Petersfield is a market town in the English county of Hampshire, situated on the northern border of the South Downs. It is unique in that it is wholly within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, soon to be part of the proposed South Downs National Park. The town was founded at the end of the 11th century. It grew as a coach stop on the Portsmouth to London route, and today is situated on both the main rail and road link between the two cities. Petersfield is twinned with Barentin in France, and Warendorf in Germany. The artist Flora Twort, the musician Sir William Henry Harris, the agriculturalist John Worlidge, the footballer George Best, The Day of the Triffids author John Wyndham, actor Alec Guinness and the Hambledon cricketer John Small all lived in Petersfield at some point. Small was a Petersfield cobbler in the late eighteenth-century, whose shop sign  read: Here lives John Small,Makes bat and ball, Pitch a wicket, play at cricket, With any man in England. Residents and businesses are encouraged to contribute to the creation of the Petersfield Town Design Statementwhich will help improve future development in the town, and assist in improving town facilities for all age groups. This will be completed in 2008. More on Petersfield 

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