Purbrook
Purbrook is a village in the Borough of Havant in Hampshire, England.
Purbrook is a village in the Borough of Havant in Hampshire, England. Purbrook is on the outskirts of Waterlooville just north of the Portsmouth. Purbrook village is part of Purbrook Ward which also includes Widley and Crookhorn and had a population of 9,281 (2001), taking up 7.7% of Havant borough's population.
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Worth seeing in and around Purbrook
7 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.
- 01Fort Widley
Fort Widley is one of the forts built on top of Portsdown Hill between 1860 and 1868 on the recommendation of the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom. It was designed, along with the other Palmerston Forts atop Portsdown, to protect Portsmouth from attack from the rear.
2.5 km · fort in Portsmouth, UK · Wikipedia - 02Wymering Manor
Wymering Manor is a Grade II* listed building, which is the oldest in the city of Portsmouth, England, and was the manor house of Wymering, a settlement mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. It is first recorded in 1042, when it was owned by King Edward the Confessor.
3.6 km · house in Wymering, Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Havant Thicket Reservoir
Havant Thicket Reservoir is a reservoir currently under construction to the north of the town of Havant in Hampshire, England. It is the first reservoir to be built in Britain in over 30 years.
3.9 km · reservoir in Hampshire, England · Wikipedia - 04Keydell House
Keydell House was situated in 45 acres of land near Lovedean Corner, in the village of Horndean, part of the ecclesiastical parish of Catherington Hampshire from Georgian times until its demolition to make way for houses in 1968.
2.2 km · country house in Bedhampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05South Downs College
HSDC is a Further education college located in Waterlooville, Hampshire, England. The college was formed on 1 August 2017 following a merger of South Downs College and Havant Sixth Form College.
1.2 km · further education college in Waterlooville, Hampshire, England · Wikipedia - 06The Elms
The Elms is an historic house in Old Bedhampton, near Havant, Hampshire in England. It is a Grade II* listed building The house was built in the 17th century and improved in the Gothic Revival style during the 18th.
2.6 km · historic house in Old Bedhampton, near Havant, Hampshire in England · Wikipedia - 07Waterlooville Baptist Church
Waterlooville Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Waterlooville and surrounding suburban areas in the borough of Havant in Hampshire, southeast England. Built in 1966 to replace a Victorian chapel on a different site, the church is affiliated with the Baptist Union of Great Britain.
2.2 km · church in Hampshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Purbrook
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 67 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 78 km · London Luton (LTN), 121 km
- Stations
- Bedhampton railway station, 3.1 km · Cosham railway station, 3.4 km · Havant bus station, 4 km · Farlington Halt railway station, 3.1 km
- London → Purbrook96 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £10–13
- Luton, Luton → Purbrook121 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · £13–18
- Bristol → Purbrook126 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · £16–21
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No local-transport research exists yet for Purbrook
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 Purbrook. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inAlight at for the Historic Dockyard, Gunwharf Quays, the Spinnaker Tower and ferries to the Isle of Wight.
- Get inThere are ferry services from four ports in Normandy and Brittany.
- Get inCross Channel ferry services operate out of the Portsmouth International Port located at the end of the M275 motorway Caen Brittany Ferries, up to 3 a day, 5 hr 45 min Cherbourg Condor Ferries, 1 Sunday service, 5 hr Brittany Ferries, 1 a day, 3-hr fast service Le Havre Brittany Ferries 1 a day, 8 hr 15 min overnight Saint-Malo Brittany Ferries, up to 2 a day, 9 hr overnight or in the daytime There are services from two ports in northern Spain (the Basque Country and Cantabria).
- Get inBilbao Brittany Ferries, 'cruise style' 2 a week (W: 24 hr, and Su: 32 hr), 'économie' 1 a week (Tu: 28 hr).
- Get inSantander Brittany Ferries, 3 a week (Tu F Su: 24 hr).
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Next door to Purbrook
- Waterloovilletown in Havant, Hampshire, England, UK1.7 km
- Coshamsuburb of Portsmouth, England3.3 km
- Cowplainvillage in Hampshire, England, UK3.8 km
- Widleyvillage in Hampshire, England, UK1.3 km
- Bedhamptonvillage in Hampshire, England, UK2.7 km
- Newlandscivil parish in Winchester, Hampshire, England2 km