 This road stretched from the junction with the road to Alton (now A339) from Hackwood Lane, to the Winchester Road (A30).The A30 route from Basingstoke Town Centre runs to a very similar alignment today, the main difference being a diversion behind Brighton Hill Community School, to allow for building of a retail park.The only real housing in the area was in a street known as Cumberland Avenue, at the time completely surrounded by fields.