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Basingstoke Removals Company for the Local Area
Are you looking to move to Basingstoke, the birthplace of Jane Austen, or the surrounding areas? If so, look no further than White & Company as your choice of removal company.
White & Company has been moving families in the area for well over 150 years and can offer a variety of storage, packing and delivery solutions to make your move stress-free.
Irrespective of size and distance, your move will require careful planning to ensure everything runs smoothly.
As founding members of the removals industry’s regulators, the British Association of Removers, FIDI & OMNI, we have the specialised skill set to undertake just about any move.
Our local branch, located at Bar End Industrial Estate, can offer a written quotation within 24 hours of your house survey.
About Us
White & Company has 19 branches located across the UK from the Channel Islands to Scotland and a network of industry partners.
This extensive relocation network allows us to provide the perfect removal solutions no matter where you are moving.
Through hard work, commitment, and excellent service, we are now one of the industry’s largest removal companies.
We have 265 specialist vehicles, full trained and security cleared removals staff and 19 secure storage locations across the UK.
Why Move to Basingstoke?
Jobs for one. Basingstoke offers a host of prospective employment opportunities, 30 of Hampshire’s top companies are based in Basingstoke.
Easy commute to the city, you can be in London Waterloo within 42 minutes by train.
Multiple Green Spaces to enjoy. In fact, there are over 30 open spaces and park areas to enjoy in Basingstoke. You can find out a little more about them here.
Excellent leisure facilities are all at hand; A first-class shopping mall, The Aquadrome swimming centre.
Basingstoke Leisure Park; Planet Ice Silver Dome ice skating rink. Numerous other leisure centres and gyms.
For a touch of culture, Milestones living history museum has hundreds of exhibits and holds different exhibitions throughout the year.
The Willis Museum in the town centre digs into the archaeological history of Basingstoke, and the Sainsbury Gallery offers regularly changing exhibitions, workshops, talks and events.
Good public transport and ample town centre parking. Regular bus services are available from the suburbs but driving into the centre is easy too, with a wide choice of parking options perfect to access the great pubs and restaurants in town.
Beautiful countryside on your doorstep; To the west is the North Wessex Down, an area of outstanding natural beauty.
The well-known Basingstoke Canal. Opened in 1794 to carry agricultural produce from Basingstoke to London via the rivers Wey and Thames passes through the wonderful countryside in Surrey and Hampshire.
Great for outdoor activities; fishing, walking, and canoeing.
Working in Basingstoke
Basingstoke was chosen to accommodate part of the London ‘overspill’ as part of the Greater London Plan in 1944. Formerly it was a small market town which was recorded in the Domesday Book. It remained a small market town until the 1950s.
During the 1960’s however, it began to expand rapidly. This expansion was due in part to its location which offers easy access to other towns and cities in the region; London 48 miles, Southampton 30 miles, Reading 16 miles and 19 miles from the county town of Winchester.
Nicknamed “Doughnut City” or “Roundabout City” because of the number of roundabouts in the town which aid a rapid road network.
Today, it is seen as a prosperous town, it enjoys an above-average standard of living and low unemployment.
It is an economic centre, and the location of some notable companies; the UK headquarters of Sun Life Financial of Canada, The Automobile Association, ST Ericsson, GAME, Motorola and Sony Professional Solutions (Europe).
Other industries include drug manufacturing, IT, communications, insurance and electronics.
With a number of new housing developments, a new shopping centre Festival Place and new businesses opening their doors, Basingstoke is an exciting and enterprising place to live.
Basingstoke Schools & Education
Educational needs are well served. Each neighbourhood in the town has at least one primary school, while secondary schools are distributed around the town on larger campuses.
According to Snobe, there are 23 Ofsted-rated “outstanding” schools in Basingstoke.
Among the highly regarded primaries are St Mary’s C of E Junior School and Overton C of E School both awarded an “Outstanding” at their latest inspections.
Basingstoke has two large further education colleges. A sixth-form college, Queen Mary’s College (QMC) and Basingstoke College of Technology (BCoT).
There are also many renowned independent schools within driving distance which include Sherfield School in Sherfield on Loddon, Cheam in Headley and Lord Wandsworth in Long Sutton.
Basingstoke Property
The town has a wide variety of housing styles to choose from attractive older Victorian homes, neat, terraced properties in the centre, a selection of Edwardian homes and a huge number of new builds.
A Little further afield in the quiet residential area of the town called Old Basing, you will find more rural homes. These are very sought after and prices can be high in many cases well over the £1 million mark.
For those with less to spend, the town is packed with terraced properties. Most have been gutted, refurbished, and extended offering great living spaces, ideal for raising a family.
Growing in line with its popularity means that there is always a new build development underway somewhere in Basingstoke.
If it’s a new home you are searching for, there are several new developments in Basingstoke being built by a range of well-known building companies such as Bovis, Cala and Crest, all of which currently have a selection of homes for sale.
If you want a taste of village life without missing out on the amenities of a city, affordable Basingstoke is your go-to place!
Popular Places to Live near Basingstoke
White & Company offer removals & storage solutions for the entire area including:
- Bramley
- Chineham
- Cliddesden
- Dummer
- Ellisfield
- Greywell
- Hannington
- Hartley Wintney
- Heckfield
- Herriard
- Highclere
- Hook
- Kingsclere
- Lasham
- Mapledurwell
- Medstead
- North Waltham
- Oakley
- Old Basing
- Overton
- Preston Candover
- Rotherwick
- Sherborne St John
- Silchester
- South Warnborough
- Steventon
- Tadley
- Upton Grey
- Whitchurch
- Winslade
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