Test Valley

Test Valley
Test Valley
Borough and non-metropolitan district
	Andover Town Centre
	Test Valley shown within Hampshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South East England
Non-metropolitan county	Hampshire
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Andover
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Test Valley Borough Council
• MPs	Kit Malthouse; Caroline Nokes
Area
• Total	242.3 sq mi (627.6 km2)
• Rank	57th (of 296)
Population (2022)
• Total	132,871
• Rank	181st (of 296)
• Density	550/sq mi (210/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 93.1% White ; 3.3% Asian ; 1.8% Mixed ; 1.1% Black ; 0.8% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 50.5% Christianity ; 40.6% no religion ; 5.7% not stated ; 0.9% Islam ; 0.8% Hinduism ; 0.5% Buddhism ; 0.5% other ; 0.4% Sikhism ; 0.1% Judaism ;
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	24UN (ONS); E07000093 (GSS)
OS grid reference	SU3560537973

Test Valley is a local government district with borough status in Hampshire, England, named after the valley of the River Test. The council is based in the borough's largest town of Andover. The borough also contains the town of Romsey and numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. A small part of the borough at its southern end lies within the New Forest National Park, and part of the borough north of Andover lies within the North Wessex Downs, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The neighbouring districts are Basingstoke and Deane, Winchester, and Eastleigh rto the east, Southampton and New Forest to the south, Wiltshire to the west and West Berkshire to the north.