Itchen Valley

{{Short description|Civil parish in Hampshire, England}}

{{For|the country park|Itchen Valley Country Park}}

{{Use British English|date=December 2023}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox UK place

| static_image_name = Avington Park - geograph.org.uk - 899263.jpg

| static_image_caption = Avington Park

| country = England

| official_name = Itchen Valley

| coordinates = {{coord|51.090|-1.252|display=inline,title}}

| population =

| civil_parish = Itchen Valley

| shire_district = City of Winchester

| shire_county = Hampshire

| region = South East England

| constituency_westminster = Winchester

| post_town = Winchester

| postcode_district = SO21

| postcode_area = SO

| dial_code = 01962

| os_grid_reference = SU530319

}}Itchen Valley is a civil parish in the English county of Hampshire. Forming part of the City of Winchester district, it comprises the villages of Avington, Easton, Itchen Abbas and Martyr Worthy, with a population of 1,267 at the time of the 2001 Census,{{cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=795210&c=Itchen+Valley&d=16&e=15&g=453083&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1223312738378&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |title=Parish Headcounts, Area: Itchen Valley CP |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |year=2001 |access-date=2008-10-06 |archive-date=12 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612230539/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=795210&c=Itchen+Valley&d=16&e=15&g=453083&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1223312738378&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |url-status=dead }} increasing at the 2011 Census to a population of 1,459.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125049&c=Itchen+Valley&d=16&e=62&g=6432125&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1481197171352&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=8 December 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|archive-date=22 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222174732/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125049&c=Itchen+Valley&d=16&e=62&g=6432125&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1481197171352&enc=1|url-status=dead}}

It is to the northeast of Winchester and takes its name from the River Itchen. The parish is crossed by the M3 motorway, and contains Winchester services. The main West–east route through the parish is the B3047. East bound from Winchester the B3047 enters the parish at Worthy Park and exits it at a point approx. 300m East of Rectory Lane, Itchen Abbas.{{Cite web|url=http://www.streetmap.co.uk/place/Itchen_Abbas_in_Hampshire_564611_243611.htm|title = Location Map}} It is located near to the civil parishes of Itchen Stoke and Ovington and New and Old Alresford.

Largely rural in character, much of the parish is in both the South Downs National Park and the East Hampshire Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and is crossed by several designated walking paths and riding routes including the Itchen Way, King's Way, Pilgrims' Way, St. Swithun's Way, South Downs Way, Three Castles Path and Oxdrove Way.