Tourism News & Updates
- 8th January 2018
What could be better than spending the post-festivity period and New Years holiday than to pull a chair up to the fire and plan for your Summer Holidays, or better still a Spring Break?
- 18th December 2017
The Mayor of Basingstoke and Deane Cllr Paul Frankum is inviting borough residents to join him for a number of special events taking place in the new year.
- 24th October 2017
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council has given the go-ahead for Beggarwood Park to become a Local Nature Reserve.
- 13th July 2017
2017 marks the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death. It’s a monumental year for such a prolific and inspirational author. When it comes to her time in England, she regularly visited Basingstoke and in January 2017 it was revealed that a statue of her would be placed in the town’s centre by the summer. Here’s a look at Jane and her time in Basingstoke to get to know more about this beautifully gifted writer.
- 2nd March 2017
Now becoming an annual event a chance to see tropical butterflies at Wisley Glasshouse.
- 22nd August 2016
Ever since the first recognised bank holiday in 1871, the British public has enjoyed hundreds of these ‘bonus’ days off with no work.