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Nestled in the valley of the River Test close to its source, Overton still retains the character of a working village rather than a satellite suburb. It sits roughly halfway between Basingstoke and Whitchurch, connected by the B3400, and is anchored by a train station on the main line into London Waterloo. For generations, the local economy was defined by the Portals paper mill at Quidhampton, which produced the paper for Bank of England banknotes, though the village landscape is equally defined by the surrounding chalk hills and water meadows. Practicality defines the center, where narrow streets host a traditional chemist, a greengrocer, and several long-standing pubs, alongside a surprising density of sports clubs and community spaces for a settlement of its size. It is a place where the landscape remains very much a part of daily life, with the public footpath network leading directly from the residential roads into the rolling North Wessex Downs.