Love Basingstoke – Go Limitless
Go Limitless in Basingstoke this summer Get ready for an adrenaline-charged day out as Love Basingstoke’s new event, Limitless, comes to War Memorial Park on Saturday 26 July – and it’s completely free to...
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Basingstoke and District Railway Society – July 2025
Upcoming Events On Wednesday 9 July acclaimed author Christian Wolmar makes a return visit to the Society to present his latest book ‘The Liberation Line’. Christian will tell the story of the railwaymen who...
Sandham Memorial Chapel – Short Walk
Walk in Stanley Spencer’s Footsteps and enjoy refreshments at the Vintage Tea Room in Sandham Memorial Chapel Start and end at National Trust Sandham Memorial Chapel Harts Lane, Burghclere, near Newbury, Hampshire RG20 9JT...
National Women’s Register (NWR) – Make the most of life
Make the most of life and join nearly 5000 others who have discovered the relatively unknown National Women’s Register (NWR). NWR provides a wide range of talks and activities in small local groups typically...
Hants & IOW Wildlife Trust – Adder’s Tongue
Adder’s tongue among the grasses Adders tongue fern © Bruce Shortland As summer unfolds, Hampshire’s meadows come alive with a tapestry of flora. Among these is the elusive Adder’s-tongue fern (Ophioglossum vulgatum), a plant...
Probus – Annual Ladies Lunch
Ladies Entertained by Probus Club The annual Spring Ladies ‘Lunch is one of several occasions during the year that the men of the Probus Club have lunch with the ladies in their lives. This...
Probus – New Committee Appointed
New Committee Appointed In operation since 1979 the Probus Club of Basingstoke caters for retired men who had some management experience in the professions or business, hence the acronym Probus. Their 45th Annual General...
Hants & IOW Wildlife Trust – Legal Rights
Hampshire rivers given legal rights in landmark Council decision Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust welcomes Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council’s momentous decision, at Full Council on Thursday 15th May, to grant ‘personhood’...
Hants & IOW Wildlife Trust – Seagrass
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...
Hants & IOW Wildlife Trust – Swifts & House Martins
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...