Locks Heath
Locks Heath is a residential suburb of Fareham, in the south of Hampshire, England.
Locks Heath is a residential suburb of Fareham, in the south of Hampshire, England. Locks Heath is immediately surrounded by a collection of villages including Sarisbury to the west, Swanwick, Park Gate and Whiteley to the north, Warsash to the southwest and Titchfield to the southeast. Within the heart of the area its shopping village is located with a community centre. The population of the village was 35,757 as of 2021.
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Worth seeing in and around Locks Heath
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01St Andrew's Castle
St Andrew's Castle was an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, between 1542 and 1543. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended Southampton Water near the Solent.
3.5 km · artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, between 1542 and 1543 · Wikipedia - 02Titchfield Abbey
Titchfield Abbey is a medieval abbey and later country house, located in the village of Titchfield near Fareham in Hampshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1222 for Premonstratensian canons, an austere order of priests.
2.7 km · medieval abbey and later country house in Titchfield, Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Brooklands
Brooklands is an 18th-century country house in Sarisbury in Fareham in the English county of Hampshire. The grounds of the house overlook the River Hamble.
2.6 km · house in Sarisbury, Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Hamble Common
Hamble Common is a Public Park, Public Common and Scheduled Monument in Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, not too far from Southampton. The site is 22-hectare and formerly hosted an Iron Age settlement as well as a Tudor Castle.
3.6 km · park in Hamble-le-Rice, Eastleigh, Hampshire, England · Wikipedia - 05Warsash Maritime School
Warsash Maritime School, formerly Warsash Maritime Centre and Warsash Maritime Academy, is a maritime training college that is part of Solent University. The college provides education, training, consultancy and research to the international shipping and off-shore oil industries.
3 km · British maritime training college · Wikipedia - 06Lee-on-The Solent to Itchen Estuary
Lee-on-The Solent to Itchen Estuary is a 585.9-hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches along the coast between Southampton and Gosport in Hampshire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
3.1 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 07Swanwick Shore Strict Baptist Chapel
Swanwick Shore Strict Baptist Chapel is a Strict Baptist place of worship in Lower Swanwick, a village in the Borough of Fareham in Hampshire, England. It has been in continuous use for worship since 1844, when it succeeded a converted boat-shed which had become unsuitable.
2.9 km · chapel in Lower Swanwick, Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Brickworks Museum
The Brickworks Museum, also known as Bursledon Brickworks, is a volunteer-run museum in Swanwick, Hampshire, England. It is described as the UK's sole surviving Victorian steam-driven brickworks.
3.1 km · building in Swanwick, Fareham, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09Lincegrove and Hackett's Marshes
Lincegrove and Hackett's Marshes is a 37.8-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the west bank of the River Hamble between Southampton and Fareham in Hampshire. It is part of Solent and Southampton Water Ramsar site and Special Protection Area, and of Solent Maritime Special Area of Conservation.
3.2 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 10College of Air Traffic Control
The College of Air Traffic Control or CATC is the main British non-military training establishment for air traffic control. It also trains people from other countries.
3 km · College in Hampshire · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Fareham has developed several attractions to draw visitors to the town. The historic High Street features a fine collection of Georgian buildings, home to many of the town's restaurants. The town centre has been improved to bring it up to modern standards, and the opening of the Market Quay development has added a cinema.
- 01Fort Fareham
- 02Royal Armouries Museum and Fort Nelson
- 03Titchfield Abbey
- 04The Great Barn
Mill Ln, Titchfield, Fareham PO15 5RB,.
- 05Hovercraft Museum
Daedalus Site Seafront Gate, Marine Parade West, Lee-on-the-Solent, PO13 9NS,.
- 06Portchester Castle
The castle's keep was built in Norman times (largely from recycled Roman brick) and extensive late Roman structures remain although ruinous.
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Things to do
Ferneham Hall, a theatre, is in the town centre. The Ashcroft Centre specialises in amateur theatre productions.
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Where to eat
- 01Villa Romana
The Old Coach House High Street, Fareham PO16 7BB, enquiries@villaromana.co.uk.
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Getting to Locks Heath
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 82 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 88 km · Bristol (BRS), 116 km
- Stations
- Bursledon railway station, 3.5 km · Swanwick railway station, 1.5 km
- London → Locks Heath107 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · £12–16
- Bristol → Locks Heath114 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · £16–21
- Luton, Luton → Locks Heath128 km · quickest by road, 2h 28m · £15–20
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Locks Heath
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Locks Heath. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inHowever, you can reach Hythe easily from the stations at Lymington and Southampton (via bus or ferry).
From Wikivoyage: Hythe (Hampshire), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Locks Heath
- Hamble-le-Ricevillage in Hampshire, England, UK3.9 km
- Bursledonvillage and civil parish in Hampshire, United Kingdom3.9 km
- Titchfieldvillage in Hampshire, UK2.8 km
- Warsashvillage in Hampshire, England, UK2.5 km
- Whiteleycommunity in Hampshire, England, UK2.1 km
- Hookvillage in Fareham, Hampshire, England2 km