Basingstoke
Basingstoke
Basingstoke, located in Hampshire, is a town full of historical landmarks and natural beauty.
The town is home to Basing House, which was once a tudor castle. Today, open to the public for tours.
Basingstoke is also located near the North Wessex Downs, which is a nature reserve with beautiful hiking trails.
Created: 12 November 2022 Edited: 29 November 2023
Basingstoke
Shopping in Basingstoke
The Malls Old Basing Mall, South View
The Malls mall
Festival Place Festival Way, Riverdene
Festival Place mall
Chineham Shopping Centre Chineham, Basingstoke
Chineham Shopping Centre mall
Top of Town Kings Furlong, Basingstoke
Top of Town retail park
St Michael's Retail Park South Ham, Basingstoke
St Michael's Retail Park retail park
Brighton Hill Retail Park South Ham, Basingstoke
Brighton Hill Retail Park retail park
Brighton Hill Centre Brighton Hill, Basingstoke
Brighton Hill Centre retail park
Annette's Yard South Ham, Basingstoke
Annette's Yard retail park
Tesco Express Higher Mead, Lychpit
Tesco Express supermarket
The Co-op Kings Road shops, South Ham
The Co-op supermarket
ALDI Winklebury Way, Rooksdown
ALDI supermarket
New Cash And Carry London Street, Top of Town
New Cash And Carry supermarket
ALDI Harrow Way, South Ham
ALDI supermarket
Asda Brighton Way, Berg Estate
Asda supermarket
Lidl Worting Road, West Ham
Lidl supermarket
M&S Foodhall Chineham Shopping Centre, Chineham
M&S Foodhall supermarket
Tesco Basingstoke Chineham Shopping Centre, Chineham
Tesco Basingstoke supermarket
Nisa Stratton Road, Cranbourne
Nisa supermarket
Local History around Basingstoke
There are some historic monuments around including:
Moated site west of Cufaude FarmIron Age settlement 400m SE of Battle Down FarmBulls Down campHoly Ghost ChapelKeyhole enclosure SE of Field Barn FarmOliver's Battery: a motte and bailey castle at Old BasingMoated site, fishponds, icehouse and associated earthworks at Wyeford Farm.Round barrow cemetery beside Seymour RoadWindmill mound at Farleigh HouseEllisfield camp W of Upper CommonPyotts Hill entrenchmentBasing House and the Grange FieldWinklebury camp.Wildlife in and Around Basingstoke
Mammals found in Basingstoke
There have been 32 species of mammals recorded in the basingstoke area.
| (Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.) |
| 55 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) |
| Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus) |
| Brown Long-Eared Bat (Plecotus auritus) |
| Chinese Barking Deer (Muntiacus reevesi) |
| 45 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) |
| Badger (Meles meles) |
| Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) |
| Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) |
| Common Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) |
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Birds found in Basingstoke
There have been 50 species of birds recorded in the basingstoke area.
| Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus) |
| Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) |
| Buzzard (Buteo buteo) |
| Carolina Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) |
| Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) |
| Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) |
| Brent Goose (Branta bernicla) |
| Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) |
| Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti) |
| Common Swift (Apus apus) |
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Fish found in Basingstoke
There have been 13 species of fish recorded in the basingstoke area.
| Brook Lamprey (Lampetra planeri) |
| Brown/Sea Trout (Salmo trutta) |
| Chub (Squalius cephalus) |
| Eel (Anguilla anguilla) |
| Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) |
| Brown Trout (Salmo trutta subsp. fario) |
| Bullhead (Cottus gobio) |
| Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) |
| Gudgeon (Gobio gobio) |
| Pike (Esox lucius) |
