Car hire and driving in Basingstoke
Driving distances to the cities around, the rules that change at the border, and where to compare rental prices.
In United Kingdom traffic drives on the left. Picking up at LHR means 49 km (30 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1061257 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3086706.
Drives from Basingstoke
| Route | Country | Distance | Estimated time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basingstoke to Woking | United Kingdom | 37 km (23 mi) | about 34 min |
| Basingstoke to Slough | United Kingdom | 44 km (27 mi) | about 40 min |
| Basingstoke to Southampton | United Kingdom | 46 km (28 mi) | about 42 min |
| Basingstoke to High Wycombe | United Kingdom | 47 km (29 mi) | about 43 min |
| Basingstoke to Portsmouth | United Kingdom | 52 km (32 mi) | about 47 min |
| Basingstoke to Oxford | United Kingdom | 56 km (35 mi) | about 51 min |
| Basingstoke to Swindon | United Kingdom | 58 km (36 mi) | about 53 min |
| Basingstoke to Sutton | United Kingdom | 62 km (39 mi) | about 57 min |
| Basingstoke to Harrow | United Kingdom | 63 km (39 mi) | about 58 min |
| Basingstoke to Watford | United Kingdom | 65 km (40 mi) | about 59 min |
| Basingstoke to Crawley | United Kingdom | 65 km (40 mi) | about 1 h |
| Basingstoke to Croydon | United Kingdom | 70 km (43 mi) | about 1 h 4 min |
| Basingstoke to London | United Kingdom | 72 km (45 mi) | about 1 h 6 min |
| Basingstoke to Berlin | Germany | 1,003 km (623 mi) | about 15 h 18 min |
| Basingstoke to Madrid | Spain | 1,223 km (760 mi) | about 18 h 39 min |
| Basingstoke to Rome | Italy | 1,467 km (912 mi) | about 22 h 23 min |
| Basingstoke to Paris | France | 363 km (226 mi) | about 5 h 32 min |
| Basingstoke to Hamburg | Germany | 793 km (492 mi) | about 12 h 5 min |
| Basingstoke to Budapest | Hungary | 1,511 km (939 mi) | about 23 h 2 min |
| Basingstoke to Warsaw | Poland | 1,519 km (944 mi) | about 23 h 10 min |
Distances are straight-line; road and rail routes run about 15–25% longer. Times are estimates from distance and typical speeds, not timetables.
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Common questions
Which side of the road do they drive on in Basingstoke?
The left, as everywhere in United Kingdom.
How are the journey times on this page worked out?
From straight-line distance and typical speeds for each mode, so they are estimates for planning, not timetables. Road and rail routes run 15–25% longer than the straight line.
Where these facts come from
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
- Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
- OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
- Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines
Data compiled 13 September 2026. Hotel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.