The online parish magazine of Old Basing and Lychpit
Seagrass returns to the River Hamble for the first time in decades Pioneering project aims to restore lost underwater habitat, and one of the UK’s most threatened habitats Seagrass has returned to the River Hamble for the first time in…
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New nesting tower gives swifts and house martins a lifeline A specially designed nesting tower has been installed at Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve to support struggling populations of swifts and house martins. It marks Hampshire & Isle of Wight…
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Upcoming Events We will begin this month on Wednesday 14 May on our local main line as Neil Drury, Engineering and Infrastructure Manager of South Western Railway, presents The Class 701 ‘Arterio’ Fleet. Neil will examine these new multiple-unit electric…
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Make the most of life and join nearly 5000 others who have discovered the relatively unknown National Women’s Register. NWR provides a wide range of talks and activities in small local groups typically less than 20 members. Each is unique,…
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Connor Selby Live at Basingstoke Blues Club Date: Saturday 17 May 2025 Time: 8pm Venue: Central Studio, Queen Mary’s College, Basingstoke,RG21 3HF Tickets: £10, available online at basingstokeblues.co.uk or on the door subject to availability Young troubadour Connor Selby signed…
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HAFBC (Hampshire Armed Forces Breakfast club ) We meet on the 1st Saturday of each month for Breakfast & banter at 9.30 – 11am at Basingstoke Golf Club.RG25 2AD (Formerly Dummer Golf Club). The next meeting is Saturday 3rd May….
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The vanishing call of Britain’s lapwing Spring in the British countryside once echoed with the distinctive, trilling call of the northern lapwing (Vanellus Vanellus), a striking black-and-white bird with a shimmering green back and a wispy crest. Also known as…
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News from your local Prostate Cancer Support Group The speaker at the recent North Hampshire Prostate Cancer Support Group monthly meeting was Fiona Labrooy from Heartburn Cancer UK, a national charity based here in Basingstoke. It was founded in 2003…
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BIG DREAMS activity trail at The Vyne Little People, BIG DREAMS® activity trail at The Vyne encourages kids to be bold, be brave and dream big Saturday 3rd May – Sunday 22nd June 2025: Discover authors, activists, naturalists and musicians…
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Forty Years! That’s how long our language school has been going! It wasn’t always called Linguatastic and of course, it has changed a bit since it first started, but the ethos is still very much the same: promoting intercultural understanding…
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