Overton Jane Austen Trails

Snowdrops in Steventon Churchyard, Hampshire on a sunny day in February. Gravestones, surrounded by snowdrops and a clear blue sky above.

This year has been particularly wet and dreary, but the sun came out on the Overton Jane Austen Trails this weekend ☀️ and the snowdrops in Steventon Churchyard looked wonderful 😍

Walking from Overton to Steventon, Jane Austen's birthplace and home for 25 years.
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❤️ Happy Valentine’s Day ❤️
May you spend it doing the thing you love 🥰

“The pleasure of walking and breathing fresh air is enough for me, and in fine weather I am out more than half my time.”
Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen

For detailed directions see overtonjaneaustentrails.org

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It has been a very wet ☔️ start to the year on the Overton Jane Austen Trails, so to cheer us up while we wait for the sun to come out ☀️here are some of our favourite photos from a wonderful year of walking and cycling on the Overton Jane Austen Trails 😍

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#OTD 15th Jan 1796 Jane Austen flirted her last with Tom Lefroy the 20 year old nephew of her friend and neighbour Mrs Lefroy.
A ball at Ashe Parsonage was the last time they ever met 😢
Cross the Hampshire countryside from Overton to Steventon Jane Austen's birthplace
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What a privilege to celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday in Steventon where she was born in 1775 and spent much of her life, and in St Nicholas church where she was christened and worshipped.

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On 16th December 1775 the novelist Jane Austen was born in the tiny village of Steventon, in Hampshire.
The daughter of the rector of this quiet country parish, Austen went onto become one of our greatest and most loved novelists 😍
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A misty start to the weekend on the Overton to Steventon Jane Austen trail 😍

For detailed directions for all the Overton Jane Austen Trails see www.overtonjaneaustentrails.org

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A beautiful walk along the river Test on the Overton Jane Austen Trails this December 😍
Known as the Anton in Jane Austen's time it rises near the home of Jane Austen's 'beloved friend', Mrs Lefroy, in Ashe and flows through Overton
Detailed directions at www.overtonjaneaustentrails.org

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'…it is too dirty even for such desperate Walkers as Martha & I to get out of doors...'
Jane Austen, 30th November 1800
Jane Austen loved walking the paths and lanes around her birthplace and home in Steventon (weather permitting) 😍
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The Overton Jane Austen Trails information board looking very festive in the heart of Overton 🎄🎄🎄 #christmas #janeausten #hampshire

'The Overton Scotchman has been kind enough to rid me of some of my money, in exchange for six shifts and four pair of stockings.'
Jane Austen, 25th Nov 1798
Overton, 3 miles from Jane Austen's home for 25 years at Steventon, was the local postal and shopping town for the Austen family #JaneAusten

"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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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

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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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'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

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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

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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'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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'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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''...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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'Show me that precise spot where Louise Musgrave fell': The Allure of Literary Pilgrimage Searching for Austen-land

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!

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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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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...

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 😍
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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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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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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

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

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.
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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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"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