Jane Austen

    The two main places that one can visit associated with this timeless writer are Bath and Chawton. In Bath there is the Jane Austen Centre which concentrates on her time in Bath and the effect that the city had on her writing.  She lived at Chawton in her later days and it is here that she finished Pride and Prejudice and wrote Persuasion. Chawton is a beautiful village near Winchester and the house is open to the public.

    Other places that you can visit associated with the great lady are Lyme Regis (where she set Louisa's fall in Persuasion), the church at Steventon, near Basingstoke where her father was rector. Her grave is in the north aisle of Winchester Cathedral and, nearby, you can also see the house where she died although it is a private residence.