Portchester

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Portchester

Portchester is a small suburb

Suburb

Suburbs are commonly defined as the residential areas which surround the central area of the urban area of a town or city. In the United States, suburbs have a prevalence of usually detached single-family homes.....
to the northwest of Portsmouth

Portsmouth

Portsmouth city status in the United Kingdom located in the Counties of England of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is the UK's only island city and is located on Portsea Island....
, England

England

Fareham (borough)

Fareham is a Non-metropolitan district and Borough status in the United Kingdom in Hampshire, England. Its council is based in Fareham. Other places within the Borough include Portchester, Stubbington, Hill Head, Titchfield, Warsash, Locks Heath, Sarisbury and half of Whiteley....
in Hampshire

Hampshire

Hampshire , sometimes historically Southamptonshire, Hamptonshire, , or the County of Southampton, is a Counties of England on the south coast of England....
. Once a small village, Portchester is now a busy part of the expanding conurbation

Conurbation

A conurbation is an urban area or agglomeration comprising a number of cities, large towns and larger urban areas that, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban and industrially developed area....
between Portsmouth and Southampton

Southampton

Southampton is the largest City status in the United Kingdom in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, on the south coast of England, and is sited around 100 km south-west of London and 30 km north-west of Portsmouth....
, on the A27

A27 road

The A27 is a major road in England. It runs from its junction with the A36 road at Whiteparish in the county of Wiltshire. Heading east it closely parallels the south coast where it passes through West Sussex and terminates at Pevensey in East Sussex....
main thoroughfare. Its population according to the 2001 Census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
was approximately 17,000 residents.

The fort of Portus Adurni

Portus Adurni

Portus Adurni was a Saxon Shore Forts in the Roman province of Britannia. Listed in the Notitia Dignitatum, it is generally accepted as having been located at adjoining Portchester in the England county of Hampshire and was later converted into a Middle Ages castle known as Portchester Castle....
, now Portchester Castle

Portchester Castle

Portchester Castle is a Middle Ages castle and former Saxon Shore Fort at Portchester to the east of Fareham in the England county of Hampshire....
, is arguably the finest example of a Roman

Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
fort in Western Europe and continued in use over the next sixteen centuries.

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Portchester is a small suburb

Suburb

Portsmouth

England

Fareham (borough)

Hampshire

Conurbation

Southampton

A27 road

Census

Portus Adurni

Portchester Castle

Portchester Castle is a Middle Ages castle and former Saxon Shore Fort at Portchester to the east of Fareham in the England county of Hampshire....
, is arguably the finest example of a Roman

Roman Empire

Normans

The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. They descended from Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of mostly Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock....
keep and a church. The name Portchester is of partly Roman origin, from Latin portus (a harbour) and Old English ceaster (Roman town or castle).

As well as the castle, its parish church and the abundance of historic houses in Castle Street, this suburb is well placed for a multitude of waterfront leisure activities, being only a short distance from the UK's third largest marina at 'Port Solent' (which is home to Europe's second largest gym and health club, including a large outdoor pool) and a short journey from the historic city of Portsmouth

Portsmouth

Fareham

The market town of Fareham lies in the south east of Hampshire, England, between the cities of Southampton and Portsmouth, roughly in the centre of the South Hampshire conurbation....
.

Famous residents

Emily Farmer
Emily Farmer

Emily Farmer was an English Watercolor painting.She was one of three children of John Biker Farmer, who worked for the Honourable East India Company, and his wife Frances Ann ....
, watercolour painter.
Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman

Neil Richard Gaiman is an England author of science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels, graphic novels, comics, and films. His notable works include The Sandman comic series, Stardust , American Gods and Coraline....
, author, was born in Portchester.

Steve Ridgway (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ridgway) - Chief Executive, Virgin Atlantic Airways

Transport

Rail

Portchester railway station

Portchester railway station

Portchester railway station is situated to the east of Fareham in Hampshire, England. It was first opened by the LSWR in 1848 on their line from Fareham to Portsmouth....
is owned by South West Trains

South West Trains

South West Trains is a List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom operating in the United Kingdom, providing train services to the south-west of London, chiefly in Greater London and the counties of Surrey, Hampshire, Dorset, Devon, Somerset, Berkshire, Wiltshire and the Isle of Wight ....
and has services along the coast to Southampton

Southampton

Fareham

The market town of Fareham lies in the south east of Hampshire, England, between the cities of Southampton and Portsmouth, roughly in the centre of the South Hampshire conurbation....
, Portsmouth

Portsmouth

Havant

Havant is a town in south east Hampshire on the South coast of England, between Portsmouth and Chichester. It gives its name to the Havant comprising the town and the surrounding area....
, Chichester

Chichester

Chichester is a cathedral city status in the United Kingdom in West Sussex, England. It has a long history as a settlement; its Ancient Rome past and its subsequent importance in Anglo-Saxon times are only its beginnings....
and Brighton

Brighton

Brighton is a city on the south coast of England and, with its neighbours Hove and Portslade, forms the Brighton and Hove.The ancient settlement of Brighthelmston dates from before the Domesday Book , but it emerged as a health resort during the 18th Century and became a destination for day-trippers after the arrival of the railway in...
. London services to London Waterloo (via Fareham) and London Victoria (via Chichester) also stop at the station.

Bus services

First Hampshire & Dorset

First Hampshire & Dorset

File:Picture 1917.jpgFirst Hampshire & Dorset is a subsidiary bus company within FirstGroup, which operates buses and trains throughout Great Britain....
services to Portsmouth

Portsmouth

Havant

Fareham

Titchfield

Titchfield is a village in southern Hampshire, by the River Meon. The village has a history stetching back to the 6th century. During the medieval period, the village operated a small port and market....
, Locks Heath

Locks Heath

Locks Heath is a western residential suburb of Fareham, in the south of Hampshire, England. It lies to the east of Sarisbury and Warsash, to the west of Titchfield, and to the south of Park Gate and Swanwick, Hampshire....
and Warsash

Warsash

Warsash is a village in southern Hampshire, England, situated at the mouth of the River Hamble, west of the area known as Locks Heath. Boating plays an important part in the village's economy, and the village has a sailing club....

Road

The A27 road

A27 road

The A27 is a major road in England. It runs from its junction with the A36 road at Whiteparish in the county of Wiltshire. Heading east it closely parallels the south coast where it passes through West Sussex and terminates at Pevensey in East Sussex....
cuts through the centre of Portchester running east/west between Fareham and Cosham on the northern outskirts of Portsmouth. Access to the M27 motorway

M27 motorway

The M27 is a motorway in Hampshire, England. It is 25 miles long and runs west-east from Cadnam to Portsmouth. It was was opened in stages between 1975 and 1983, and there were plans to extend the motorway as far as Penzance to the west and Ramsgate to the east, with a number of smaller motorways connecting the city centres of Southampto...
is via Junction 11 at Fareham or Junction 12 at Port Solent

Port Solent

Port Solent is an area of Portsmouth, Hampshire, comprising a marina and luxury housing estate. The development is located on the western side of Horsea Island, in the north of Portsmouth Harbour, and was built in the 1980s on Land reclamation formerly used as a Landfill....

Portchester

Famous residents

Transport

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