The Kempshott section of this web-site is in association with the Kempshott Kourier and the Kempshott & District Residents Association.
Kempshott has a long history, the area dates back to the early 1700s where the Duke of Edinburgh stayed at Kempshott House and later had his honeymoon there in 1795 with Caroline of Brunswick. Kempshott House has now been demolished to make way for the M3
The estate has since developed with the creation of Homesteads Road and Kempshott Lane to generate a farming community. However, this changed quickly to aid with the London overspill and Kempshott soon became part of Basingstoke. The majority of the housing was built in the 1970s and early 1980s in three phases referred to locally as the Lakes (between Homesteads Road and Pack Lane), the Flowers (off Heather Way), and the Birds (off Kempshott Lane). There have been some newer additions most notably the Gabriel Park estate (at the end of Kempshott Lane). The main road through the estate is Kempshott Lane with Homesteads Road, Coniston Road and Heather Way forming access routes and Kestrel Road, Heron Way and Gracemere Crescent forming crescents with residential cul-de-sacs. The majority of the houses in Kempshott are larger 3,4 and 5 bedroom properties, most are detached and the area has an established feel to it.
Kempshott Infants and Junior Schools are off Homesteads Road. There is a small parade of shops off Kempshott Lane in the centre of Kempshott. These shops include a Chinese take away, an estate agents and convenience store. Opporsite this is the local public house. Kempshott has two halls one is the Kempshott Village Hall, just off Pack Lane and the other is Old Down Hall at the end of Kempshott Lane. Kempshott is served on the borough council by three councilors (Cllr Anne Court, Cllr Christine Heath and Cllr Rita Burgess) and has its own Residents association to promote the interests of Kempshott. The Kempshott and District Residents Association (KDRA) has been running for over 50 years and its aim is to protect the quality of life for the residents of Kempshott. More information on the KDRA is available from the Kempshott and District Residents Association.
The Kempshott Community receives its local information from the Kempshott Kourier magazine delivered free every month to over 3000 homes. There are a wide variety of Businesses supplying products and services to Kempshott and to the wider Basingstoke area. Many of these can be found in the Business Directory. Kempshott is an area and housing estate in Basingstoke located to the west of Pack Lane and north of Winchester Road.
POLICE URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO GUARD AGAINST VEHICLE CRIME
Police in Basingstoke are reminding people to keep their vehicles secure after 11 vehicles were broken into in Brighton Hill last week. Also a number of vehicles were broken into in the Gloucester road area of Hatchwarren and Coniston road in Kempshott
The incidents occurred on Tuesday, January 22 and Wednesday, January 23. Mainly all of the property taken from the vehicles w as left on display and was stolen after the thief smashed the car window. Items taken included satellite navigation systems, games consoles, a pressure washer and CDs , However in some cases cars were broken into and searched but nothing was found by the thief to steal.
Glass Recycling Special – New Bottle Banks at Down Grange
Special new recycling bins have been installed in the Down Grange car park, off Pack Lane. The 'RESCAPE' banks replace the old style bottle banks and are designed to improve the appearance of recycling sites. With 4 other recycling sites in Kempshott to choose from, recycling all of your glass bottles and jars could be your 2008 New Years resolution!!
Most households in Kempshott will use over 300 glass bottles and jars this year. Recycling them all would save enough energy to use a washing machine over 100 times!
Although it seems a long way off, now is the time to start thinking about spring and, in particular, bird boxes, which need to be in position as soon as possible.Blue and Great Tits will soon be looking around for a suitable des. res. so why not encourage them to visit your garden by putting up one or two?If you already have one, do make sure that it is properly cleaned out to avoid the risk of fleas or other parasites infesting newly hatched birds.
With the darker evenings upon us, I would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone to be careful when out walking during the later hours. Wearing bright or reflective colours will help people see you in the dark.
Cyclists, make sure your bicycle is road worthy and that your lights are working.
BE SAFE, BE SEEN!
I would also like to make people aware of an increase in theft from motor vehicles.Please try and make sure that no valuables are left on display in your vehicle - especially those Christmas presents!
I will be patrolling the area to check for vulnerable vehicles over the next few weeks.
Just the other day we were transported back in time to the 14th century BC to the world of Egypt and the Pharaohs when we visited O (The Dome) to see the Tutankhamen Exhibition.We marvel a the Roman way of life and their artefacts but we went even further back in time and were astounded at the finds in this tomb.Tutankhamen died when he was only 19 years of age and they are still trying to find out why. When the chamber was opened it revealed the most unimaginable accumulation of extraordinary and unexpected objects.The world of the dead offered a most comprehensive record of life in pharaonic Egypt.We were able to see some of these items – the gold, the statues, the pottery, the jewellery, furniture etc.Then in the late afternoon we came back to the 21st century AD with our tour of the Christmas lights.We travelled by CanaryWharf and the commercial area, along the Embankment tot Hyde Park.This year the park is host to a WinterWonderLand with its “red” trees and German Market.The West End is ablaze with colour and well worth a more in depth look, and the window displays really area something to see.We were told the prices of some of the hampers on sale in places like M&S, Selfridges, Fortnum and Masons, Harrods etc. which made the mind bottle i.e. £40,000 and going upwards.I must not forget to mention the various ice rinks which have been installed in places like the Tower of London, British Museum etc.We returned home via Pack Lane where we saw two of the bungalows ablaze with lights – Basingstoke’s over own Christmas presentation.
The next Community/Police surgery will take place on Monday 7th January at 7pm at Kempshott Village Hall. Come along and meet Pc Loraine Stockham, PCSO Rob Bolland and possibly also our ACSOs and Community Wardens.
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