Petersfield

Petersfield is a market town set in the beautiful countryside of the South Downs, but is only one hour by car or train in a south-westerly direction from London.

Accommodation

Please see our map of local B&B’s. We recommend three excellent B&B’s for people attending our training courses. Heath Farmhouse (click here to visit website); Number 15 High Street (click here to visit website); and Border Cottage (click here to visit website) have been making our clients feel at home for a number of years and are all just a short walk from our centre. Recent additions also include Michelin star restaurant JSW and a Premier Inn. If you are having difficulty finding accommodation, please call us on 01730 233 414.

Restaurants

Petersfield has an excellent selection of bars and restaurants, including our favourites Annie Jones in Lavant Street, Zen in Dragon Street and La Piazzetta in the Square. There is also the Michelin starred JSW in Dragon Street, a large Pizza Express and a variety of Indian and Chinese restaurants.

Bars and pubs in town

When staying overnight and looking for somewhere to have a drink or snack we can recommend three town centre bars: The George in the Square and The Folly Wine Bar on Dragon Street; or for a more traditional pub feel try the Good Intent on Dragon Street.

Country pubs

We are spoilt for country pubs. If you want a good lunch or evening meal, check out The Three Horseshoes (very busy on Summer weekends) at Elsted for an excellent menu, or the The Hawkley Inn for a more traditional village ‘local’ pub.

Shopping

Petersfield High Street has good slection of shops including Waitrose and Marks & Spencer food stores. In Lavant Street, the Bran Tub is our excellent local health food store and Rowans offers high quality deli food. Downstairs from NutriVital are two of Petersfield’s most interesting shops, Tricot Too for unique fashions and Hackman and Potter for hand painted furniture.

Local attractions

Features of the historic market town of Petersfield include The Flora Twort Gallery; The Heath; and England’s only slanted red telephone box. The South Downs offer excellent walking country and the countryside is breath-taking.

The historic naval centre of Portsmouth is only 20 minutes away. Petworth is just along the A272 with Petworth Park and House, and a huge selection of antique shops.

Getting Here

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Train
Trains run from Waterloo to Petersfield approximately every half hour duing the week, on the Portsmouth line and take just over one hour. Find out about times at National Rail enquiries www.nationalrail.co.uk or 08457 484950.

Airports
Southampton is the nearest airport (30 mins by taxi) but Gatwick and Heathrow are easily accessible. Train travel from Gatwick is via Guildford (journey time 60-90 minutes), whilst from Heathrow the coachlink to Woking station takes about 45mins, with a further 40 minutes for a train to Petersfield. Taxis to Heathrow or Gatwick cost about £50 in regular hours.

Driving
The A3 London to Portsmouth route provides good access to the motorway network. From Junction 10 of the M25 journey time is about 45 minutes. Bottlenecks can occur at Hindhead, usually Southbound in the evening and Northbound in the morning, and construction works for the tunnel opening in 2011 add a few minutes to journey times at present. The A272, the only road in Britain to have a colour picture book written about it, goes through Petersfield and provides access to Winchester and the M3, A34 Newbury and Oxford route to the Midlands and to West Sussex.