Basingstoke Rural District is a former council district that comprised the areas of

Basingstoke Basingstoke ( ) is a town in Hampshire, situated in south-central England across a valley at the source of the River Loddon on the western edge of the North Downs. It is the largest settlement in Hampshire without city status in the United King ...

and the parishes that surrounded the large town. It now lies within the present-day

Basingstoke and Deane Basingstoke and Deane is a local government district with borough status in Hampshire, England. The main town is Basingstoke, where the council is based. The district also includes the towns of Tadley and Whitchurch, along with numerous vil ...

district in

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to the north, Surrey and West Sussex to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south, ...

, England. Basingstoke and Deane Council assumed responsibilities on 1 April 1974 and comprises the areas of this council and the Kingsclere and Whitchurch Rural District.

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{{coord missing, Hampshire Rural districts of England Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 History of Hampshire