Petersfield

Petersfield is a marketplace city and civil parish within the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 27 km north of Portsmouth, through the A3 avenue. The town has its own railway station at the Portsmouth Direct Line, the mainline rail link connecting Portsmouth and London. Situated on the northern slopes of the South Downs, Petersfield lies fully inside the South Downs National Park. The metropolis is on the crossroads of nicely-used north–south formerly the A3 street which now bypasses the metropolis and east–west routes these days the A272 road and it grew as a educate stop on the Portsmouth to London direction.

Petersfield is twinned with Barentin in France, and Warendorf in German. On the closest week-give up to 6 October every year the Taro Fair is hung on Petersfield Heath, a reminder of livestock festivals that have been held yearly until the 1950s. It is now a fun fair. Tarw is the Welsh shout by the herders for "Bull"; said "Taro" in English. Free fairs are held throughout the year. The Petersfield Spring Festival over the May Bank Holiday weekend, the Petersfield Summer Festival over the August Bank Holiday weekend and the Petersfield Christmas Festival Market on the primary Sunday in December.

TheatrePetersfield's Festival Hall indicates performs and concert events at some point of the year. Petersfield Youth Theatre was shaped in 1990 and performs annually at the Festival Hall, in addition to turning in projects in the course of the 12 months. Petersfield has museums, both run by means of the Petersfield Museum Trust. The Flora Twort Gallery, based totally in her old studio, shows the Bedales Historic dress collection, which includes over 1,000 portions relationship from 1720.