Country: | England |
Official Name: | Worting |
Coordinates: | 51.262°N -1.1364°W |
Shire District: | Basingstoke and Deane |
Shire County: | Hampshire |
Region: | South East England |
Constituency Westminster: | Basingstoke |
Post Town: | BASINGSTOKE |
Postcode Area: | RG |
Postcode District: | RG22 5 |
Dial Code: | 01256 |
Os Grid Reference: | SU6035251778 |
Static Image: | St Thomas of Canterbury - geograph.org.uk - 796489.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Church of St Thomas of Canterbury on Church Lane |
Worting is a former village and now a district of Basingstoke, in the Basingstoke and Deane district, in Hampshire, England, that was formed around 1970 as part of the Basingstoke Town Centre Development Plan. The area is bounded to the south by Hatch Warren and the Worting Junction. To the east is the district of Brighton Hill and the Cranbourne area.
In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 365.[1] On 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished and merged with Basingstoke and Wootton St Lawrence.[2] It is now in the unparished area of Basingstoke.