Hanover Gardens Basingstoke
42 addresses across 1 postcode (RG21), about 50 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 2104102.
- Energy: 32 homes have an energy certificate (C: 32).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band F; Band D in Basingstoke and Deane costs £2,255 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 6% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Basingstoke, about 1.7 km (1.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 100 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 104 to 109 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Crown Heights Medical Centre, about 1.6 km (1 mile) away.
- People: About 300 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 65% of households owned their home and 37% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 22 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
32 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 39 m². Most common: Flat (32). Built: 1967-1975 (32). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (32).
Council tax
What each band costs in Basingstoke and Deane in 2026-27: Band D £2,255 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,503 | £1,754 | £2,005 | £2,255 | £2,756 | £3,258 | £3,759 | £4,510 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band F (25% of about 680 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): Basingstoke Town and Chineham and the surrounding villages of Old Basing, Oakley and Sherborne St John..
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Springfield, Viables Lane, Basingstoke RG22 4BU: up to 6 homes, permissioned (540 m (0.3 miles))
- 208 Winchester Road Basingstoke, permissioned (600 m (0.4 miles))
- SKIPPETTS HOUSE SKIPPETTS LANE WEST: up to 30 homes, permissioned (730 m (0.5 miles))
- 4 Fairfields Road: up to 8 homes, permissioned (800 m (0.5 miles))
- Global House Victoria Street Basingstoke, permissioned (880 m (0.5 miles))
- Vantage House Little Victoria Street: up to 6 homes, permissioned (1 km (0.6 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 42 addresses are between 104 m and 109 m above sea level (106 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RG21 3JQ | 100% | 6% | 6% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Basingstoke 4.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Bramley (Hampshire) 265,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.9 km (5.5 miles) | |
| Hook 488,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.7 km (6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 19 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Morley Road Cranbourne | 230 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Basingstoke | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Car parks | Castons Car Park | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | 7 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Roam Charging Station | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Southampton Airport SOU | 38.4 km (24 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 50.3 km (31 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Crown Heights Medical Centre | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest S R Pharmacy | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 9 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Pj & Ta Marshall Dental Surgery | 810 m (0.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Basingstoke And North Hampshire Hospital | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Police station | Police Investigation Centre | 860 m (0.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | Asda Basingstoke - Grove Road PFS Cashzone | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.6 ha | 100 m |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 800 m² | 140 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest May's Bounty 1.9 ha | 720 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.2 ha | 510 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 5.5 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Holy Ghost Chapel, a scheduled monument, 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north. 7 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Holy Ghost Chapel | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Mountbatten House (formerly Gateway House): roof gardens and perimeter landscaping | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north-east |
| Hackwood Park | Registered park or garden, Grade I | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Common Plantation | Wood | 1.5 km (1 mile) east |
| The Basin | Lake or reservoir | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Cliddesden Hill | Hill | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south-west |
| Ructstall's Hill | Hill | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) east |
| Black Dam | Lake or reservoir | 2 km (1.3 miles) north-east |
| White Hill Dell | Valley | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.2 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 42 | 42 |
None of the street's 42 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Basingstoke and Deane: see them on the Basingstoke and Deane page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 220 m | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| Cranbourne | Secondary | 11–16 | 480 m (0.3 miles) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Queen Mary's College | 16 plus | 16–19 | 540 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection |
| Kings Furlong Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 750 m (0.5 miles) | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Kings Furlong Infant School and Nursery | Primary | 2–7 | 790 m (0.5 miles) | Requires improvement (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Fairfields Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 790 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Chalk Ridge Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No overall grade (Sep 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Basingstoke College of Technology | 16 plus | 16–99 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| The Costello School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Report card (Feb 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| The Blue Coat School Basingstoke | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Requires improvement (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Rucstall Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Outstanding (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beijing House Takeaway RG21 3JG | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 80 m | 5 Very good | 11 Dec 2024 |
| The Maples Day Nursery RG21 3JG | School/college/university | 80 m | 5 Very good | 14 Jan 2026 |
| Cranbourne Business & Enterprise College RG21 3NP | School/college/university | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 13 Mar 2025 |
| Salvation Army Basingstoke RG21 3NP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 8 Sep 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 8 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 5 |
| Burglary | 4 |
| Other crime | 2 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Hele Close (8); On or near Anstey Close (8); On or near Chandler Road (3); On or near Stocker Close (2); On or near Hanover Gardens (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 65% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 37% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 29% | 17% |
| Private rented | 6% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 35% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 50% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 33% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 14% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 70% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 37% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 94% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 10 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- RG21 3JQ: 42 addresses of 45 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Waverley Avenue · Anstey Close · Schroeder Close · Hele Close · Frithmead Close · Kingsmill Road · Ringway South · Stocker Close · Ferguson Close · Chandler Road · Midlane Close · Loveridge Close
All the streets in RG21 and across Basingstoke and Deane.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.