We had a few hours to kill in the afternoon of our trip to Hampshire so we headed to the little market town of Alton to have a look round also to visit the Waterstones. They have a Jane Austen mural commissioned when the shop was owned by Ottakers by artist Chris Burke. Alton is a pretty little town which has a market, but sadly on a Tuesday, not Saturday, so we didn’t get to sample it!
There is a bronze sculpture – The Bear – by Mark Coreth nearby but I cannot find any information about any significance of a bear has to Alton!
Janet's Adventures in Waterstones 