Here are six cities reasonably accessible from Arden House:

• The university city of Southampton just over the water
• The cathedral city of Winchester once King Alfred's capital of England
• The cathedral city of Salisbury once capital of Wessex
• The port and commercial city of Poole with the largest natural harbour in England
• The residential seaside town of Bournemouth developed so much once connected to London by railway
• The Naval city of Portsmouth with its two cathedrals and Historic Dockyard where HMS Victory, HMS Warrior and the Mary Rose are on show