Basingstoke
Basingstoke is a large town in Hampshire, England. It is 48 miles (77 km) southwest of London, 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Southampton, 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Reading and 19 miles (31 km) northeast of Winchester. In 2008 it had an estimated population of 82,913. It is part of the borough of Basingstoke and Deane. Basingstoke is often nicknamed "Doughnut City" or "Roundabout City" due to the number of roundabouts.
Often mistaken for a "new town", Basingstoke is an old market town expanded in the 1960s as part of a plan of London County Council, Hampshire County Council and Basingstoke Borough Council. It was developed fast to accommodate part of the London 'overspill' as seen in the Greater London Plan, 1944.[1]
Basingstoke Media
The remains of the 16th-century Chapel of the Holy Ghost, Basingstoke
Festival Place shopping centre in August 2007
The former town hall, now the Willis Museum
View of The Malls from Basingstoke railway station before the 2011 refurbishment
Eastrop Park, with Fanum House in the background
Basingstoke railway station
Stagecoach Dart 35211 in Jazz Livery
References
- ↑ Stokes, Eric (1980). Basingstoke – Expanding Town. The Workers’ Educational Association. p. 15.
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