Editing Gosport

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'''Gosport''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|ɒ|s|p|ɔər|t}} {{respell|GOS|port}}) is a town and [[non-metropolitan district]] with [[Borough status in the United Kingdom|borough status]] in [[Hampshire]], England. At the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 Census]], the town had a population of 70,131<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/southeastengland/hampshire/E63006613__gosport/|title=Gosport|publisher=City Population|accessdate=6 October 2024}}</ref> and the district had a population of 81,952.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gosport Local Authority 2021 Census Area Profile |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2021/report?compare=E07000088 |access-date=22 January 2023 |work=Nomis |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]]}}</ref> Gosport is situated on a [[peninsula]] on the western side of [[Portsmouth Harbour]], opposite the city of [[Portsmouth]], to which it is linked by the [[Gosport Ferry]]. 

Until the last quarter of the 20th century, Gosport was a major naval town associated with the defence and supply infrastructure of [[HMNB Portsmouth|His Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB) Portsmouth]]. As such over the years extensive fortifications were created. Gosport is still home to {{HMS|Sultan|shore establishment|6}} and a [[DM Gosport|Naval Armament Supply Facility]], as well as a helicopter repair base. 

As part of the ''Renaissance of Portsmouth Harbour'' [[Millennium Commission|Millennium]] project, a large sundial, known as the Millennium Timespace, was installed on the harbour front in 2000. Alongside this sundial, a long meandering path of designed paving stones can be found, known as the Millennium Path; this can also be seen across the Solent in Portsmouth.

==Name==
Though there are multiple theories which point towards the etymology of Gosport, it is widely purported to derive its name from "goose". An alternative etymology of "gorse" (from the bushes growing on local heathland) is not supported by the regional name for the plant, "furze". A third theory, claiming a derivation from "God's Port" is believed to be a 19th-century invention. This is, however, the slogan of Gosport as demonstrated on its emblem.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www3.hants.gov.uk/gdc/gosport-dc-local-studies/local-history-online/place-names-of-gosport.htm |last=Eley |first=Philip |title=The Place Names of Gosport, an unofficial portrayal |work=Hantsweb |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007203501/http://www3.hants.gov.uk/gdc/gosport-dc-local-studies/local-history-online/place-names-of-gosport.htm |archive-date=7 October 2008}}</ref>

==Geography==
The Town area of the Borough, including Newtown, consists of the High Street, Stoke Road shopping area, Walpole Park, Royal Clarence Yard and three modern marinas: Royal Clarence, Gosport Marina and Haslar Marina.

South of the centre is Haslar Creek, which flows into Portsmouth Harbour near the harbour mouth. The lowest part of Haslar Creek is called Haslar Lake; at its western end, the creek splits into two branches. These are called Workhouse Lake (the northern branch) and Stoke Lake (the southern branch). South East of Stoke Lake and along Gilkicker Point is the area of Clayhall.

West, Northwest and South of Stoke Lake is the district and village of [[Alverstoke]]. To the west of which is Browndown, where the River Alver flows into The Solent at Stokes Bay. Further west from Browndown point is the district of [[Lee-on-the-Solent]] with the former RNAS ''Daedalus'' which is now home to a hovercraft museum and several marine related businesses, and CEMAST College (Fareham College). It is also used as a base for glider clubs, light aeroplanes, [[Her Majesty's Coastguard|HM Coastguard]] heliport and police aircraft.

In the west of Gosport is the naval base HMS ''Sultan''. West of ''Sultan'' is the district of Rowner, which includes Alver Village.

There are several districts north, northwest and west of the town centre. These include areas that extend to the inland areas of the peninsula, [[Hardway, Hampshire|Hardway]] (including Priddy's Hard and [[Forton Lake]]) Elson, Brockhurst, Bridgemary and Rowner. Hoeford (A32 Gosport Road) is the most northwesterly area within Gosport, and ends at the boundary with the [[Borough of Fareham]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gosport.gov.uk/onlinemaps/ |title=Online maps |publisher=Gosport.gov.uk |access-date=29 May 2013}}</ref>

===Climate===
The climate of Gosport is milder than that of the surrounding areas, winter frosts being light and short-lived and snow quite rare. Temperatures rarely drop much below freezing, because the peninsula has water to the south and east. Portsdown Hill also protects the town from the cold northerly winds during the winter months. Located on the south coast, Gosport also receives more sunshine per annum than most of the UK. The average maximum temperature in January is 8C with the average minimum being 3C. The average maximum temperature in July is 21C, with the average minimum being 14C. The record high temperature is 32C and record low is -9C.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/SOLENT_M_R_S_C/38740.htm |title=Climate Solent M.R.S.C. |work=World Weather |publisher=TuTiempo.net }}</ref><ref>[[Portsmouth|Gosport climate information adapted from Portsmouth climate information. Thanks to User:Jaguar for permission.]]</ref>

The [[Met Office]] has a weather station at the M.R.S.C. in Lee-on-the-Solent.

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|location = Solent MRSC 1980-2010
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|Jan high C = 8.2
|Feb high C = 8.2
|Mar high C = 10.5
|Apr high C = 13.2
|May high C = 16.7
|Jun high C = 19.2
|Jul high C = 21.4
|Aug high C = 21.4
|Sep high C = 19.0
|Oct high C = 15.5
|Nov high C = 11.5
|Dec high C = 8.7
|Jan low C = 3.4
|Feb low C = 2.8
|Mar low C = 4.5
|Apr low C = 6.1
|May low C = 9.2
|Jun low C = 12.1
|Jul low C = 14.2
|Aug low C = 14.3
|Sep low C = 12.2
|Oct low C = 9.6
|Nov low C = 6.2
|Dec low C = 3.8
|Jan precipitation mm = 68.8
|Feb precipitation mm = 49.3
|Mar precipitation mm = 51.6
|Apr precipitation mm = 42.4
|May precipitation mm = 43.4
|Jun precipitation mm = 42.0
|Jul precipitation mm = 44.5
|Aug precipitation mm = 50.0
|Sep precipitation mm = 53.7
|Oct precipitation mm = 86.2
|Nov precipitation mm = 83.2
|Dec precipitation mm = 83.9
|source 1 = UK Met Office<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/climate/solent-mrsc#?tab=climateTables |title=Solent MRSC climate |publisher=[[Met Office]]}}</ref>
|date=June 2013}}

==History==
The [[Rowner]] area of the peninsula was settled by the [[Anglo-Saxon England|Anglo-Saxon]]s, and is mentioned in the ''[[Anglo Saxon Chronicle]]'' as Rughenor ("rough bank or slope"). Both Rowner and [[Alverstoke]], the name coming from the point where the River Alver entered [[the Solent]] at [[Stokes Bay]], were included in the [[Domesday Book]]. [[Rowner]] was the earliest known settlement of the peninsula, with many [[Prehistoric Britain#Mesolithic|Mesolithic]] finds and a hunting camp being found, and [[tumuli]] on the peninsula investigated. [[Bronze Age]] items found in a 1960s construction in {{HMS|Sultan|shore establishment|6}} included a hoard of axe heads and torcs. A three-celled dwelling unearthed during construction of the Rowner naval Estate in the 1970s points to a settled landscape. Next to the River Alver which passes the southern and western edge of Rowner is a [[Norman England|Norman]] motte and bailey, the first fortification of the peninsula, giving a vantage point over the Solent, [[Stokes Bay]], [[Lee-on-the-Solent]] and the [[Isle of Wight]].<ref>{{NHLE|desc=Motte and bailey castle near Apple Dumpling Bridge, south of Rowner|num=1008694|access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref>

[[Gosport Town Hall]], designed by W. H. Saunders and Sons, was completed in 1964.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://taking-stock.org.uk/building/southampton-immaculate-conception/  |title=Southampton – Immaculate Conception|publisher=Taking Stock| access-date=2 September 2022}}</ref>

The former Rowner naval married quarters estate, now mostly demolished, and HMS ''Sultan'' were built on a former military airfield, known first as [[RAF Gosport]] and later as HMS ''Siskin'', which gives its name to the local infant and junior schools. The barracks at [[Browndown Battery|Browndown (Stokes Bay)]] were used in the ITV series ''[[Bad Lads' Army]]''.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.localhistories.org/gosport.html |last=Lambert |first=Tim |title=A Brief History of Gosport |encyclopedia=A World History Encyclopedia |date=14 March 2021 }}</ref>

== Government and politics ==
The borough is administered by [[Gosport Borough Council]].

In the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]], [[Gosport (UK Parliament constituency)|Gosport]] has been represented by [[Caroline Dinenage]] of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] since 2010.

==Naval and military==
[[File:Map of Gosport, 1757.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Map of Gosport (1757) showing the fortifications around the town (left) and their proposed extension to cover the sites of the future Royal Clarence Yard (centre) and Priddy's Hard (right).]]
Until the last quarter of the 20th century, Gosport was a major naval town associated with the defence and supply infrastructure of [[HMNB Portsmouth|His Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB) Portsmouth]]. As such over the years extensive fortifications were created.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gosportsociety.co.uk/towndefences.htm |title=The Gosport Town Defences |website=Gosport Society |access-date=13 September 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 

The first fortifications were in 1678 during the reign on Charles II. These consisted of two forts, Fort James and Fort Charles, and a series of bastions and double ditches to encircle the town, known as the Gosport Lines. During the Georgian period in 1751 and 1752 they were rebuilt, enlarged and extended. Further additions were made in response to the French invasion threat of 1779. By 1860, the Gosport Lines had 58 guns. No.1 Bastion, for example, had mounted 14 guns in brick lined emplacements firing over the parapet. The 1859 Royal Commission on the Defences of the United Kingdom proposed the completion of [[Palmerston Forts, Portsmouth|a line of forts]] to protect the outer approach to Gosport town, making the earlier defences redundant. However, they were retained to constrain any expansion of the town towards the new line of forts. From the 1890s road widening meant some parts of the ramparts and gates were demolished. Further sections were demolished in the 1920s and 1960s. Today,{{when|date=December 2024}} the little that remain are protected ancient monuments.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

The town is still home to {{HMS|Sultan|shore establishment|6}} and a [[DM Gosport|Naval Armament Supply Facility]] as well as a Helicopter Repair base; however, Gosport's naval history is very long, and the town has several buildings of historic interest as well as connections with many people who became famous. Most of the former naval and military installations have closed since the [[Second World War]], leaving empty sites and buildings. In response to this, museums have opened, and many of the fortifications and installations (such as [[Fort Brockhurst]], [[Priddy's Hard]] (formerly an [[Royal Naval Armaments Depot|Armament Depot]], now the [[Explosion! Museum of Naval Firepower]]) and the [[Royal Navy Submarine Museum]] in Haslar Road) have been opened to the public as tourism and heritage sites. One of the more recent additions is the Diving Museum<ref>{{cite web |title=The Diving Museum |url=http://www.divingmuseum.co.uk |access-date=2 April 2018}}</ref> at [[Stokes Bay Lines|No 2 Battery at Stokes Bay]] which is bidding to become the National Diving Museum for the British Isles.

Several sites have also been redeveloped to provide housing, including the New [[Barracks]] (opened 1859, renamed St George Barracks in 1947, having served as HMS ''St George'' during the Second World War; closed 1991),<ref>{{cite web |title=New Barracks |url=https://www.gosportsociety.co.uk/newbarracks.htm |website=Gosport Society |access-date=22 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012070951/https://www.gosportsociety.co.uk/newbarracks.htm |archive-date=12 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the [[Royal Clarence Yard|Royal Clarence]] [[Victualling Yard]] (opened 1828 on the site of an earlier [[Victualling Commissioners|victualling]] facility, closed 1992) and [[Royal Hospital Haslar]] (formerly the last military hospital of the UK: opened as a [[Royal Naval Hospital]] in 1753, later served other armed forces personnel and latterly the wider community of Gosport; closed as a military hospital in March 2007, the [[National Health Service|NHS]] withdrew in 2009 and the hospital closed). [[Forton Barracks]] (opened 1811, closed 1923, re-opened as {{HMS|St Vincent|Gosport shore establishment|6}} in 1923, closed 1969)<ref>{{cite web |title=Forton Barracks |url=https://www.gosportsociety.co.uk/fortonbarracks.htm |website=Gosport Society |access-date=22 September 2016 |archive-date=12 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012070959/https://www.gosportsociety.co.uk/fortonbarracks.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> was part-demolished and is now [[St Vincent College]].

There has also been extensive redevelopment of the harbour area as a marina.

=== Graves of Turkish sailors 1850–51 ===
In November 1850, two ships of the Ottoman Navy, ''[[Mirat-ı Zafer]]'' and ''[[Sürağ-ı Bahri Briki]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.denizcilikdergisi.com/yazarlar/uluc-hanhan/mirat-i-zafer-firkateyni-ve-surag-i-bahri-briki/ | title=Mir'at-ı Zafer Fırkateyni ve Sürağ-ı Bahri Briki | date=18 May 2023 }}</ref> anchored off the Hardway near Gosport. The visit lasted several months and during this time some of the members of the crew contracted [[cholera]] and were admitted to Haslar Hospital for treatment, where most of them died. In addition, some other sailors died because of training accidents. In total 26 died and were laid to rest in the grounds of Haslar. At the turn of the 20th century the bodies were exhumed and transferred to the R.N. Military Cemetery, Clayhall Road, in [[Alverstoke]].

=== Preparations for the D Day Landings ===
[[File:Allied Preparations For D-day H39000.jpg|thumb|Sherman tanks of the 13th/18th Hussars, embarking onto LCT-610, 3 June 1944]]
In the first week of June 1944, tanks, scout cars and wheeled vehicles of the [[Sherbrooke Hussars|Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment]], [[Canadian Army]] loaded [[Landing craft tank]]s in Gosport. Convoys of vehicles had been carefully concealed from German discovery in the areas further inland, and in daylight on 3 June moved through Titchfield and [[Stubbington]] to G3 Hard on the Gosport waterfront. There, the [[M4 Sherman]] tanks were backed into position in preparation for the Channel crossing. The initial plan was for the invasion to begin on 5 June, but bad weather, with the various vessels riding at anchor off Calshot in the Solent, delayed the plans by one day.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jackson |first=LtCol HM |year=1958 |title=The Sherbrooke Regiment (12th Armoured Regiment) |publisher=privately published }}{{page needed|date=April 2015}}</ref>

=== Gallery of historic buildings ===

==== Naval ====
<gallery>
File:Royal Naval Hospital Haslar - geograph.org.uk - 593470.jpg|Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar
File:St Vincent's College - geograph.org.uk - 1327446.jpg|Forton Barracks (Royal Marine Light Infantry; later {{HMS|St Vincent|Gosport shore establishment|6}})
File:Haslar Road - geograph.org.uk - 877388.jpg|[[Haslar]] Gunboat Yard and Admiralty Experimental Works (perimeter wall)
File:Gate to Clarence Yard - geograph.org.uk - 510.jpg|Gate to the Royal Clarence [[Victualling Yard]]
File:St Clarence Yard Gate Maintenance.jpg|Gate to the Royal Clarence Victualling Yards under Maintenance, 2019.
File:Priddy's Hard Building 2019.jpg|Offices & Storehouse, [[Royal Naval Armaments Depot]], [[Priddy's Hard]] (2019)
</gallery>

==== Military ====
<gallery>
File:Fort Blockhouse 03.jpg|[[Fort Blockhouse]]
File:Moat around Fort Brockhurst (1) - geograph.org.uk - 1038063.jpg|[[Fort Brockhurst]], moat
File:Fort Grange-Gosport - geograph.org.uk - 704885.jpg|[[Fort Grange]]
File:Fort Rowner-Gosport - geograph.org.uk - 704877.jpg|[[Fort Rowner]], entrance
File:St.Georges Barracks - Gosport - geograph.org.uk - 814259.jpg|St George Barracks (Infantry)
File:Gosport Barracks geograph-4115962-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg|St George Barracks, guardhouse
</gallery>

==Transport==
Gosport has no railway station. However, it may be considered that the town does not require a railway station due to the ferry connection to [[Portsmouth Harbour railway station|Portsmouth Harbour]]. The [[Gosport Ferry]] provides quick access to [[Portsmouth Harbour railway station]], terminus of the [[Portsmouth Direct Line]] to [[London]]. Due to heavy traffic (see below) this ferry is very well used. At one time the Gosport Ferry Company operated steam ferries, until the arrival in 1966 of two identical (and then very modern) diesel ferries, named ''Gosport Queen'' and ''Portsmouth Queen''. In 1971 a third ferry called ''Solent Enterprise'' joined the fleet. She was a slightly larger, more luxurious version of the "Queens". The company now operates two new modern ferries along with the two 1966 veterans. The first was built in 2001 and is named ''Spirit of Gosport''. After the retirement of the ''Solent Enterprise'' in 2003, a second modern and slightly larger ferry was added to the fleet and was named the ''Spirit of Portsmouth''. All ferries have been able to carry cycles and motorcycles.

Gosport received its railway before Portsmouth, but it closed to passengers in 1953. In 1841 a railway opened between the [[London and Southampton Railway]] at {{rws|Eastleigh}} via {{rws|Fareham}} to Gosport, where a [[terminal station|terminus]] was built to an [[Italianate]] design of Sir [[William Tite]]. [[Gosport railway station]] was intended to serve Portsmouth across the water, but was sited at Gosport away from the harbour because the railway company was not allowed to breach either the [[Hilsea Lines]], defences at the northern end of [[Portsea Island]] protecting [[Portsmouth]], or the Gosport Lines protecting depots such as Royal Clarence Yard.

An extension to Royal Clarence Yard was opened in 1846, and branch lines to [[Stokes Bay]] (open from 1863 to 1915), and to [[Lee-on-the-Solent]] (open to passengers 1894 to 1931). Due to declining traffic, the connection to Fareham was closed for passenger services in 1953 and to freight traffic in 1969, although trains to the armament depot in Frater ran until the late 1970s.

The trackbed of the former Gosport – Fareham railway is now an exclusive fast bus route and cycle lane. Tite's station building has been retained for its historical and architectural value and has been converted into a small number of residential properties and offices. The main gate in Spring Garden Lane has been opened up for vehicle access. A further development of six terraced homes has been built at the north western end of the site linking with George Street.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hermitage-housing.co.uk/page.asp?id=349 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802023136/http://www.hermitage-housing.co.uk/page.asp?id=349 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 August 2012 |title=Gosport Railway |publisher=[[The Guinness Partnership|Hermitage Housing Association]]}}</ref>

Being a peninsula town without a railway system, Gosport relies heavily upon the major [[A32 road]] in and out of the town. Plans existed in the 1970s to widen the road to accommodate expected increases in traffic flow, but this did not take place. In the early 1990s a computerised system controlling traffic lights along the route was installed to improve the rate of flow of traffic but this failed to work and had to be switched off since it could not cope with the traffic volumes. Now, in the 21st century, the A32 is much the same as it was thirty years ago{{when|date=August 2019}} and the traffic using it has increased to such an extent that the journey time to the nearby M27, about {{convert|5|mi|0}}, can routinely take anything from 45 minutes and often longer at peak times between 07:30 & 09:00 and 16:00 & 18:30.

The station site was linked with the [[South Hampshire Rapid Transit]] scheme, which would have made use of the former railway route. However, due to Government refusal to fund the scheme, it was formally abandoned in November 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hants.gov.uk/press/2006/pr3190.html |title=Tram scheme to be formally abandoned |publisher=Hantsweb |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070112031656/http://www.hants.gov.uk/press/2006/pr3190.html |archive-date=12 January 2007 }}</ref> During 2010, construction started on the same route to provide a rapid bus route between the Holbrook area of Gosport and the town of Fareham. Now completed, regular service buses between Gosport and Fareham divert onto the new route avoiding lengthy queues on the A32 and speeding up commuting time between the towns for bus passengers. {{Citation needed|date=November 2022}} [[Gosport bus station]] serves the town.

===Proposed tunnel===
In 1999, a study was undertaken by the [[Light Rail Transit Association]] in regard to a proposed tunnel connecting Gosport to Portsmouth, crossing under [[Portsmouth Harbour]]. The study proposed a 670m [[Immersed tube]] which would not require long closures of the harbour to construct, and would alleviate traffic congestion in Gosport and the surrounding area.<ref>{{cite journal| url = https://trid.trb.org/view/505401| title = PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR TUNNEL| journal = Tramways & Urban Transit| date = May 1999| volume = 62| issue = 737| last1 = Meeuwissen| first1 = P.}}</ref> The tunnel was intended for construction in 2002, but financial problems delayed the project. The government declined to fund the initiative in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.railway-technology.com/projects/south_hampshire/|title=Hampshire County Council with Portsmouth City Council - Railway Technology|website=www.railway-technology.com}}</ref>

==Present day==
[[File:Forton Bridge 2019.jpg|thumb|Forton Lake Millennium Bridge 2019]]

The [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 Census]] recorded 81,952 people in Gosport district of working age between the ages of 16 and 74. The economic activity of the residents in the Gosport Borough was 39.73% were in full-time employment, 12.9% were in part-time employment, 6.23% were self-employed, 2.16% were unemployed, 1% were students with jobs, 2.6% were students without jobs, 20/81% were retired, 3.47% were looking after the home or family and 2.16% were permanently sick or disabled.<ref>Office for National Statistics, 2021 UK Census. (Gosport Lower tier local authority, Economic Activity Status.)</ref>

As part of the ''Renaissance of Portsmouth Harbour'' [[Millennium Commission|Millennium]] project, a large sundial, known as the Millennium Timespace, was installed on the harbour front in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.millennium.gov.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=1159&d=11&h=24&f=46&dateformat=%25o-%25B-%25Y |title=New Lottery Funded 'millennium Timespace' Sundial Unveiled |publisher=Millennium Commission |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040820131406/http://www.millennium.gov.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=1159&d=11&h=24&f=46&dateformat=%25o-%25B-%25Y |archive-date=20 August 2004 }}</ref> Its timekeeping is partially restricted each day by shadowing caused by large tower blocks either side of the 'timespace'.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thisishampshire.net/2001/1/22/79559.html |title=Tower blocks put sundial in shade |newspaper=[[Southern Daily Echo]] |publisher=[[Newsquest]] |date=22 January 2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011100726/http://archive.thisishampshire.net/2001/1/22/79559.html |archive-date=11 October 2007 }}</ref> These towers, Seaward Tower and Harbour Tower, were built in 1963. Their surfaces are covered in mosaic murals designed by [[Kenneth Barden]] that rise the full height of the buildings and are illuminated at night.<ref name="Tiles-Hampshire">{{cite web |title=Tile Gazetteer - Hampshire |url=https://tilesoc.org.uk/tile-gazetteer/hampshire.html |website=Tiles and Architectural Ceramics Society |access-date=13 August 2020}}</ref> They were controversial initially but are now a tourist attraction. The tiles were produced by [[Poole Pottery]].<ref name="Poole-Carters-tiles">{{cite web |title=carters Tiles |url=https://www.pooleimages.co.uk/carters-tiles |website=The Virtual Museum of Poole Pottery |access-date=13 August 2020}}</ref> The [[International Festival of the Sea]] drew over 250,000 tourists to the [[Portsmouth Harbour]] area in 1998, 2001 and 2005.<ref>[http://www.festivalofthesea.co.uk/ Four Amazing Days in Summer] The International Festival of the Sea 2005 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060207110023/http://www.festivalofthesea.co.uk/ |date=7 February 2006 }}</ref> The most recent festival was held in 2007.

The [[Royal Navy]] maintains a presence in Gosport at HMS ''Sultan'', which is the home of the Defence School of Marine Engineering (DSMarE) and the Royal Naval Air Engineering and Survival School (RNAESS). The ''Sultan'' site occupies {{convert|179|acre}} of land within a {{convert|3+1/2|mi|adj=on}} perimeter and is the largest of the Royal Navy's training establishments, with around 3,000 service and civilian personnel when working at full capacity.

==Education==
The Borough of Gosport has the following schools and colleges:<ref>{{cite web|title = Gosport Borough Council (Schools and Colleges)|url = http://www.gosport.gov.uk/sections/living/education/schools-and-colleges/|website = Gosport.gov.uk|access-date = 3 December 2015}}</ref>

=== Sixth form college ===
* [[St Vincent College|St Vincent Sixth Form College]]
* [[Bay House School|Bay House Sixth Form College]]

=== Secondary schools ===
* [[Bay House School]] which is a former grammar school, located near the coast, in Stanley Park. Bay House School also includes a sixth-form.
* [[Bridgemary School|Bridgemary Community School]], located in Wych Lane.
*[[Brune Park Community School]] is a performing arts college, with the Joe Jackson Theatre, named after the [[Joe Jackson (musician)|1970s pop star]] and past Brune Park pupil.

==Libraries==
There are public libraries at Bridgemary, Elson, and at Gosport Discovery Centre. In 2020, Hampshire County Council announced plans to close the council-run Elson library.<ref>{{cite web |title=Plans agreed to save £1.76 million from Hampshire Libraries transform the service for the future |url=https://www.hants.gov.uk/News/280720libraryproposalsdecision |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927103200/https://www.hants.gov.uk/News/280720libraryproposalsdecision |archive-date=27 September 2020 |access-date=3 August 2020 |website=Hampshire County Council}}</ref> Following this, a bid was made to save the library from closure, following consultations with the community.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 February 2020 |title=Campaigners make a stand against Gosport library closure threat |url=https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/politics/campaigners-make-stand-against-gosport-library-closure-threat-1441977 |access-date=14 September 2022 |website=www.portsmouth.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> The library reopened on 12 May 2021, operating as Elson Community Library and Hub, registered as a charity.

==Culture==

In November 2022 the Gosport Museum and Art Gallery opened in the old [[Bay House School|Gosport Grammar School]] building.<ref name="P_News_2022">{{cite news |title=Gosport Museum and Art Gallery is reopening this month after a major refurbishment project |url=https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/business/gosport-museum-and-art-gallery-is-reopening-this-month-after-a-major-refurbishment-project-3920126 |access-date=28 December 2022 |work=The Portsmouth News |date=16 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="MHA_2022">{{cite news |title=Museum Moves 11- 17 November 2022 |url=https://advisor.museumsandheritage.com/news/museum-moves-11-17-november-2022 |access-date=28 December 2022 |work=Museums + Heritage Advisor |date=17 November 2022}}</ref> The building had previously been the Gosport Museum from 1975, and then the Gosport Gallery and reference library.<ref name="HG_lib">{{cite web |title=Gosport Library 1901 |url=https://historicgosport.uk/gosport-library-1901 |website=Historic Gosport |access-date=28 December 2022}}</ref><ref name="HCT_OGS">{{cite web |last1=Redman |first1=Wendy |title=An historic building on Gosport's High Street |url=https://www.cultureoncall.com/a-history-of-gosport-old-grammar-school |website=Culture on Call |publisher=Hampshire Cultural Trust |access-date=28 December 2022 |date=23 May 2021}}</ref> The museum is run by Hampshire Cultural Trust.<ref name="P_News_2022"/><ref name="GG_2022">{{cite news |last1=Thomas |first1=Rob |title=Progress as Old Grammar School changes into Gosport Museum and Art Gallery |url=https://www.thegosportglobe.co.uk/progress-as-old-grammar-school-changes-into-gosport-museum-and-art-gallery |access-date=28 December 2022 |work=The Gosport Globe |date=30 May 2022}}</ref><ref name="HL_2021">{{cite news |last1=George |first1=David |title=Former school to be transformed into museum and art gallery |url=https://www.hampshirelive.news/news/hampshire-news/former-school-transformed-new-museum-5760144 |access-date=28 December 2022 |work=Hampshire Live |date=9 August 2021}}</ref> It is part of the council's [[urban regeneration]] plans.<ref name="council_mus">{{cite web |title=Gosport gallery gets the green light |url=https://www.gosport.gov.uk/article/2121/Gosport-gallery-gets-the-green-light |publisher=Gosport Borough Council |access-date=28 December 2022}}</ref> One of the aims of Hampshire Cultural Trust is to get "the community back in. We want to get the building back into use and the public back into the High Street ... [and to attract people] who do not normally go to museums".<ref name="GG_2022"/>

The town has a theatre, Thorngate Hall, which was opened in 1960.<ref name="Stage_1960">{{cite news |title=NEW THEATRE FOR GOSPORT |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001180/19600901/013/0001 |access-date=11 March 2023 |work=The Stage |date=1 September 1960 |quote=THORNGATE HALL, to be opened on September 16, will provide Gosport with an intimate theatre, capable of seating more than 400. A Gosport Theatre Arts Council is to be formed to make the best use of the new premises and to assist individual organisations to put on shows there.}}</ref><ref name="Russell_2010">{{cite web |last1=Russell |first1=Joan |title=Gosport's Historic Thorngate Halls: An Amazing Legacy |url=https://gosporthistoryclub.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Thorngate_Hall_complete_9_June_2010.pdf |website=Gosport Local History Luncheon Club |access-date=11 March 2023 |date=2010}}</ref> It is named after an earlier Thorngate Hall, on a different site in South Street, which was destroyed by bombing in the Second World War.<ref name="Russell_2010"/><ref name="HT_1958">{{cite news |title=New council offices at Gosport |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001973/19580829/064/0005 |access-date=11 March 2023 |work=Hampshire Telegraph |date=29 August 1958}}</ref><ref name="PET_1959">{{cite news |title=Secrets Of 1885 Foundation Stone to be Revealed |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000736/19590410/045/0005 |access-date=11 March 2023 |work=Portsmouth Evening News |date=10 April 1959}}</ref> The earlier hall was built in 1885 and funded by the Thorngate Trust.<ref name="PET_1959"/><ref name="Russell_2010"/>

The town had an earlier theatre, opened in 1923.<ref name="Stage_1923">{{cite news |title=GOSPORT'S FIRST THEATRE |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19231115/073/0021 |access-date=11 March 2023 |work=The Stage |date=15 November 1923 |quote=Thanks largely to the enterprise of Mr. J. Grant Anderson (lately a member of the Prince's Stock company at Portsmouth), Gosport, an ancient township, though quite new borough, has attained its first permanent theatre. Mr. Anderson opened the Gosport Theatre on April 9, a house which had hitherto been devoted to pictures. There were neither stage nor proscenium, and these he had built to his own! design, and the result is a "fit-up" on proper theatre lines, with flics, priu, trap, etc. An excellent lighting system has been installed, and the result is that Gosport has now a first-class repertory theatre}}</ref>

==Media==
Regional TV news is provided by [[BBC South]] and [[ITV Meridian]]. Television signals are received from the [[Rowridge transmitting station|Rowridge]] TV transmitter.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Rowridge | title=Rowridge (Isle of Wight, England) Full Freeview transmitter | date=May 2004 }}</ref>

Local radio stations are [[BBC Radio Solent]] on 96.1 FM, [[Heart South]] on 97.5 FM, [[Capital South]] on 103.2 FM, [[Easy Radio South Coast]] on 107.4 FM, [[Nation Radio South Coast]] on 106.0 FM, [[Radio Victory]] on 95.8 FM, Angel Radio on 98.6 FM <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.angelradio.co.uk/about-4 | title=About }}</ref> and Gosport Hospital Radio that broadcast local programming to patients from the [[Gosport War Memorial Hospital]] in town.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.radiohaslar.co.uk/information/ | title=Web Hosting, Reseller Hosting & Domain Names from Heart Internet }}</ref>

The town is served by these local newspapers
*The Gosport Globe <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thegosportglobe.co.uk/about-us/ | title=About Us | date=6 November 2020 }}</ref>
*[[The News (Portsmouth)|The News]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://papersdirect.co.uk/product/the-news-portsmouth/ | title=The News (Portsmouth) - papersdirect | date=5 July 2019 }}</ref>

==Sport==
The town of Gosport has many sports clubs and organisations including [[boxing]], [[judo]], [[angling]], [[rugby football|rugby]], [[cricket]], [[association football|football]], [[model yachting]], [[sailing]], and [[ice hockey]].

[[Gosport Borough F.C.]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.gosportboroughfc.co.uk |title=The Boro' Online |publisher=[[Gosport Borough F.C.]] |access-date=29 May 2013}}</ref> play their home games at Privett Park and cater for players of either sex from age six upwards. The club play in the [[Southern Football League]] and represent the town at a national level in the [[FA Cup]] and [[FA Trophy]]. The area also has another [[Non-League football]] club [[Fleetlands F.C.]] who play at Lederle Lane Stadium.
[[RMLI Gosport F.C.]] were a former team to represent the town winning the 1910 [[FA Amateur Cup]].

Gosport and Fareham Rugby Football Club has six senior sides, a Ladies team, and 10 youth sides.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.gosportandfarehamrfc.co.uk |title=Welcome |publisher=Gosport & Fareham RFC |access-date=29 May 2013}}</ref> Gosport Borough Hockey Club, based at St Vincent College, has three Men's teams, a Ladies team and Junior teams.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbhc.org.uk/ |title=Gosport Borough Hockey Club |publisher=Gosport Borough Hockey Club |access-date=29 May 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130415030618/http://www.gbhc.org.uk/ |archive-date=15 April 2013 }}</ref>

Gosport Borough Cricket Club was formed in 1966 following the merger of Gosport Amateurs & Gosport C.C., and also play at Privett Park. They reached the ECB National Club Cricket Championship final at Lord's in 1980. Future England players [[Trevor Jesty]] and [[Phil Newport]] played for the club before moving on to first-class careers. In 2008 18 year old [[Chris Lynn]] was their overseas player, later going on to represent Australia in ODI & T20I matches. They currently run four adult league sides, and colts teams from Under 9 to Under 15.

Gosport is known for its ice hockey. [[Solent Devils]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 October 2023 |title=Solent Devils|url=https://www.solentdevils.co.uk/ |access-date=10 October 2023 |website=Solent Devils |language=en-GB}}</ref> the top level men's team are based out of Planet Ice Gosport and play in the NIHL South 1 with the [[Solent Devils 2|club's second team]] playing in South 2. The Devils were runners up in the league and playoffs in 2022/23. The women's team, Solent Amazons<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 October 2021 |title=Home - Solent Amazons |url=https://solentamazons.co.uk/ |access-date=10 October 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref> play in the WNIHL structure.

Gosport has two Synchronised Ice Skating teams who compete in national level competitions, including the British Synchronised Skating Championships. The club uses Planet Ice Gosport to train.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iceskating.org.uk/index.cfm/events/competitions/nisa-competitions/2016/british-synchronized-skating-championships-16th-17th-january-2016/team-list/ |title=Synchronised Skating Championships 2016 |website=Iceskating.org.uk |access-date=27 February 2017}}</ref>

Gosport has a model yachting lake which has had national and international events held there. Boats sailed include the Vane A class, Vane 36, 1 meter, multihull, dragon force and laser. Model yachting used to be one of the most popular sports in Britain.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}} Now it is one of only a few lakes in the world that still races vane steered boats, the more traditional kind without remote control or electricity.

A [[Greyhound racing in the United Kingdom|greyhound racing]] track called the Gosport Greyhound and Whippet Track existed from April 1930 until June 1936 and held racing every Friday evening and Saturday afternoon. The racing was independent (not affiliated to the sports governing body the [[National Greyhound Racing Club]]) and was known as a flapping track, which was the nickname given to independent tracks.<ref>{{cite book|last=Barnes|first=Julia|title=Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File, page 417|year=1988|publisher=Ringpress Books|isbn=0-948955-15-5}}</ref> The stadium was located on the Forton Road and distances raced were mainly over 400 yards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://greyhoundracingtimes.co.uk/2019/03/27/gosport/|title=Gosport|publisher=Greyhound Racing Times}}</ref>

[[Gosport and Stokes Bay Golf Club]] is located on the Southern tip of the Gosport peninsula. The original 9-hole [[golf course]] was built in the late 19th century.

==Tourism==
The Gosport peninsula has {{convert|17|mi}} of waterfront on [[Portsmouth Harbour]] and [[The Solent]]. The pebble beach at [[Stokes Bay]] slopes steeply into the sea and offers views of the shipping going in and out of [[Portsmouth]] and [[Southampton]] and the many pleasure craft from the many marinas along [[The Solent]] and the [[Isle of Wight]].

The town has three marinas: Gosport Marina, north of the Highstreet; Haslar Marina, south of the Highstreet near the former site of [[Royal Hospital Haslar]]; and Royal Clarence Marina which also has a Cruising Club.

The town has a strong military history – chiefly with the Royal Navy. The [[Royal Navy Submarine Museum]] has exhibits including {{ship||Holland 1}} – the Royal Navy's first submarine and the Second World War submarine {{HMS|Alliance|P417|6}}.

[[Explosion!]] tells the story of naval firepower from gunpowder to modern missiles. The museum is housed in historic buildings at [[Priddy's Hard]], the Navy's former armaments depot, with views across Portsmouth Harbour.

[[Fort Brockhurst]] is one of the "[[Palmerston Forts|Palmerston's Follies]]", built in the 1850s to defend Portsmouth Harbour against threats of a French invasion. A central exhibition explains Palmerston's plans to defend the key naval port. Nearby is the Gosport Aviation Heritage Museum, dedicated to the development of the [[Royal Air Force]].{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} The fort is owned by [[English Heritage]].

Gosport is also home to [[Little Woodham]], the 1642 Living History Village. The village exists to educate both children and adults about 17th century life at the outbreak of the [[English Civil War]] and is open for the public to meet the villagers at certain times throughout the year.

In September 2016, the [[Royal Navy Submarine Museum]] became the set for a scene in ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight]]'', which starred {{HMS|Alliance|P417|6}}. The filming brought many locals to see what was occurring.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/hollywood-stars-caught-on-camera-in-gosport-for-filming-of-new-transformers-movie-1-7603019|title=Hollywood stars caught on camera in Gosport for filming of new Transformers movie|website=Portsmouth.co.uk|date=28 September 2016 |access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref>

==Twin towns==
*[[Royan]], France<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gosport.gov.uk/sections/your-council/gosport---royan-twinning/ |title=Gosport – Royan twinning |publisher=Gosport Borough Council |access-date=28 June 2009 |archive-date=5 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405073542/http://www.gosport.gov.uk/sections/your-council/gosport---royan-twinning/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Notable people==
:''See [[:Category:People from Gosport]]''

==Freedom of the Borough==
The following people and military units have received the [[Freedom of the City|Freedom of the Borough]] of Gosport.
 
{{Incomplete list|date=March 2020}}

===Individuals===
* [[Alex Thomson (sailor)|Alex Thomson]]: 11 April 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-26985043|title=Alex Thomson receives freedom of Gosport|date=4 November 2014|work=BBC News}}</ref>

===Military Units===
* The Engineering Training School [[Royal Navy]]: 1974.
* The [[Royal Marines]]: 10 November 2005.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/5639322.marines-freedom-of-borough/|title=Marines' freedom of borough|website=Daily Echo}}</ref>
* [[Royal Hospital Haslar]]: 28 March 2007.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.qaranc.co.uk/haslarroyalnavalhospital.php| title = Haslar Royal Naval Navy Hospital}}</ref>
* [[Ministry of Defence Hospital Units|Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit Portsmouth]]: 8 March 2007.  
* 33 Field Hospital [[2nd Medical Brigade (United Kingdom)|2nd Medical Brigade]] [[Royal Army Medical Corps|RAMC]]: 23 April 2010.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/hampshire/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8640000/8640682.stm|title=In pictures: 33 Field Hospital freedom|date=23 April 2010|work=BBC News}}</ref>
* {{HMS|Sultan|shore establishment|6}}, [[Royal Navy|RN]]: 22 March 2013.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2013/march/19/130319-hms-sultan-sailors-march-through-gosport-for-freedom-parade| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200325223748/https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2013/march/19/130319-hms-sultan-sailors-march-through-gosport-for-freedom-parade| archive-date = 25 March 2020| title = HMS Sultan Sailors March Through Gosport For Freedom Parade {{!}} Royal Navy}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of places of worship in the Borough of Gosport]]
* [[Gosport and Fareham Lifeboat Station|Gosport and Fareham Inshore Rescue Service]]
* [[Pretty Polly (ballad)#"The Gosport Tragedy"|"The Gosport Tragedy"]] (a broadside ballad)

==References==
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{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www3.hants.gov.uk/gosport-dc/gosport-dc-local-studies/local-history-online/place-names-of-gosport.htm |title=Origins of the name Gosport |publisher=Hantsweb |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203020440/http://www3.hants.gov.uk/gosport-dc/gosport-dc-local-studies/local-history-online/place-names-of-gosport.htm |archive-date=3 December 2013 }}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.gosport.info/History/Gosport_Railway_History/gosport_railway_history.html |last=Keat |first=Peter |title=Gosport Railway History |work=Local Photos & Information |publisher=Gosport.info |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060915/http://www.gosport.info/History/Gosport_Railway_History/gosport_railway_history.html |archive-date=4 March 2016  }}
* {{cite web|url=http://estatespractice.hants.gov.uk/GosportRaillwayStationDevelopmentBrief.pdf |title=Gosport Railway Station Development Brief |publisher=Hantsweb |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222759/http://estatespractice.hants.gov.uk/GosportRaillwayStationDevelopmentBrief.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2007 }}
* {{cite web |url= http://www.qaranc.co.uk/haslarroyalnavalhospital.php |title=Haslar Royal Naval Hospital |publisher=[[Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps]]}} – history
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Lewis |editor1-first=Samuel |editor1-link=Samuel Lewis (publisher) |orig-year=1848 |year=1931 |chapter=Gosport – Graffham |title=A Topographical Dictionary of England |edition=Seventh |place=London |publisher=[[Samuel Lewis (publisher)|Samuel Lewis]] |pages=319–322 |url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=50986#s1}}
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==External links==
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* [http://www.gosport.gov.uk Gosport Borough Council]
* {{cite web |url= http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1395756 |title=Gosport Airfield |work=PastScape |publisher=[[Historic England]]}}
* {{cite web |url= http://www.gosport.info |title=Local Photos & Information |publisher=Gosport.info}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www3.hants.gov.uk/gdc/gosport-dc-local-studies.htm/ |title=Gosport Local Studies Centre |publisher=Hantsweb |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626075454/http://www3.hants.gov.uk/gdc/gosport-dc-local-studies.htm |archive-date=26 June 2010 }}
* {{cite web|url=http://www3.hants.gov.uk/gdc/gosport-dc-ref/naval-collection.htm/ |title=Gosport Discovery Naval Collection |publisher=Hantsweb |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818233249/http://www3.hants.gov.uk/gdc/gosport-dc-ref/naval-collection.htm |archive-date=18 August 2010 }}
* [https://www.gosportmuseumandgallery.org.uk Gosport Museum and Art Gallery]

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