A BASINGSTOKE photographer claims to have put the town “on the map” after his picture appeared on national television.

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Darren Burton, a member of the Basingstoke Gazette Camera Club, had his photograph of a sunset over the town feature on ITV’s Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh.

Posting to the club’s Facebook page, he said: “I’ve made it... 8 seconds of fame lol.”

He added: “Basingstoke nature on the map.”

The stunning image shows a seed head in front of a sunset.

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