More on Gosport
Created | Updated Jun 23, 2006
Gosport, Hampshire is a small-ish town on the South Coast, neatly sandwiched between the cities of Portsmouth and Southampton. I am writing this entry as Miss Gosport 2006, and the Gosport Carnival Queen. As such I have a keen knowlege of the town I've lived in all my life. Well, ecxept the last two years, but uni doesn't count, I've been reliably informed.
Gosport does hold a wealth of attractions. Gosport market, sadly, is no longer one of them. Along with the high street it has suffered a massive decline in recent years, in my opinion this may be due the the introduction of Gunwharf Queys putlet shopping complex, which is all but a 5 minute ferry ride from the town centre. The Gosport Ferry leaves from the ferry gardens which begin at the top of Gosport high street. Gosport Musium no longer sits majestically in the centre of the high street, but has been amalgamated into the Gosport Discovery cenre, which has taken over the library. One of Gosports main attractions may well be the submarine musium, which gives a stern nod to Gosport's past as a centre of Naval excellence, and is well worth a visit. Gosport is quiet, with very little nightlife, and beyond the leisure centre and ice rink, there is little for young people to do. One of the main attractions of Gosport used to be the fact that one could park here for free and then glide across to Portsmouth in little under 7 minutes. In the last year, however, blanket parking charges have been introduced to the whole of the town centre, which has the intended purpose of stopping this happening but has had a knock on effect of killing what little business survived in the town centre.
Gosport does hold a wealth of attractions. Gosport market, sadly, is no longer one of them. Along with the high street it has suffered a massive decline in recent years, in my opinion this may be due the the introduction of Gunwharf Queys putlet shopping complex, which is all but a 5 minute ferry ride from the town centre. The Gosport Ferry leaves from the ferry gardens which begin at the top of Gosport high street. Gosport Musium no longer sits majestically in the centre of the high street, but has been amalgamated into the Gosport Discovery cenre, which has taken over the library. One of Gosports main attractions may well be the submarine musium, which gives a stern nod to Gosport's past as a centre of Naval excellence, and is well worth a visit. Gosport is quiet, with very little nightlife, and beyond the leisure centre and ice rink, there is little for young people to do. One of the main attractions of Gosport used to be the fact that one could park here for free and then glide across to Portsmouth in little under 7 minutes. In the last year, however, blanket parking charges have been introduced to the whole of the town centre, which has the intended purpose of stopping this happening but has had a knock on effect of killing what little business survived in the town centre.
