Long Basing

In the novel Third Girl, Long Basing is an English village. Poirot observed that it was one of those villages which "exhibit a tendency to length without breadth". Its main street was really the only street. At one end of the village is an abrupt transition and then a zone of council housing, followed by some higher class homes. Beyond is Crosshedges, the home of the Restaricks and Roderick Horsfield.

The county in which Long Basing is located is not stated.

Locations in Long Basing
The locations in the village do not feature especially in the plot. Still, Poirot, after arriving, chooses to walk through the place to Crosshedges in order to absorb the atmosphere. Almost two pages are devoted to describing Poirot's walk through the village.


 * church with tall tower and yew tree in the churchyard
 * antique shop which seemed to specialise in stripped pine chimney pieces
 * antique shop selling old maps, porcelain, oak chests, Victorian silver
 * two cafes
 * a basket shop - "quite delightful"
 * post-office cum greengrocer
 * a draper
 * "Lillah" - a boutique displaying "chic" fashion