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Purbrook
Village and parish in Hampshire, England

Purbrook

Purbrook is a village in the Borough of Havant in Hampshire, England.

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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.

How locals move

Getting around Purbrook the local way

  • 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).
  • Get inGuernsey Condor Ferries, 1 a day, 6 hr 30 min Jersey Condor Ferries, 1 a day, 10 hr 30 min The Isle of Wight is under 60 min by ferry or 10 min by hovercraft.
  • Get inThe Gosport Ferry runs every 7 min at peak times and every 15 min at other times until midnight for £3.30 return.
  • Get inThe Gosport Ferry service docks at the transport hub by Portsmouth Harbour station.

From Wikivoyage: Portsmouth, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Simon Burchell (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.