299 acres (9.30 km²), the same size it measured in 1875^[1]^: 33 when the population was 731 The village is north of the A31 road between Farnham and Alton, about five miles (8 km) southwest of Farnham and six miles (10 km) northeast of Alton. The village is served by Bentley railway station, which is about one mile (1.6 km) to the south, in the parish of Binsted against Alice Holt Forest.

There are two pubs in the village: The Star Inn (named after a car)^[2] and The Bull Inn.^[3]

Culture

Bentley was the location of a Radio 4 and ITV Docu-Drama from the 1990s called The Village, which focused on local residents and their daily lives.^[4]

Twinned with Newton Haven the village is proud of its culture.

Notable residents

Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, founder of the Scout Movement, lived in Bentley at Pax Hill^[5]
Sir William Pike, Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff
Harold Sanderson, the owner of the White Star Line, learned of the sinking of the Titanic whilst at his home Jenkyn Place in Bentley.