Basingstoke and Deane
The Hampshire Downs define the setting of Basingstoke and Deane — their rolling chalk terrain shapes a borough where Basingstoke’s built-up neighbourhoods meet farmland, woods and older rural settlements. Situated in northern Hampshire, the borough includes the upper valley of the River Loddon and extends across a broad area of downland. Its name recalls the historic parishes of Basing and Deane. At Old Basing, the ruins of Basing House preserve the site of a major Tudor mansion, held for the Royalists during the English Civil War and destroyed after a Parliamentary siege in 1645. The modern town of Basingstoke is the borough’s urban centre, with residential districts continuing into surrounding slopes and green corridors.
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Basingstoke and Deane is best known within England for Basing House, the Tudor estate in Old Basing that was destroyed after a Civil War siege in 1645. Centred on Basingstoke in Hampshire, the borough brings together a major post-war expanded town with villages, farmland and the upper Loddon valley; the River Loddon rises in Basingstoke. The Milestones Museum recreates streets and shops from Hampshire’s past, while the Willis Museum is housed in the town’s former town hall. Explore nearby webcam locations that provide complementary perspectives on Basingstoke and Deane and Hampshire.
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