Andover has a population of approximately 50,000 and is scheduled to grow further over the next few years. There are good road links to London, the M25 and Heathrow & Gatwick airports by the A303 dual carriageway and the M3, the West Country again by the A303, but also the major South Coast ports of Southampton and Portsmouth via the A34/M3. Andover has a mainline railway station on the London Waterloo-Exeter Line.