The beautiful Hampshire village of Chawton is just 1.5 miles away. As well as the Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton has a village pub, The Greyfriars, St Nicholas Church and is home to the Chawton House Library.

Chawton House Library is a UK registered charity with a unique collection of books focusing on women's writing in English from 1600 to 1830.
This specialist collection, set in the home and working estate of Jane Austen's brother, provides the opportunity to study and savour the texts in their original setting and inspires passion in readers of all ages.

Guests come from around the world to visit this unique collection which includes work by Penelope Aubin, Frances Burney, Maria Edgeworth, Eliza Haywood,  Hannah More, Ann Radcliffe, Mary Robinson
... and Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, published in 1818.

There has been a church on the site of the current St Nicholas Church since 1270. Much of the building was destroyed fire in 1871, but many memorials were saved and are still on the walls. The church re-opened in 1872 and the tower was added shortly afterwards. A large number of the memorials relate to the Knight family, the forbears and descendants of Jane Austen's brother.