Basingstoke
Sign in to saveBasingstoke ( ) is a town in Hampshire, situated in south-central England across a valley at the source of the River Loddon on the western edge of the North Downs. It is the largest settlement in Hampshire without city status. It is located north-east of Southampton, south-west of London, west of Guildford, south of Reading and north-east of the county town and former capital Winchester. According to the 2021 population estimate, the town had a population of 107,642. It is part of the borough of Basingstoke and Deane and part of the parliamentary constituency of Basingstoke.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Basingstoke
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.static_image_name
- Basingstoke montage.png
- UK place.static_image_width
- 275
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Clockwise from top: Town centre viewed from Churchill Way at night, The Anvil theatre, Basingstoke railway station, St Michael's Church, high-rise flats in Crown Heights and the AA Building (Fanum House)
- UK place.label_position
- top
- UK place.population
- 107,642
- UK place.shire_district
- Basingstoke and Deane
- UK place.shire_county
- Hampshire
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Basingstoke
- UK place.post_town
- BASINGSTOKE
- UK place.postcode_area
- RG
- UK place.postcode_district
- RG21–RG24
- UK place.dial_code
- 01256
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SU637523
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Article
30 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Early settlements
- Market town
- Victorian history
- Recent history
- Geography
- Physical geography and geology
- Divisions and suburbs
- Demography
- Governance
- Facilities
- Sport and leisure
- Musical groups
- Media
- Education
- Transport
- Railway
- Road
- Buses
- Cycling
- Basingstoke Canal
- Religious sites
- International relations
- Cultural associations
- Notable people
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Basingstoke ( ) is a town in Hampshire, situated in south-central England across a valley at the source of the River Loddon on the western edge of the North Downs. It is the largest settlement in Hampshire without city status. It is located north-east of Southampton, south-west of London, west of Guildford, south of Reading and north-east of the county town and former capital Winchester. According to the 2021 population estimate, the town had a population of 107,642. It is part of the borough of Basingstoke and Deane and part of the parliamentary constituency of Basingstoke.
Basingstoke is an old market town and was mentioned in Domesday Book. At the start of the Second World War, the population was little more than 13,000, and it remained a small market town until the early 1960s. It still has a regular market, but is now larger than Hampshire County Council's definition of a market town.