The following info was taken from Tozer's 'Basingstoke, not Boringstoke' pages.

Basingstoke is known to CBers as 'Doughnut City' due to the large number of Roundabouts. Indeed so famed is Basingstoke for roundabouts that the 'Basingstoke roundabout' gets a mention in Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy . . . .

. . . . and Vauxhall (Opel) promote their Vectra car by demonstrating how well it handles the fictitious 'Basingstoke Mitchell's Bush' roundabout.

The Crockford Lane roundabout displays a ribbon of around 100 red steel human silhouettes.

The body of a Basingstoker who died in the middle of the massive 'Town Centre West' roundabout wasn't found for four days. Another Basingstoker 'lost' several hours whilst crossing this roundabout and claimed to have been abducted by aliens.

The Daneshill roundabout is home to the 'Basinghenge' stone circle, the scene of strange rituals at Summer Solstice.

The Cranbourne roundabout has Britain's shortest standard gauge railway line.

The Victory roundabout, named after the pub that used to stand here, in turn named after Nelson's ship the Victory.

The Hatch Warren roundabout is home to a bizarre primary colour painted metallic sculpture depicting vegetables and clothing. (Winchester Road, Hatch Warren)