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Winklebury, Basingstoke — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Winklebury is a Basingstoke suburb two miles north-west of the centre, recorded alongside Manydown and site of the Milestones Living History Museum.
About Winklebury
Where to stay in Winklebury
Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.
Milestones Living History Museum is the reason most visitors end up on this side of Basingstoke, and the streets around it are estate housing built after the London Overspill years rather than anything older. Winklebury's estate streets seldom run to hotels. Anyone visiting the museum will want the Winklebury and Manydown side, while anyone with business in central Basingstoke should take the two miles back in.
About Winklebury
What are the main landmarks in Winklebury?
One landmark brings visitors. The Milestones Living History Museum is the one entry on Winklebury's list that reads as a visitor attraction rather than a parish fixture, and it gives the suburb a reason to appear on a Basingstoke itinerary. The Good Shepherd, Winklebury holds the church end.
Least visible is the Site revealed by air photography at Catern crossroads, an archaeological trace recorded from the air rather than from anything standing.
What is the history of Winklebury?
Small holdings came first. Until the late 1960s Winklebury was a collection of small holdings, and Basingstoke's growth as a London Overspill town is what turned the area into a housing development instead. Manydown shares the name.
The Site revealed by air photography at Catern crossroads is recorded from the air rather than from anything standing.
Where is Winklebury?
Two miles out from central Basingstoke, Winklebury and Manydown cover a wide stretch of the town's north-western side.
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Updated September 2026