It is between Bordon several miles south and Farnham, which is beyond a strip of its nearest village, Rowledge, which remains its ecclesiastical parish in Surrey and Wrecclesham which touches the town.

The origin of the Holt Pound cricket ground is uncertain but it had been established by 30 July 1784 when it was used for a Farnham v Odiham & Alton match.

[1] Holt Pound Oval may have been owned by Henry Bilson-Legge, 2nd Baron Stawell (1757–1820), who was a Hambledon Club member.

An anonymous writer in 1862 wrote that the residents of Wrecclesham, a small community that was supposedly 'riddled with drunkenness and vice', would play there every Sunday.

Binsted Parish Council has established a working group that will seek ways to gain best value from the land for the benefit of the community.