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Flowers are an essential! Whether on lamp posts, in carefully situated planters on pavements or adorning roundabouts. Add all year planters in the High Street and Welcome planters at the entrance to the village. Up the anti and have a competition for the best front garden in the village! Pick the best ideas from local towns already running one http://www.fleetinbloom.org/2013.html.
There is little to indicate to the drivers on the Alton/Farnham roads that they are just about to miss a gem of an historic and interesting village. And improved signing to the public car parks, which should include a free period for initial use.
It is vitally important that the basic needs of visitors to an historic village are met with up to date modern toilets which, naturally, include disabled and nappy changing facilities. The tiny village of Selboure has an excellent building within the main visitors car park.
Markets have been a part of local community through the decades bringing residents together to buy fresh food and meet friends
10QI 5 A Tourist Information Centre
Lets share our local knowledge of the area. Could perhaps locate this within All Saints which is open 7 days a week (with a clearly signed alternative for times when services are held) or in the porch of the Church? Offer An A3 fold plan of Odiham to visitors Including a map of the local area and adverts for local businesses together with a detailed map of Odiham and places of interest. These to be available at all local Tourist Information Offices together with other outlets. An A4 version should be included on the website for internet visitors to download prior to visiting. Support funding available from English Heritage http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/
10QI 6 Create a new ‘Odiham For Tourism’ website.
Liaise with The Odiham Society http://www.odiham-society.org/ and drawn on their extensive knowledge. The site should sell the attractions of: King John’s Castle The Three Castle Walk Five Lanes End The Basingstoke Canal Odiham Wharf/Galleon Marine Greywell Tunnel Tunnel Lane Swing Bridge The Ford Odiham Common Odiham Woods Frenchman’s Oak The Bell – the oldest pub in Hampshire? The Pest House All Saints Church The Bury The Cross Barn Lodge Farm and Newlyns As well as listing the hotels, pubs, eateries and shops.
Appoint a person to provide information and articles about Odiham and deal with Internet promotion. There are lots of ‘where can we go’ and ‘what’s on’ websites which want to know about our events. Contact leading coach operators and offer enticements for them to bring their day trippers to Odiham as part of a day outing.
Christmas, Summer, Armed Forced Day.
10QI 9 Embrace Odiham’s best resource - the retired.
Whether leading guided walks or manning the Tourist Information Office on a voluntary basis once a week, there is an opportunity to create a symbiotic relationship. 10QI 10 Make better use of the Deer Park as a community asset.
Take up our senior residents plan and further develop it. There is the potential for a much needed recreational park within the Deer Park. This parkland could provide a hub to link all the attractions within the Odiham area as well as additional ‘green’ car parking spaces using cellular plastic as used in the Boscastle for overflow car park. Odiham has the potential to attract millions of pounds of recreationally derived income from tourists and from those living on the doorstep.
________________________________________________________________________________ This article is based on 'Network Naturally has a 10 point plan' first published in the Odiham Society Journal Autumn 2011 updated March 2014 ________________________________________________________________________________ If you have a comment or would like to submit content Send an email to
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