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Clanfield began as a small farming village centred around the Church of St James (built originally in 1305 and rebuilt in 1875).

You can find it 12 miles north of Portsmouth and six miles south of Petersfield nestling in a valley to the west of the A3. It has a semi-rural character with three sides of the village being surrounded by fields including Queen Elizabeth Country Park, which makes it popular for walkers.

The name Clanfield is derived from Old English and means “field clean of weeds“. It has grown rapidly in the last century – the farming community in 1929 recorded the population as 129, by the late 1940′s almost 500, and in 1998 over 4500, with almost 1700 households.

Clanfield and Chalton Parishes were amalgamated in 1932, and were part of the Hundred of Finchdean at the time of the Domesday Survey.

The Clanfield Observatory – one of the largest and most superbly equipped amateur observatories in England – is run by the Hampshire Astronomical Group.

Clanfield is twinned with Val d’Oison, France.