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Overton Jane Austen Trails
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A series of trails starting in the beautiful village of Overton, Hampshire and going out to Steventon, the birthplace of Jane Austen #UKSPF

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"Earle Harwood has been again giving uneasiness to his family, & Talk to the Neighbourhood"
Jane Austen, November 1800

Walking to Jane Austen's birthplace and home for 25 years at Steventon, passing Deane House the home of her friends the Harwood family where she danced and dined.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Beautiful autumn colours this weekend walking from Overton to Jane Austen's birthplace and home for 25 years at Steventon 🍂

Detailed directions for all the Overton Jane Austen Trails www.overtonjaneaustentrails.org

#janeausten #autumn #walking #wellbeing #visithampshire #hampshire
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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On 30th Oct 1811 Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen was published.
Austen had started writing her novel 16 years earlier in 1795 while living in Steventon, Hampshire. The Overton Jane Austen trails cross the beautiful country to her birthplace and home for 25 years at Steventon

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October 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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'The sweet scenes of autumn'
Persuasion by Jane Austen

Autumn has arrived on the Overton Jane Austen Trails🍂
For detailed directions for all the trails see www.overtonjaneaustentrails.org

#janeausten #JaneAusten250 #hampshire #walking #autumn #autumncolours
October 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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'The sweet scenes of autumn'
Persuasion by Jane Austen

Walking in Jane Austen’s footsteps across the Hampshire countryside from Overton to Steventon, her birthplace and home for 25 years, on a sunny morning in October with the leaves starting to turn 🍂

#janeausten #hampshire #autumn #walking
October 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Simón de Bolivar the alpaca 🦙 at Quidhampton on the Overton to Steventon Jane Austen trails

Walking from Overton to Steventon, Jane Austen's birthplace and home for 25 years where she wrote early versions of Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility and Northanger Abbey.

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October 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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'Let us have the luxury of silence'
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Sometimes you just need a bit of peace and quiet! 😍

Following the path of the River Test from Overton to its source at Ashe and then on to Austen's birthplace at Steventon in Hampshire
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October 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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'Jane Austen lived a hundred years ago. But when you tramp that five miles from Overton, where the railroad station is, to Steventon, where she was born, it doesn’t seem like it. Rural England doesn’t change much'
Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women, Elbert Hubbard 1897
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October 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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''...we have had some very delightful days, our 5th & 6th were what the 5th & 6th of October should always be...'
Jane Austen, October 1808

Blue skies, leaves starting to turn yellow and a slight autumnal chill in the air on the Overton Jane Austen Trails 🍂

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October 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Wonderful blog post from @npritchard-pink.bsky.social exploring literary pilgrimage and how we feel closer to Jane Austen when we visit the places she was connected to!

#JaneAusten #Literarypilgrimage #Literarytourism #steventon #hampshire #walkinginthefootsteps

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'Show me that precise spot where Louise Musgrave fell': The Allure of Literary Pilgrimage
Searching for Austen-land
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September 26, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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In 1901 Constance and Ellen Hill visited 'every place associated' with Jane Austen in order to better understand the 'great novelist'. Ellen made line drawings at each location!
Deane House, the Deane Gate Inn and Steventon Church on the Overton Jane Austen Trails in 1901 and now!
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September 23, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Some wonderful ideas for car-free Jane Austen adventures on the Good Journey website! Including walking in Jane Austen's footsteps from Overton to Steventon 😍
#JaneAusten #carfree #SustainableLiving #walking

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Car-free Jane Austen adventures
2025 is the 250th birthday of Jane Austen. There are many different festivals, events and activities taking place across the UK to mark the anniversary. Many of the places where Austen lived and worke...
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September 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Join us for a FREE 2.5 mile guided walk - Overton in Jane Austen's time - part of Heritage Open Days, Sat 13 Sept 11am - booking essential!

Booking: ticketsource.co.uk/.../overton-...
Austen was born in Steventon, less than 3 miles from Overton

Learn more overtonjaneaustentrails.org
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September 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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The Jane Austen plaque in Steventon Church, Hampshire where her father was rector and where she was christened in April 1776. Inside the peaceful interior of the church are memorial stones to Jane' friends and family including her brother James who was also rector.

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September 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Happy #InternationalDogDay 🐶
Walking from Overton to Jane Austen's birthplace and home for 25 years at Steventon where she wrote early versions of Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility & Northanger Abbey.
Detailed directions overtonjaneaustentrails.org #JaneAusten #dogsoftwitter #hampshire #walking
August 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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The Jane Austen telephone box in Steventon, Hampshire looking beautiful 😍
Jane Austen was born in Steventon in 1775 where her father was rector and where she wrote early versions of Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility and Northanger Abbey.
#redtelephonebox #janeausten #hampshire
August 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Enjoying the long summer days following in Jane Austen's footsteps across the Hampshire countryside from Overton to Jane Austen's birthplace at Steventon where she wrote early versions of Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility and Northanger Abbey.
#JaneAusten #hampshire #walking #prideadprejudice
August 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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11th Aug 1843, Jane Austen's sister-in-law, Mary, was buried at Steventon Church in a grave next to her husband, James Austen. Jane knew Mary from a girl and their friendship was sometimes strained but Mary was by Jane's bedside at the end of her short life.
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August 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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"I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
Happy #BookLoversDay ❤️
Is there anything better than a pleasant walk on a sunny day with a good book?
Walking from Overton to Jane Austen's birthplace at Steventon.
#janeausten #hampshire #walking #mindfulness
August 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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In 1790 Jane Austen's brother, James, become curate at Overton, near her birthplace and home for 25 years at Steventon Rectory.
James lived in Court House which still stands next to St Mary's Church.
Painting of St Mary's Church and Court House by Inigo Millard, 1785
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July 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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"...we will take long walks together every day....I know we shall be happy. I know the summer will pass happily away."
Jane Austen, Sense & Sensibility
A happy summer on the Overton Jane Austen Trails enjoying the bees on the wildflower and the peaceful River Test
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July 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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A wonderful display of costumes in the Regency Parade at the Jane Austen Steventon Fair last weekend. Celebrating Jane Austen's genius 250 years after her birth in this very place 😍
For detailed directions for the Overton to Steventon Jane Austen trails see the link in our bio
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July 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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A short film about the Overton to Steventon Jane Austen trails.
If you can't walk the trail, you can see the beautiful countryside Jane walked, the homes of her friends and family and the places she knew during her 25 years living in Steventon
#JaneAusten #hampshire
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Overton to Steventon Jane Austen trail
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July 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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'July begins unpleasantly with us, cold & showery, but it is often a baddish month.'
Jane Austen, July 1813

Well this July is beginning very pleasantly on the Overton Jane Austen Trails ☀️ if anything we could do with some rain!

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July 4, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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"What dreadful Hot weather we have! - It keeps one in a continual state of Inelegance."
Jane Austen 1796
It's been a hot ☀️ June on the Overton Jane Austen Trails 😅
Walking across the Hampshire countryside from Overton to Jane Austen's birthplace and home for 25 years at Steventon.
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June 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM