4 K 02 may 2023 OLD BASINGSTOKE OLD MARKET, UK

Basingstoke is a town in Hampshire, situated in southcentral 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 the county without city status. It is located 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Southampton, 48 miles (77 km) southwest of London, 27 miles (43 km) west of Guildford, 22 miles (35 km) south of Reading and 20 miles (32 km) northeast of the county town and former capital Winchester. According to the 2016 population estimate, the town had a population of It is part of the borough of Basingstoke and Deane and part of the parliamentary constituency of Basingstoke. Basingstoke is an old market town expanded in the mid1960s, as a result of an agreement between London County Council and Hampshire County Council. It was developed rapidly after the Second World War, along with various other towns in the United Kingdom, in order to accommodate part of the London overspill as perceived under the Greater