Basingstoke is often nicknamed 'Doughnut City' or 'Roundabout City' because of the number of large roundabouts. Basingstoke is an old market town expanded in the mid 1960s as a result of an agreement between London County Council and Hampshire County Council.

• On the edge of Basingstoke, The Hampshire Court Hotel - QHotels is a modern 4-star hotel with an award-winning restaurant and brasserie bar, as well as leisure facilities, including 2 indoor pools. Room was excellent. Staff as usual very attentive.
• Basingstoke is a growing, large town in the south east of England, under an hour’s travel time from coast and capital with great connectivity. It is a modern, vibrant place where good things happen – offering exciting business and job opportunities, modern facilities and communications coupled with superb countryside and leisure choices.

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• So in a very few years there was peace at Basingstoke, and a through-carriage daily from Birkenhead to Southampton.

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• The train was an express, stopping only at Basingstoke and Eastleigh.

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