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 – all the ingredients for a fantastic quality of life.

Destination Basingstoke is a not-for-profit company, with stakeholders in the private and public sectors, promoting the area for its outstanding features, it does this through a series of self-funding projects and showcase events like the Basingstoke Half Marathon and INSPIRE – the biggest business awards in the south. In 2017 Destination Basingstoke also staged the hugely successful Sitting With Jane art trail -to celebrate the life of Jane Austen in the area.

This website will help give you an insight into life in and around Basingstoke as well as some of Destination Basingstoke’s projects.