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Locks Heath
Village and parish in Hampshire, England

Locks Heath

Locks Heath is a residential suburb of Fareham, in the south of Hampshire, England.

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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.

Get in

Getting to Locks Heath

Fareham is well served by the major road and rail networks. The M27 motorway passes around the northern edge of Fareham, and is the main traffic artery into the area. It provides easy access to both Portsmouth and Southampton, and from there to London via the M3 and A3(M). The A27 is a route that passes through the centre of Fareham, from west to east, with good connections from Southampton and Portsmouth.

See

Worth seeing

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.

  1. 01
    Fort Fareham
  2. 02
    Royal Armouries Museum and Fort Nelson
  3. 03
    Titchfield Abbey
  4. 04
    The Great Barn

    Mill Ln, Titchfield, Fareham PO15 5RB,.

  5. 05
    Hovercraft Museum

    Daedalus Site Seafront Gate, Marine Parade West, Lee-on-the-Solent, PO13 9NS,.

  6. 06
    Portchester Castle

    The castle's keep was built in Norman times (largely from recycled Roman brick) and extensive late Roman structures remain although ruinous.

Do

Things to do

Ferneham Hall, a theatre, is in the town centre. The Ashcroft Centre specialises in amateur theatre productions.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Villa Romana

    The Old Coach House High Street, Fareham PO16 7BB, enquiries@villaromana.co.uk.

How locals move

Getting around Locks Heath the local way

  • 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. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Editor5807 (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.