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The council puts central London about 45 minutes away by rail, and the M3 runs along the south of the town for anyone driving from Winchester, Southampton or London.",[332,367,368,369,372,373,376],{},"Several of the rooms used for events here are hotels in or near the centre, such as the ",[336,370,52],{"href":371},"\u002Fvenues\u002Fred-lion-hotel",", and business centres like ",[336,374,105],{"href":375},"\u002Fvenues\u002Fincuhive-basingstoke",".",[327,378,380],{"id":379},"around-the-town","Around the town",[332,382,383,384,387,388,391,392,395],{},"Basingstoke is the largest place in what Hampshire Events calls ",[336,385,7],{"href":386},"\u002Fareas\u002Fnorth-hampshire",". 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The council puts central London about 45 minutes away.","On the M3, which the council calls the town's strategic corridor; it gives Southampton airport as 35 minutes and Farnborough airport 25.","The station has 1,227 spaces, 14 of them accessible.","town",{},"\u002Fplaces\u002Fbasingstoke","2026-11-12",{"description":397},[431,434,437,439],{"title":432,"publisher":341,"url":338,"date":433},"How the population changed in Basingstoke and Deane: Census 2021","2022-06",{"title":435,"publisher":341,"url":436,"date":433},"How the population changed in Test Valley: Census 2021","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ons.gov.uk\u002Fvisualisations\u002Fcensuspopulationchange\u002FE07000093\u002F",{"title":354,"publisher":408,"url":352,"date":438},"2025",{"title":440,"publisher":441,"url":442},"Basingstoke station","National Rail","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nationalrail.co.uk\u002Fstations\u002Fbasingstoke\u002F","The main town of Basingstoke and Deane, on the M3 and the main line to London, where big employers and a long list of small firms share the office districts round the station.","places\u002Fbasingstoke","HQAG6AoP1GDvhN61nFvC7z770Ktbfs6FqS00nP7hwyo",{"file":447,"alt":448},"\u002Fog\u002Ftowns\u002Fbasingstoke.png","Business events in Basingstoke, with posters for the next dates there.",1794577414957]