In the ninth century it was a royal estate and it was the site of the Battle of Basing on or about 22 January 871 AD, when a Viking army defeated King Æthelred of Wessex and his brother, the future King Alfred the Great.

The River Loddon, whose source is in Worting to the west of Basingstoke, flows through the village.

It was the home of the Marquesses of Winchester for several generations before being destroyed after a 24-week siege during the English Civil War.

In the 1980s, the Lychpit estate was developed to the north of the village, within the boundaries of the civil parish.

The club plays their home games at Royals Park which is part of the wider Basingstoke Common and is situated next to the Old Basing British Legion.

There are football pitches which overlap a cricket ground in addition to five tennis courts, an archery area and a lawn bowling green.