Basingstoke Common — Attraction in Basingstoke and Deane

We live in Old Basing which is the village side of the common. It's a great place to take your dogs, and I'm often I'm here and enjoy it, sadly though my partner is disabled and has a mobility scooter, we've contacted the council numerous times about this that there is no access for disability people to enjoy the same common as everybody else. At one point they did Make a special Modification on one of the gateways next to The Village Side, but this was taken out by the new people that have their horses on the fields, as far as I know they're allowed to be on their rent free as I must stay upgrade and secure the area, maintaining the fences and gateways, we asked the council again to help make this access available to disabled people also because they can go with their families or their dog it seems very unfair that there's no access whatsoever to these areas for disabled people. The problem is the gateways don't allow a large enough space for a larger mobility vehicle to get through. We suggested that they had a special key like the one you use in a disabled toilet to be able to open a side gate, if the gate is on a spring back then it won't stay open if somebody accidentally forgets. 7 fortunately I'm a little unhappy that I can't go there with my...

Basingstoke Common (or just "the common" if you're local) is a set of fields with access to various areas of Old Basing: The Lime Pits The British Legion Crabtree Plantation

The Common itself has recently been updated to replace some of the stiles with kissing gates, allowing easier access for people and animals.

There aren't a huge amount of bins, with them mostly being by the entrances from the roads, so be prepared to carry poo bags for a while if you're doing a longer walk.

There isn't an official car park, so most people tend to park in Crabtree, Lime Pits or on the adjacent streets.

There are horses/cows in summer months, so bear this in mind if you've got a dog that's not great...

Very pleasant and you can reach this place from multiple entries as you exit from basing house towards Lynch pit or when you come from black dam to crab tree cross the road and go up in woods at lynch pit parking space or before with a gate for long trail walk. Stunning views with very large open space. You can spot rabbits and horses on other end nice breeze always. If it is sunny day you can enjoy most walk down...