Towns & cities · South East England
Old Basing
Old Basing — village in Hampshire, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Nearest railway station
- Basingstoke · 2.9 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Old Basing is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 7,232 people. Address: RG24. Wikidata describes it as: "village in Hampshire, England, UK". Coordinates: 51.2704°, -1.0473°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: North Wessex Downs
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Old Basing is a village in the civil parish of Old Basing and Lychpit, in the Basingstoke and Deane district, in Hampshire, England, just east of Basingstoke. It was called Basengum in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and Basinges in the Domesday Book.
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Background
History
Old Basing was first settled in the sixth century by a proto-Anglo-Saxon tribe known as the Basingas. In the ninth century it was a royal estate and it was the site of the Battle of Basing on or about 22 January 871 AD, when a Viking army defeated King Æthelred of Wessex and his brother, the future King Alfred the Great. It is also mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 AD. The centre of the village, The Street, contains many old houses, and St Mary's Church. The River Loddon, whose source is in Worting to the west of Basingstoke, flows through the village. Old Basing is perhaps best known for the ruins of Basing House which was built between 1532 and 1561 on the site of a Norman castle. It…
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- Coordinates
- 51.2704, -1.0473
- County
- Hampshire
- District
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Parish
- Old Basing and Lychpit
- Postcode
- RG24
- Parliamentary constituency
- North East Hampshire
- Population
- 7,232
- Nearest railway station
- Basingstoke — 2.9 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q1231708 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Old Basing (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: The-Street-Old-Basing.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Old Basing?
- Old Basing is in Hampshire, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode RG24), in the parish of Old Basing and Lychpit.
- Is Old Basing a protected site?
- Yes — Old Basing is part of the North Wessex Downs National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Old Basing free to visit?
- Yes, Old Basing is free to enter.
- How do I get to Old Basing?
- The nearest railway station is Basingstoke, about 2.9 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode RG24.