Discover Basingstoke and Deane’s past, from the rich archaeological heritage beneath our feet right up to the modern day.

We're the Arts Centre for Basingstoke, and the main Public Art Gallery in North Hampshire. As well as the Gallery, we've also got a dance studio/theatre space, a digital media suite, art studios and more. We organise some 35 different arts activities a week, with a...

The Making is the award-winning arts charity that promotes high quality contemporary craft and design and inspires new audiences to engage with the art of making. From Public Art and our flagship Theatre of Making programme to our latest Arts Council funded Festival...

Located on the Leisure Park in Basingstoke, Milestones is packed full of the things that ordinary people used in the past. It's is an ideal family visit with lots to explore in a safe, warm, child-friendly environment... all under one roof, including café,...

Basing House was built in 1535 as a new palace for Sir William Paulet the first Marquess of Winchester and Lord Treasurer to Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I. It was the largest private house in the country, with around 360 rooms, and was frequently visited by the...

Originally built as a great Tudor 'power house', The Vyne was visited by King Henry VIII on at least three occasions and later became a family home, cherished by the Chute family for more than 350 years.

The Estate offers a wide range of opportunities for every taste and interest, from Stratfield Saye House where the 1st Duke lived from 1818 to 1852, the excellent equestrian facilities at Wellington Riding, family activities at Wellington Country Park, quality local...

A delightful series of walled gardens surrounds the charming 18th-century house.

Regular special exhibitions of art, crafts, photography, local and natural history, local artists and the delightful watercolours and oil paintings of W H Allen. There is the comfortable coffee lounge, and charming walled garden provides a peaceful retreat in the...

One of the finest local history collections in Hampshire, exploring 100 million years of history Displays include prehistoric tools, Roman pottery reconstruction, Saxon burials, the Battle of Alton 1643, the notorious tale of Sweet Fanny Adams and Hop picking and...