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Prelude House, Crockford Lane, Basingstoke

Land size
0.41 acres

Key Features

  • Security Led Construction
  • Control room, toughened glass windows & airlock double door security systems
  • Ground floor vault
  • 3 secure internal loading bays each with dock levellers
  • 1.62-acre secure compound with an electrified fence
  • First floor offices, boardroom, WC, staff and kitchenette areas
  • 315 kVA power supply & back up generator
  • EPC Rated B (To be A)
  • Available from Q4 2026
  • 50 car parking spaces

Description

Available for Sale of To Let - Available from Q4 2026 . Rare freehold opportunity available to be refurbished/altered/extended to an occupier's requirements. 17,772 sq ft on 1.61 acres. Potential for a further 10,000 sq ft.

The property is a purpose-built cash handling facility, constructed circa 1994. It offers occupiers the rare opportunity to acquire a high-security facility, mitigating significant fit-out costs. The building is situated in a fenced compound with secure storage and vault areas arranged on the ground floor, with ancillary offices and plant at first floor level.

Location Description

Crockford Lane is the main spine road to Chineham Business Park, linking directly to the A33, which in turn leads to J11 of the M4 at Reading. The A339 Ring Road provides access to J6 M3 and the A34 at Newbury as well as the wider national road network. Basingstoke Town Centre, with its mainline railway link to London (48 mins) is 2.5 miles to the South West. The Park is served by The Exchange, a coffee shop and co-working space, a gym and is on the local Stagecoach route 20. There is a Tesco/M&S Food/McDonalds/Costa and Subway at the nearby Chineham Shopping Centre (6 mins drive).

Basingstoke is a prosperous town and a key economic hub recognised for its strong business environment, capable workforce, above average quality of living and low levels of unemployment. It is home to many world class companies across a diverse range of sectors including TD Synnex, Shurgard, Wates Group, Aurora World and Yusen Logistics.

Terms

Available freehold or by way of a new Full Repairing and Insuring lease, on a term to be agreed.

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-09-11

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
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Water
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Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
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Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

16 Mbps

Standard (10-30 Mbps)

Suitable for

  • Web & social
  • Music streaming
  • Standard video calls

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Four Lanes Infant School640 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 7
    Pupils
    263
    Type
    Community school
  • Four Lanes Community Junior School737 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    7 to 11
    Pupils
    358
    Type
    Community school
  • Great Binfields Primary School1.1 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    415
    Type
    Community school
  • Marnel Community Infant School1.2 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    4 to 7
    Pupils
    356
    Type
    Community school
  • Marnel Junior School1.3 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    7 to 11
    Pupils
    460
    Type
    Academy sponsor led

Secondary

  • Everest Community Academy1.8 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    740
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • The Vyne Community School2.1 milesOfsted report card · Jun 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    740
    Type
    Community school
  • The Costello School2.7 milesOfsted report card · Feb 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,160
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Cranbourne3.4 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,088
    Type
    Community school
  • The Blue Coat School Basingstoke3.9 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    837
    Type
    Academy sponsor led

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

M&S Chineham SF, Basingstoke1.1 miles
Tesco Basingstoke Superstore, Basingstoke1.1 miles
Lidl Chineham Basingstoke, Basingstoke1.1 miles

GP surgery

Chineham Medical Practice0.7 miles

Pharmacy

Chineham Pharmacy906 metres

Hospital

Basingstoke And North Hampshire Hospital2.4 miles

Green space

Public Park Or Garden158 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Bramley (Hants) Rail Station2.1 miles

Nearest bus stop

Aurum Green117 metres

Typical drive times

Fleet23 min · 15 miles
Tadley16 min · 7.9 miles
Yateley25 min · 19 miles
Basingstoke8 min · 3.9 miles
Winchester (city)29 min · 22 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.

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