Your 'Relax & Recharge' Passport

Special offers on 14 attractions

To qualify for these offers, you must book with one of the hotels participating in the short break campaign. Then it's easy to claim your 14 special offers:

1. Book your 'Relax & Recharge' short break hotel
2. When you arrive, your hotel will present you with a Relax & Recharge passport full of vouchers for the offers detailed below
   
3. Present the passport when you visit the attraction to claim your discount
   

Anvil Arts - Enjoy a night of entertainment – music, theatre, dance or comedy

Anvil Arts - The Anvil, Churchill Way, Basingstoke, RG21 7QR

The Haymarket, Wote Street, Basingstoke, RG21 7NW

Basingstoke has arts and entertainment venues second to none – including The Anvil, The Haymarket, The Forge in Basingstoke.

Indulge in an evening of music, theatre, comedy or dance. Occasional special offers are available to short break takers, subject to performance and time of year.

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Basing House – 2 for 1 entry to what was once the country’s largest private residence

Basing House, Old Basing, Basingstoke

1 adult FREE with 1 full paying adult for this local, historic, attraction with new additions for 2010.

Basing House was built in the reign of Henry VIII and was the country's largest private residence, the palatial home of the powerful courtier William Paulet, Marquess of Winchester. The earthwork banks and ditches of an earlier medieval castle still dominate the ruins.

2010 sees the opening of a NEW museum, refreshments and gift shop, recreated Elizabethan garden, new exhibition in the Tudor Great Barn, a specially designed space for learning and community use in the old stable block, audio guide tour and more!  Enjoy a delightful short walk along the River Loddon to the new visitor centre.

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Delta Force Paintball - 2 for 1 on a full day of paintball action! Includes entry and equipment hire

Delta Force Paintball - offer for 3 centres (see below) 

Recharge the batteries with a bit of action. Enjoy entry and equipment hire for two players for a full day of paintball adventure for only £9.99.

Free tea and coffee provided throughout the day. Paintballs, pyrotechnics and lunch available for purchase at the centre.

Choose from 3 different centres:

Missilewood: Cannon Lane, Shottesbrooke, Maidenhead, RG10 0QH

Rosewood: Lee Lane, Romsey, Hampshire, SO16 0AD

Victorywood: Off Balcombe Rd, Worth, Crawley, West Sussex.

All loacations are within easy driving distance of the Basingstoke area.

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The Elvetham - Afternoon Tea in beautiful Victorian mansion - £2.50 off!

The Elvetham Hotel, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire RG27 8AR

Enjoy afternoon tea in a beautiful Victorian hotel set within 35 acres of beautiful gardens.

The price is normally £15 but this offer gives £2.50 off per person (except Saturdays).

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Gilbert White’s House and Garden and the Oates Collection - 2 for 1

Gilbert White’s House & Garden and The Oates Museum, The Wakes, High Street, Selborne, GU34 3JH

Visit the home of the famous naturalist, the Rev. Gilbert White, at nearby Selborne and make the most of this 2 for 1 offer.

Gilbert White’s House is a charming 18th century house, set in over 20 acres of garden and parkland.The house and garden have been restored to how they would have looked in Gilbert White’s day. 

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Gurkha Museum - visit Winchester’s Military Museums -  10% Discount on entry

Gurkha Museum, Peninsula Barracks, Romsey Road, Winchester SO23 8TS

The Gurkha Museum is one of 4 wonderful museums housed in the majestic Peninsular Barracks in Winchester. The Museum takes you on a journey of discovery through the history of the Gurkhas in British service and tells the moving and unique story of Gurkha service to the British Crown and its people for nearly 200 years.  Why not combine a visit to the museums with a relaxing break in the newly opened ‘Falling Plates’ café, also situated in Peninsular Barracks.

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Sir Harold Hillier Gardens - 2 for 1 Offer

Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Jermyns Lane, Ampfield, Romsey SO51 0QA

One person goes free with every full paying adult at these wonderful gardens within easy reach of North Hampshire.

Open all year, Sir Harold Hillier Gardens offers 180 acres of beauty, inspiration and discovery. Over 42,000 plants from temperate regions around the world grow in a variety of landscapes.

Visit the largest winter garden of its kind in Europe. Stunning new children's play features for all abilities include a tree house, flying carpet swing and extended bamboo tunnel. Visit our saddleback pigs in the woodlands. Excellent restaurant, Sunday roasts and summer tea rooms.

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Jane Austen’s House Museum -  One free adult – a saving of £7

Jane Austen’s House Museum, Chawton, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 1SD

Get one free adult admission when another full price ticket is purchased. Jane Austen is one of the most popular and important novelists that England has ever produced. The house at Chawton is where she spent the last eight years of her life. It is of international importance as the place where she produced the majority of her best work, but at the same time retains the charm of a village home.

The Museum tells the story of Jane Austen and her family.  A full range of events is held throughout the year.

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Marwell Wildlife - 20% off food and drink at Café Graze 

Marwell Wildlife, Colden Common, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 1JH

Visit Marwell Wildlife and its new ‘African Valley’ and enjoy discounted refreshments at the same time.

The café overlooks the new African Valley - so sit back and take in the sweeping views of waterbuck, zebra, ostrich and giraffe, as they roam together.

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Milestones – Hampshire’s Living History Museum – 2 for 1

Milestones, Leisure Park, Churchill Way West, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG22 6PG.

One adult goes free with one full paying adult at Milestones Museum – an award winning living history museum.

Explore a network of full size streets set inside an easily accessible purpose built museum.

There are period shops, vintage vehicles, a village green and even a working pub, dating from late Victorian times to 1945.

We also have a ‘Play Post Office’ for children under 5 yrs plus a dressing up tent. Gift shop, 1950’s style café, toilets, baby changing facilities and free car park.

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Royal Green Jackets Museum – one of Winchester’s Military Museums - 50% Discount on single adult admission

The theme of this museum is one of innovation, starting with new tactics developed by the 60th Royal Americans for forest warfare in North America, leading to the formation of the Experimental Corps of Riflemen and the original Light Division of the Peninsular War, and in due course to the motor and glider battalions of World War 2.

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Whitchurch Silk Mill - 2 for 1 offer

Whitchurch Silk Mill, 28 Winchester Street, Whitchurch, Hants RG28 7AL 

Make the most of this great offer - two adults or children or OAPs for the price of one - at Britain’s oldest working silk mill, still set in its original building.

It's a romantic visit on the River Test in the interesting country town of Whitchurch.

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The Willis Museum – enjoy a coffee on us!

The Willis Museum, Market Place, Basingstoke, RG21 7QD

Buy one hot or cold drink and get another one free (cheapest item free) in the new Café Willis!

Complete with marble fireplace, crystal chandelier and hand printed wallpaper, the café serves a range of coffees, speciality teas, locally made cakes and pastries. And in the museum discover Basingstoke and Deane’s past, from the rich archaeological heritage beneath our feet right up to the modern day. There is always something new to see with a regularly changing programme of special exhibitions, workshops, talks and events, plus Family Friendly activities, cafe, and gifts.

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Winchester Cathedral - kids go free - new exhibition ‘Jane Austen Story’

Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, SO23 9LS

Winchester is just half an hour’s drive from Basingstoke, and even less by train. There are lots of reasons to visit Winchester but the cathedral is surely the first. Kids under 16 go free when accompanied by their family and the adult price is just £6.

An annual pass is on offer too. Winchester Cathedral also offers a range of temporary exhibitions, lunchtime recitals, special interest tours, heritage trails, festivals, workshops and other large scale events.

The Christmas Market and Ice Rink have gained a national reputation for their fine quality, atmosphere and setting while new for this year is a permanent exhibition called ‘The Jane Austen Story’.

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Of course these aren't the only places to visit in the area -  there is much more to see and do!