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|leader1 = Gordon Bailey
|leader1 = Gordon Bailey
|party1= <br/>[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|party1= <br/>[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|election1= 14 May 2025<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 14 May 2025 |url=https://democracy.testvalley.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=136&MId=3909 |website=Test Valley Borough Council |access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
|election1= 14 May 2025<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 14 May 2025 |url=https://democracy.testvalley.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=136&MId=3909 |website=Test Valley Borough Council | date=14 May 2025 |access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
|leader2_type = [[Leader of the Council|Leader]]
|leader2_type = [[Leader of the Council|Leader]]
|leader2 = Phil North
|leader2 = Phil North
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| [[Roy Perry]] || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|1985 || align=right|4 May 1994 ||
| [[Roy Perry]] || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|1985 || align=right|4 May 1994 ||
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| Eileen Haselden<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 4 May 1994 |url=https://democracy.testvalley.gov.uk/CeListDocuments.aspx?CommitteeId=136&MeetingId=887&DF=04%2f05%2f1994&Ver=2 |website=Test Valley Borough Council |access-date=26 December 2024}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|4 May 1994 || align=right|17 May 1995 ||
| Eileen Haselden<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 4 May 1994 |url=https://democracy.testvalley.gov.uk/CeListDocuments.aspx?CommitteeId=136&MeetingId=887&DF=04%2f05%2f1994&Ver=2 |website=Test Valley Borough Council | date=4 May 1994 |access-date=26 December 2024}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|4 May 1994 || align=right|17 May 1995 ||
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| Eileen Haselden || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || rowspan=2 align=right|17 May 1995 || rowspan=2 align=right|14 May 1997 || rowspan=2|Joint leaders
| Eileen Haselden || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || rowspan=2 align=right|17 May 1995 || rowspan=2 align=right|14 May 1997 || rowspan=2|Joint leaders
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===Composition===
===Composition===
Following the [[2023 Test Valley Borough Council election|2023 election]], the composition of the council was:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2023/may/04/elections-2023-results-live-local-council-england#le-full-results|title=Local elections 2023: live council results for England|work=The Guardian}}</ref>
Following the [[2023 Test Valley Borough Council election|2023 election]], the composition of the council was:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2023/may/04/elections-2023-results-live-local-council-england#le-full-results|title=Local elections 2023: live council results for England|work=The Guardian|date=9 May 2023 |last1=Voce |first1=Antonio |last2=Leach |first2=Anna |last3=Hoog |first3=Niels de |last4=Torpey |first4=Paul |last5=Clarke |first5=Seán }}</ref>


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!Name<ref>{{Cite web |title=Parish Profiles - Test Valley Borough Council (TVBC) |url=https://www.testvalley.gov.uk/communityandleisure/my-local-area-new/parish-profiles |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=www.testvalley.gov.uk|date=23 April 2025 }}</ref>
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=== Bus & Coach ===
=== Bus & Coach ===
A number of bus operators operate in Test Valley. [[Stagecoach South]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stagecoach |url=https://www.stagecoachbus.com/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=Stagecoach}}</ref> has a depot in Andover, and operates most of the routes in north Test valley and Andover. [[Salisbury Reds (bus company)|Salisbury Reds]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salisbury Reds Rural Map |url=https://images-salisburyreds.passenger-website.com/2025-05/Reds_NETWORK_COUNTRY%20RURAL%20MAP_MARCH%202025__MASTER.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=Salisbury Reds}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Salisbury Reds |url=https://www.salisburyreds.co.uk/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=Salisbury Reds}}</ref> and [[Bluestar (bus company)|Bluestar]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bluestar |url=https://www.bluestarbus.co.uk/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=Bluestar}}</ref> (including [[Unilink]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Unilink |url=https://www.unilinkbus.co.uk/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=Unilink}}</ref>), both [[Go-Ahead Group]] companies, operate most of the routes in south Test valley and Romsey.  
A number of bus operators operate in Test Valley. [[Stagecoach South]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stagecoach |url=https://www.stagecoachbus.com/ |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=Stagecoach}}</ref> has a depot in Andover, and operates most of the routes in north Test valley and Andover. [[Salisbury Reds (bus company)|Salisbury Reds]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salisbury Reds Rural Map |url=https://images-salisburyreds.passenger-website.com/2025-05/Reds_NETWORK_COUNTRY%20RURAL%20MAP_MARCH%202025__MASTER.pdf |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=Salisbury Reds}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Salisbury Reds |url=https://www.salisburyreds.co.uk/ |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=Salisbury Reds}}</ref> and [[Bluestar (bus company)|Bluestar]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bluestar |url=https://www.bluestarbus.co.uk/ |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=Bluestar}}</ref> (including [[Unilink]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Unilink |url=https://www.unilinkbus.co.uk/ |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=Unilink}}</ref>), both [[Go-Ahead Group]] companies, operate most of the routes in south Test valley and Romsey.  
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|X7<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Salisbury Reds X7, X7R |url=https://www.salisburyreds.co.uk/services/SWWD/X7 |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=Salisbury Reds}}</ref>
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*[[The Breeze (Andover)|Greatest Hits Radio Berkshire & North Hampshire]]
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*[[Andover Radio]] (serving [[Andover, Hampshire|Andover]])
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==See also==
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==References==
==References==

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Test Valley is a local government district with borough status in Hampshire, England, named after the valley of the River Test. The council is based in the borough's largest town of Andover. The borough also contains the town of Romsey and numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. A small part of the borough at its southern end lies within the New Forest National Park, and part of the borough north of Andover lies within the North Wessex Downs, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The neighbouring districts are Basingstoke and Deane, Winchester, and Eastleigh rto the east, Southampton and New Forest to the south, Wiltshire to the west and West Berkshire to the north.

History

The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering the area of four former districts which were all abolished at the same time:[1]

The new district was named Test Valley after the River Test which flows through the area.[2] The district was awarded borough status on 22 October 1976, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor.[3]

Governance

Template:Infobox legislature Test Valley Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Hampshire County Council. The whole district is also covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government.[4]

In the part of the borough within the New Forest National Park, town planning is the responsibility of the New Forest National Park Authority. The borough council appoints one of its councillors to serve on the 22-person National Park Authority.[5]

Political control

The council has been under Conservative majority control since 1999.

The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially acting as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements took effect on 1 April 1974. Political control since 1974 has been as follows:[6]

Party in control Years
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Leadership

The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Test Valley. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1980 have been:[7]

Councillor Party From To Notes
John Morgan
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Roy Perry
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Eileen Haselden[8]
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Eileen Haselden
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Mark Cooper
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Mark Cooper[9]
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Norman Arnell[10]
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Ian Carr[11][12]
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Phil North[13]
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Composition

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Total 43

The next election is due in 2027.[15]

Elections

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Premises

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Andover Guildhall, one of the council's meeting places.

The council has its main offices at Beech Hurst in Andover. The site had previously been a large house built in the 1850s, which had been purchased in 1947 by the old Andover Borough Council to use as its headquarters. The house continued to serve as offices for Test Valley after the new council's creation in 1974 until 1990 when it was demolished and replaced by a modern building on the same site, retaining the Beech Hurst name.[17] The council also maintains a smaller office at the former Magistrates' Court on Church Street in Romsey.[18] Full council meetings are held alternately at Andover Guildhall and at Crosfield Hall in Romsey.[19]

Geography

Test Valley covers some Template:Convert of western Hampshire, stretching from boundaries with Southampton in the south to near Newbury in the north. Test Valley is a predominantly rural area. It includes part of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The River Test is the centrepiece of the Test Valley; the river is a chalk stream of particular beauty known for its fishing, salmon and trout, which Lord Crickhowell (onetime chairman of the National Rivers Authority) said "should be treated as a great work of art or music". Stockbridge is home of the Houghton Fishing Club, an exclusive fishing club founded in 1822, which meets in the Grosvenor Hotel.

Demographics

In December 2006, Sport England published a survey which revealed that residents of Test Valley were the 8th most active in England in sports and other fitness activities. 26.9% of the population participate at least 3 times a week for 30 minutes.[20]

In March 2012 Test Valley was ranked 14th best rural area to live out of 119 local authority areas in Great Britain by the Halifax. This was based on factors including employment and income levels, the weather, health and life expectancy, education, crime, broadband access and other things.[21][22]

Towns and parishes

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Name[24] Status Population Area (ha) Population denisty (people/ha) Ward/s[25]
Abbotts Ann Civil Parish 1,331 1281.75 1.02 Anna; Andover Millway
Ampfield Civil Parish 1,762 966.32 1.81 Ampfield & Braishfield
Amport Civil Parish 1,228 1619.52 0.76 Anna
Andover Town 50,887 2087.37 24.43 Andover Downlands; Andover Harroway; Andover Romans; Andover St Mary's; Andover Winton; Andover Millway; Anna
Appleshaw Civil Parish 606 584.76 1.03 Bellinger
Ashley Civil Parish 68 764.74 0.09 Mid Test
Awbridge Civil Parish 767 482.7 1.58 Blackwater
Barton Stacey Civil Parish 1,049 2031.51 0.52 Harewood
Bossington Civil Parish 58 607.71 0.1 Mid Test
Braishfield Civil Parish 688 983.19 0.7 Ampfield & Braishfield
Broughton Civil Parish 1,079 1533.58 0.7 Mid Test
Buckholt Civil Parish 16 350.42 0.05 Mid Test
Bullington Civil Parish 110 661.22 0.17 Harewood
Charlton Civil Parish 2,048 245.19 8.41 Charlton & the Pentons
Chilbolton Civil Parish 978 1267.71 0.77 Harewood
Chilworth Civil Parish 1,177 1062.6 1.15 Chilworth, Nurslings & Rownhams
East Dean Civil Parish 239 433.2 0.54 Mid Test
East Tytherley Civil Parish 187 1061.37 0.18 Mid Test
Enham Alamein Civil Parish 773 346.58 3 Bourne Valley; Andover Romans
Faccombe Civil Parish 96 1079.44 0.09 Bourne Valley
Frenchmoor Civil Parish 45 153.81 0.29 Mid Test
Fyfield Civil Parish 338 224.38 1.52 Bellinger
Goodworth Clatford Civil Parish 747 1141.87 0.65 Anna
Grateley Civil Parish 664 627.82 1.06 Anna
Houghton Civil Parish 467 1081.72 0.44 Mid Test
Hurstbourne Tarrant Civil Parish 855 1957.09 0.44 Bourne Valley
Kimpton Civil Parish 365 1122.16 0.33 Bellinger
King's Somborne Civil Parish 1,627 2722.87 0.6 Mid Test
Leckford Civil Parish 133 915.92 0.15 Mid Test
Linkenholt Civil Parish 44 434.02 0.1 Bourne Valley
Little Somborne Civil Parish 82 783.83 0.1 Mid Test
Lockerley Civil Parish 825 624.02 1.33 Mid Test
Longparish Civil Parish 653 2156.02 0.3 Harewood
Longstock Civil Parish 467 1207.97 0.39 Mid Test
Melchet Park and Plaitford Civil Parish 389 754.42 0.51 Blackwater
Michelmersh and Timsbury Civil Parish 915 1127.85 0.81 Blackwater; Ampfield & Braishfield
Monxton Civil Parish 279 449.97 0.62 Anna
Mottisfont Civil Parish 406 1185.36 0.34 Mid Test
Nether Wallop Civil Parish 895 2983.05 0.3 Mid Test
North Baddesley Civil Parish 7,164 779.88 9.19 North Baddesley
Nursling and Rownhams Civil Parish 5,605 1169.78 4.72 Chilworth, Nurslings & Rownhams
Over Wallop Civil Parish 2,429 1891.28 1.28 Anna; Mid Test
Penton Grafton Civil Parish 794 763.37 1.04 Charlton & the Pentons
Penton Mewsey Civil Parish 394 431.06 0.94 Charlton & the Pentons
Quarley Civil Parish 150 648.25 0.22 Anna
Romsey Town 21,540 3623.53 5.94 Blackwater; Romsey Cupernham; Ampfield & Braishfield; Romsey Tadburn; Romsey Abbey; Chilworth, Nurslings & Rownhams
Sherfield English Civil Parish 707 850.78 0.83 Blackwater
Shipton Bellinger Civil Parish 1,493 1034.62 1.45 Bellinger
Smannell Civil Parish 495 589.14 0.49 Bourne Valley; Andover Romans
Stockbridge Civil Parish 553 585.72 0.96 Mid Test
Tangley Civil Parish 542 1615.97 0.34 Bourne Valley
Thruxton Civil Parish 620 632.97 0.97 Bellinger
Upper Clatford Civil Parish 1,613 937.18 1.72 Anna
Valley Park Civil Parish 7,381 273.73 27 Valley Park; North Baddesley; Chilworth, Nurslings & Rownhams
Vernham Dean Civil Parish 488 1585.02 0.31 Bourne Valley
Wellow Civil Parish 3,409 1565.22 2.16 Blackwater
West Tytherley Civil Parish 568 1180.36 0.48 Mid Test
Wherwell Civil Parish 454 1469.98 0.31 Harewood

Transport

Rail

There are three rail lines in service in Test Valley; these being the West of England line, Wessex Main Line and Eastleigh–Romsey line. On the West of England line are Andover railway station and Grateley railway station. From Andover there are half-hourly trains to London Waterloo via Basingstoke, plus half-hourly trains to Salisbury, with some continuing to destinations such as Exeter St Davids and Yeovil Junction. Grateley operates hourly trains in both directions. Both of these stations are only served by SWR. On the Wessex Main line are Romsey railway station and Mottisfont & Dunbridge railway station, plus Dean railway station which is located just across the Wiltshire border in West Dean. All three stations are operated by SWR, Romsey is also served by GWR. Mottisfont & Dunbridge and Dean are served by trains towards Salisbury, and trains towards Romsey, where they loop either towards Chandler's Ford first (on the Eastleigh-Romsey line) or Redbridge, going on to call at both Southampton Central and Eastleigh, eventually looping back to Romsey, either terminating there or continuing to Salisbury. Romsey also has GWR services towards Portsmouth Harbour via Southampton and Fareham. And GWR towards Cardiff Central via Salisbury, Bath Spa, Bristol Temple Meads and Newport.

Bus & Coach

A number of bus operators operate in Test Valley. Stagecoach South[26] has a depot in Andover, and operates most of the routes in north Test valley and Andover. Salisbury Reds[27][28] and Bluestar[29] (including Unilink[30]), both Go-Ahead Group companies, operate most of the routes in south Test valley and Romsey.

Bus Operator Between Via (only in Test Valley) Via (major outside Test Valley)
1 / N1[31] Bluestar Winchester - Southampton Chilworth
1[32] Stagecoach Internal Andover King Arthur's Way, Roman Way, Cricketers Way, Tesco Extra
C1 Hampshire Community Transport Appleshaw - Andover Clanville, Penton, Andover train station
2[33] Stagecoach Internal Andover East Anton
3[34] Stagecoach Internal Andover Charlton, Saxon Way, Artist's Way, Picket Twenty, (sometimes) Andover train station
4[35] Bluestar Romsey - Southampton North Baddesley, Rownhams, Nursling
4[36] Stagecoach Internal Andover Harrow Way, The Drove, Picket Piece, Tesco Extra, (sometimes) Andover train station
5[37] Bluestar Romsey - Eastleigh North Baddesley, Valley Park *
5[38] Stagecoach Andover - Andover Monxton, Amport, Grateley, Grateley train station, Quarley, Thructon, Weyhill, (sometimes) Portway indutrial estate
7[39] Stagecoach Andover - Newbury Tesco Extra, Enham Alamein, Hurstbourne Tarrant Highclere
7[40] Stagecoach Winchester - Sparsholt & Salisbury Stockbridge Sparsholt, Sparsholt College
X7[41] Salisbury Reds Salisbury - Southampton Plaitford, Wellow Totton
X7R[41] Salisbury Reds Salisbury - Southampton Shootash, Romsey Totton
Activ8[42][43] Stagecoach & Salisbury reds Andover - Salisbury Andover train station, Weyhill Ludgershall, Tidworth, Amesbury
U8[44] Unilink University - Science Park Chilworth
16[45] Stagecoach Winchester - Stockbridge Little Somborne, King's Somborne, Stockbridge, Houghton
17[46] Bluestar Weston - Southampton - Adanac Park Nursling
032[47] National Express[48] London - Salisbury West Wellow Southampton, Winchester, Basingstoke, Heathrow
35[49] Bluestar Romsey - Braishfield
37[50] Salisbury Reds Salisbury - Lockerley East Dean, West Tytherley, Lockerley West Dean
46 Hampshire Community Transport Chilworth - Lords Hill Rownhams
46[51] Stagecoach Winchester - North Baddesley Valley Park
54 Hampshire Community Transport Romsey - Wherwell Houghton, King's Somborne, Stockbridge, Longstock, Chilbolton, Wherwell
61[52] Bluestar Bevois Valley - Nursling Industrial Estate Southampton Central
66[53] Stagecoach Romsey - Winchester Ampfield
66[54] Salisbury Reds Shipton Bellinger - Salisbury Porton, Laverstock
66[55] Stagecoach Shipton Bellinger - Salisbury Porton, Laverstock
67 / X67[55] Stagecoach Tidworth - Salisbury Shipton Bellinger Porton, Laverstock
68[56] Stagecoach Winchester - Salisbury Stockbridge Peter Symonds College
75[56][57] Stagecoach Andover - Winchester Bullington Sutton Scotney, South Wonston
76[58] Stagecoach Andover - Basingstoke Whitchurch, Overton, Oakley
87[55] Stagecoach Andover - Salisbury Anna Valley, Kentsboro, Middle Wallop Lopcombe, Winterslow
87[59] Salisbury Reds Winterslow - Salisbury Middle Wallop Lopcombe, Winterslow
Andover[60] Broughton & Mottisfont Community Bus Dunbridge - Andover Mottisfont, Broughton, Stockbridge
RMS[60] Broughton & Mottisfont Community Bus Stockbridge - Romsey Houghton, Broughton, Mottisfont, Dunbridge, Awbridge
Salisbury[60] Broughton & Mottisfont Community Bus Dunbridge - Salisbury Mottsfont, Broughton, Over Wallop
Southampton[60] Broughton & Mottisfont Community Bus Stockbridge - Southampton Houghton, Broughton, Mottisfont, Dunbridge, Timsbury
Winchester[60] Broughton & Mottisfont Community Bus Dunbridge - Winchester Mottisfont, Broughton, Stockbridge

* Specific journeys start in Shootash, and stop at Sherfield English; Plaitford; Wellow and rejoins in Romsey, but doesn't serve Romsey bus station

Media

Television

The area is served by BBC South and ITV Meridian with television signals received from either Rowridge or Hannington TV transmitters.[61][62]

Radio

Radio stations for the area are:

References

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External links

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