Basingstoke - or Amazingstoke if you prefer - is the biggest town in Hampshire and is growing in popularity as a place to move to. Whether you have lived here all of your life or you have recently moved, you will no doubt have picked up on some of the loveable quirks which make the town unique. Here are some of the things our editorial team noticed when they moved to Basingstoke ... #1 Life in the fast lane – literally Whoever designed Basingstoke’s transport system must have liked driving fast. Because the network of dual carriageways makes it possible for drivers to travel almost exclusively at 70mph around the town - very much to my terror when I first moved here.