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Viables

Viables is a district of Basingstoke, England, that was formed around 1970 as part of the Basingstoke Town Centre Development Plan.

Viables
Viables · Jakub Hałun
The place

Viables is a district of Basingstoke, England, that was formed around 1970 as part of the Basingstoke Town Centre Development Plan. The area is mostly made up of industry such as crafting centres, industrial and housing estates and the Jazz Buss Service. The area is bounded to the west by Hatch Warren and the A30. To the north is the district of Brighton Hill and the Cranbourne area.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Viables

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Basing House

    Basing House was a Tudor palace and castle in the village of Old Basing in the English county of Hampshire. It once rivalled Hampton Court Palace in its size and opulence.

    3.4 km · Tudor palace and castle in Old Basing, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Fanum House

    Fanum House is the former headquarters of the Automobile Association in Basingstoke, in the English county of Hampshire. It is one of several current and former AA buildings named "Fanum House" around the country.

    2.5 km · tower block in Basingstoke, England · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Festival Place

    Festival Place is a shopping centre in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England which opened on Tuesday, 22 October 2002. It houses over 200 shops including large stores such as Next, Marks and Spencer, Apple Store and HMV. There are also restaurants, bars, and cafés, mostly located outside in the covered Festival Square.

    1.8 km · shopping mall in Basingstoke, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Farleigh Hill

    Farleigh Hill is one of the highest points in the county of Hampshire, England. It is part of the Hampshire Downs and reaches a height of 208 metres above sea level.

    3.8 km · hill in Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Milestones Living History Museum

    Milestones Museum of Living History is a museum located on the Leisure Park in Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK. Milestones is made up of a network of streets that have been recreated according to those found in Victorian and 1930s Hampshire. It was opened on 1 December 2000 by Duke of Edinburgh as a joint project between Hampshire County Council and Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

    2.4 km · Heritage centre in Basingstoke, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Hackwood House

    Hackwood Park is a 260-acre country estate that primarily consists of an 18th-century ornamental woodland and formal lawn garden and a 51,681 sq ft, long mansion, in light stone, of symmetrical design. It remains a large part of Winslade, a small parish immediately southeast of Basingstoke in Hampshire, which had a population of 174 people throughout the 1801 to 1851 period when the manorial interest still held legal value.

    1.4 km · Grade II* listed country house in Winslade, Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Willis Museum

    The Willis Museum is a local history museum in the Market Place, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. The building, which was formerly known as Basingstoke Town Hall, is a Grade II listed building.

    1.5 km · Museum in Basingstoke, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Church of the Holy Ghost

    Holy Ghost Church is a Roman Catholic church in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. It was built from 1902 to 1903 by the priest and architect Alexander Scoles in the Gothic Revival style.

    2.3 km · Catholic church building in Basingstoke and Deane, Hampshire, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Basingstoke College of Technology

    Basingstoke College of Technology is a further education college in Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom. The college is located in the centre of Basingstoke on Worting Road, and consists of three campus buildings: North, South, and STEM. The college is listed as a Centre of Vocational Excellence in certain areas, and was rated as 'Good' by Ofsted.

    1.7 km · college in Hampshire, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    The Anvil, Basingstoke

    The Anvil is a concert hall and performing arts centre in the town of Basingstoke in Hampshire, UK. The building's name reflects its unusual shape, particularly when seen from the western approach, as it resembles the horn end of a traditional blacksmith's anvil. It has also been likened to the bow of a ship.

    1.9 km · concert hall and performing arts centre in Basingstoke, England · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Viables

Airports
London Heathrow (LHR), 50 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 64 km · London Luton (LTN), 86 km
Stations
Basingstoke railway station, 2.1 km · Cliddesden railway station, 1.4 km
  • London → Viables
    73 km · quickest by road, 1h 50m · £8–10
  • Luton, Luton → Viables
    84 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £10–13
  • Bristol → Viables
    107 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £12–16
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Viables

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Viables. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    64 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    250 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    470 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    551 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    587 km

If you know how people move in Viables – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Viables

Viables is 24 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.