Retirement properties in Hook

Hook may be small, but the centre has everything you need in retirement including shops, cafés, pubs, a pharmacy and a post office.

• Groceries 
  There are several supermarkets like a Tesco Superstore and a Sainsbury’s as well as a local butcher and a couple of bakeries. 
• Shopping 
  The town centre has high street retailers, independent boutiques and specialty stores. For bigger spending sprees, Festival Place in nearby Basingstoke has over 200 shops.  
• Healthcare 
  The main GP practice is Hook Surgery, and there’s a choice of dental practices and a Boots pharmacy too. Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital is just seven miles away and has A&E services, specialist care, and outpatient treatments. 

Move to one of our retirement homes in Hook and you’ll be spoiled for choice for things to do. 

• Hook hosts regular events at the village’s two halls, Elizabeth Hall and the Community Centre. 
• There are a number of local sports and leisure clubs to join, including Hook Bowling Club, a choral society and lunch clubs.
• Hook is famous for its welcoming country pubs with lovely beer gardens. 
• Community events include the Hook Summer Fair, the Hook HSPA Fireworks Display and the Hook Flower and Produce Show. 
• West Green House Garden has ten acres of lake, water features, woodlands and Victorian greenhouses to explore, plus a tearoom. 
• Absorb local history at Odiham Castle, a13th century ruin on the Basingstoke Canal. 

On a sunny day you’ll enjoy strolling alongside the Basingstoke Canal, which winds through the idyllic countryside surrounding our retirement property for sale in Hook. You can even take a leisurely cruise down the canal or charter a private trip.

Visit North Warnborough for beautiful canal-side walks taking in the pretty villages of Newnham and Greywell, or visit the Tylney Hall Country House Hotel in Rotherwick. 

Although Hook is only a village, you’re close to the larger town of Basingstoke for a greater variety of shops and services. Just five minutes away by train, you’ll find a number of parks, a large library, a Waitrose, Basingstoke Aquadrome for aqua fitness and the Milestones Museum.

Hook has excellent transport links for a village of its size, offering easy connections to the rest of Hampshire, London and beyond.  

• By car
  Hook is close to the M3 for access to London, Southampton and other areas in the south. The A30 connects Hook to local towns and villages. 
• By bus
  Stagecoach and Fleet Link buses offer connections to Basingstoke, Fleet, Odiham, and Farnborough.
• By rail
  Hook’s mainline railway station takes you directly to Basingstoke in just five minutes and London Waterloo in under an hour.   
• By air
  Both Southampton International Airport and London Heathrow Airport are under 40 miles away making trips abroad in retirement a breeze.