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So what is your interest ?<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sport… Nature… Arts & Crafts… Culture…<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Performing Arts… Social Wellbeing..Youth Activities <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Listed here are the clubs and groups meeting in or for Kempshott – in alphabetic order<\/strong> with a link to their own website or social media channel.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Art Clubs <\/strong> Kaderosi Art Club on a Tuesday, Kestrel Art Club on a Friday and both meeting in Kempshott Village Hall (Tel: 07799 693339).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Athletics<\/strong> \u2013 Basingstoke & Mid-Hants Athletics Cub are based at the Down Grange track and sports pavilion and involve men, women, seniors and juniors in a wide range of amateur track and field sports (www.bmhac.co.uk)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ballet & Dance –<\/strong>The Dance Dept hold classes at Old Down Hall on Fridays for pre-school tots and other informal dance classes at locations in the adjacent area (www.dancedept.co.uk)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Boule<\/strong> \u2013Racing Club Petanque is based at Basingstoke Rugby Club, Down Grange where they play (http:\/\/www.racingclubpetanque.com).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bowls<\/strong> \u2013 Greens<\/strong> There are bowls clubs at Oakley (www.oakleybc.org.uk)<\/em> and in Russell Howard Park in South Ham (www.howardparkbowls.co.uk)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n – Indoor <\/strong>The Loddon Vale Indoor Bowls Club is located on the Basingstoke Leisure Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cricket \u2013 <\/strong>Kempshott has a cricket pitch \u2013 but no cricket team. Basingstoke Cricket Club have their own ground near town centre. The Kempshott pitch in Stratton Park is used by other teams in the North Hampshire Cricket League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Croquet<\/strong> \u2013Croquet Club activities are detailed at (www.basingstokecroquet.co.uk)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cycling<\/strong> \u2013 Hatch Warren and Beggarwood Cycling Club is the local leisure road cycling club (www.hwbcc.org)<\/em> while there is also a road racing club in Basingstoke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dog Training<\/strong> \u2013 classes are held regularly at Kempshott Village Hall ( Dale 07957 8652 – no website)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Football<\/strong> \u2013 Basingstoke Football League based in Down Grange and uses Stratton Park<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gardening and Horticulture<\/strong> \u2013 Basingstoke Horticultural Society meets monthly at Kempshott Village Hall- 01256 324185 \u2013 no website<\/p>\n\n\n\n Golf<\/strong> \u2013 Basingstoke Golf Club (www.basingstokegolfclub.co.uk) <\/em>and Dummer Golf Club (www.dummergolfclub.com)<\/em> are the nearest clubs of the many in North Hampshire, there is also a driving range on the Leisure Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Girl Guiding <\/strong>-there are several guiding units in Kempshott for age ranges 5 \u2013 14 (www.girlguiding.org.uk)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Health & Wellbeing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n – Weight: Weight Watchers (WW) meet at Kempshott Village Hall and Slimming World meet at the Rugby Club<\/p>\n\n\n\n – <\/strong>Health Walks: there are healthwalks held across the Town daily \u2013 for details of the programme local to Kempshott consult (www.basingstoke.gov.uk\/healthwalks)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n – <\/strong>Healthy Eating & Community Gardening: with the accent on young people, is situated by Kempshott Village Hall and run by Inspero (www.inspero.org.uk)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hearing Impaired Support<\/strong>\u2013 Basingstoke Hard of Hearing Club meets in the town (contact Krystyna on Email:<\/strong> <\/em>krstyna_dietrich@hotmail.com<\/em><\/a> Tel:<\/strong> 01256 322283).<\/em> Basingstoke Deaf club, for users of BSL, can be contacted via Janet Ayton (Email <\/em>erjma@btinternet.com<\/em><\/a>) <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hockey<\/strong> \u2013the Basingstoke Hockey Club is located in Down Grange Park running multiple adult and youth teams (www.basingstoke-hockey.com)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Keep Fit<\/strong> \u2013 there are a number of local groups, mostly in Kempshott Village Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n Older Persons support<\/strong> – Neighbour Care \u2013 offer to transport those who cannot access an alternative to hospitals, appointments and the like. (Telephone 07905 272711)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Martial Arts<\/strong> (Children and Adults) \u2013 there are many martial arts clubs in Basingstoke. The UKSO Karate organisation meet in Kempshott Village Hall on Fridays for juniors and seniors (www.usko.org.uk\/ and Tel 067973 562752)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mens’ Shed<\/strong> – The Men’s Shed meet on Tuesdays in the Scout Hall, Stratton Park<\/p>\n\n\n\n Model Railway<\/strong> \u2013 the Basingstoke & North Hants Model Railway Society have their own hall in Stratton Park and meet regularly several times per week (www.basingstokemrs.org)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mother and Baby<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n – Baby Sensory meet in Kempshott Village Hall on a Monday (www.babysensory.com)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n – Mother and Toddler Group \u2013 Chat \u2018n\u2019 Play at St. Mark\u2019s Church Tuesday mornings in term time (www.saintmarks.org.uk\/forpreschoolchildren.htm)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Nature Conservation<\/strong> \u2013 Kempshott has a number of wildlife rich natural green spaces within the ward and 4 <\/strong>very active groups working to conserve these spaces for the benefit of wildlife and residents. These are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kempshott Conservation Group operating on Old Down Park and the Old Orchard (www.kempshottconservationgroup.org.uk),<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Old Down and Beggarwood Conservation Group, primarily looking after Old Down Wildlife Park (www.olddownandbeggarwood.org.uk<\/em>),<\/p>\n\n\n\n Silvermead Hedgerow Group working on a green corridor between Gabriel Park and the southern part of the Birds Estate (contact ?)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pantomime<\/strong> – Kempshott Pantomime Group meet June to January at the Ridgeway Centre<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pilates<\/strong> -meets in Kempshott Village Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n Quilting – <\/strong>the Quilters Circle meeting monthly in the Scout Hall, Stratton Park<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rifle Shooting<\/strong> \u2013 The Basingstoke Air Rifle and Pistol Club are based in the Walled Garden, Down Grange (www.barpc.org.uk)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Rugby <\/strong>\u2013 Basingstoke Rugby Club is located here in Down Grange Park and runs several boys\u2019, girls\u2019 and adult teams (www.basingstokerfc.com)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Running for health \u2013 <\/strong>Stratton Park hosts the local Junior Park Run on Sunday mornings (www.parkrun.org.uk<\/em>).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Scouting<\/strong>\u2013 Basingstoke West Scouts have their headquarters in the Scout Hall in Stratton Park where groups meet for age ranges 6 to 18 ( bwds.org.uk)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Swimming and water sports<\/strong> are located on the Basingstoke Leisure Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tennis<\/strong> \u2013 there are six tennis courts which are open and free to use in Stratton Park but no tennis club at that location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visually Impaired<\/strong> \u2013 the visual impairment support group Open Sight meet fortnightly (www.opensight.org.uk\/get-involved\/clubs-and-groups)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Women\u2019s Institute<\/strong> \u2013 meet 2nd<\/sup> and 4th<\/sup> Monday afternoons in Kempshott Village Hall.Yoga<\/strong>– class is in Kempshott Village Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yoga<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So what is your interest ? Sport… Nature… Arts & Crafts… Culture… Performing Arts… Social Wellbeing..Youth Activities Listed here are the clubs and groups meeting in or for Kempshott – in alphabetic order with a link to their own website or social media channel. Art Clubs Kaderosi Art Club on a Tuesday, Kestrel Art Club…<\/span><\/p>\n