Hook, Hampshire nr Basingstoke - St. John's Church - Judges postcard c.1970s

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• Picture / Image:  St. John's Church, Hook, nr Basingstoke, Hampshire
• Publisher: Judges of Hastings (C10901X)
• Postally used: no
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Hook /ˈhʊk/ is a small town and civil parish in the Hart district of northern Hampshire, England.

It is situated 6.2 miles (10 km) east of Basingstoke and 36 miles (58 km) northeast of Southampton, on the A30 national route, just north of Junction 5 of the M3 motorway. London is 41 miles (66 km) northeast of the town.

In 2016, Hook had a population of 7,916. Hook railway station currently has direct rail links to both London Waterlooand Basingstoke with indirect routes to Reading, Salisbury, and Southampton. Rail services are provided by South Western Railway.

There is a significant business community in the town, with the large Bartley Wood Business Park situated less than 0.6 miles (0.97 km) from the town centre. It is the location of the operational headquarters of the United Kingdom's largest cable television provider, Virgin Media, formerly NTL and Telewest. Other companies located in Hook are Serco, Trimble Navigation and HP. Between 2004 and 2006, Hook expanded eastwards with the development of the Holt Park residential district.

Until the 18th century, only a few scattered farms could be found in the area, but small hamlets did not begin to appear until inns sprung up to serve travellers. Hook was located on the main London to Exeter stagecoach route. In the late eighteenth century, a turnpike road was constructed to aid the navigation of the steep Scures Hill, to the west of the village. In 1883 Hook railway station was constructed, and the village began to grow with railway workers and commuters settling in Hook.^[2]

Hook has one of the few national TaxiBus services.

There is the main line rail station mentioned above and direct access to the M3 motorway, as well as the straight route parallelling the Roman road the A30 connecting local towns such as Basingstoke and Yateley. Southampton Airport is 35 mi (56 km) to the south and London Heathrow Airport is 33 mi (53 km) away to the northeast. The far smaller Blackbushe Airport municipal air facility is 6.5 mi (10.5 km) to the east, near Yateley. Many residents commute to the larger local towns of Basingstoke, Winchester, Reading, Camberley, Fleet and Farnborough, with some travelling further afield to Southampton, Bracknell and London.