The best commuter villages where workers moving out of London can snap-up homes for less than £500,000 have been revealed.
With Covid having a huge and potentially lasting impact on the working habits of millions of office workers - many of whom are now working from home - properties in the capital s commuter belt are increasingly in demand.
And that demand could grow, with some major firms already announcing plans for more flexible working arrangements.
Building society Nationwide last month announced its 13,000 office workers would be given the choice of where they work from.
And auditing giant PwC recently told employees they can spend around half their working hours at home and end shifts early on Fridays in the summer.
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A BOAT dealer has defended his decision to install signs on a private road in Wargrave to deter trespassers.
David Bushnell, director of John Bushnell Ltd, owns a section of Loddon Drive, near the railway bridge.
He runs Bushnell Marine Services, which is the sales and repair section of the family business based at Thameside Marina in Watermans Way.
Two red and white notices have been placed at the end of the street saying that it is only open to residents of Loddon Drive and their visitors and there is no access to walkers, joggers and cyclists.
For this week’s Flashback, we have delved into the archives to unearth this column from The Gazette’s late historian, Arthur Attwood MBE.
First published in February 2002, Arthur took a look at the fascinating origins of Old Basing and pondered on what the future might hold for the town. BASINGSTOKE and Salisbury have much in common. Just as Old Sarum was the forerunner of Salisbury, so too was Old Basing the forerunner of Basingstoke. People at Old Basing have a just right to be proud of the fact that their settlement is much older than Basingstoke and does in fact have more signs of an earlier civilisation.