Andover Local Information
Practical local information for Andover: bin collection days, parking, council tax bands and planning, each one linked back to the official source.
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Andover Roadworks This Week: Picket Twenty and A303 Nights
The A303 slips at Picket Twenty shut overnight on 5 and 6 October, and the A303 closes both ways at Thruxton on four more nights up to 7 October.
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Parking
Parking in Andover: Free After 4pm and All Day Sunday
Every Andover council car park is free after 4pm, all day Sunday and on bank holidays. Full tariffs, two free hours at Shepherds Spring Lane, blue badge rules.
Bins
Andover Bin Collection Days: Bank Holidays Slip a Day
Bank holiday weeks run a day later, Good Friday is normal. Plus the five things the brown bin takes, garden waste at £43 and Scott Close tip hours.
Council Tax
Andover Council Tax Bands: £2,306.39 at Band D
The full A to H table for Andover Town for 2026/27, what each precept added, and the £20.80 borough charge for burial grounds that only Andover pays.
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Andover house prices: £280,000 median, area by area
The middle Andover home sold for £280,000 in the year to June 2026, the cheapest median in Test Valley. Sector by sector, from Land Registry records.
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Andover to London by train: 68 minutes, £6,280 a year
The fastest Andover to Waterloo train takes 68 minutes and runs twice an hour. Season tickets are £6,280 a year. Times, fares and the cheapest way to travel.
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Things to do in Andover: Iron Age museum £5, lakes free
Four Andover days out cost nothing, the Museum of the Iron Age is £5 and the Hawk Conservancy £21.36. Nine things to do, every price checked this week.
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Andover planning: 934 homes a year, plan restarts 2029
Test Valley abandoned its Local Plan route on 22 July. The target is 934 homes a year, land supply is down to 2.5 years and adoption has slipped to 2029.
Bins
Andover Christmas bin collections: 2026 dates not out yet
Test Valley has not published 2026 Christmas bin days yet. Last year black bins moved up to two days early and garden waste stopped for two weeks.
Schools
Andover school term dates 2026/27: half term 26 October
Hampshire schools break for Christmas on 18 December 2026 and half term is 26 to 30 October. Rookwood, Mountbatten and Harrow Way take longer October breaks.
Half Term
Andover October half term 2026: 16 things on, 24 Oct-1 Nov
Hampshire half term is 26 to 30 October 2026. Spooky owls at the Hawk Conservancy, a free High Street trick or treat party and torchlit funfair, with prices.
Trains
Andover Christmas trains 2026: no trains 25 and 26 December
No trains on 25 December. On 27 and 28 December the Salisbury stopping trains start from Basingstoke, not Waterloo. SWR's full Christmas timetable is still due.