Stubbington Fareham and Gosport

Stubbington Fareham and Gosport

Past and present photographs of the Stubbington ward of Fareham and Fareham and Gosport.

It is amazing how quickly you forget the way things used to be.

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Pre sunrise scene across Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve on the coldest morning of winter. A little later I manage to capture this Robin

More demolition

Holy Rood Church, Stubbington

Spinnaker Tower now the Emerates Spinnaker Tower.

Plain old view from my front garden! Sometimes you dont have to go far….

A collection of sea shells, seaweed, crustaceans, fossils, stones and sand from the shore line between Lee-on-the-Solent and Hill Head

Footpath adjacent to the Titchfield Canal and River Meon near Hill Head

Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve seen from the footpath alongside the River Meon.

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Just one of the amazing sunsets over the Solent

Former Gosport Ferry Vadne decaying in Forton Creek, Gosport

Lee on the Solent

Black Swans coming together to form a heart

St Edmunds Church

Bank of cloud approaching Titchfield Haven Harbour

A couple of my photographs used on the cover of the Big Voice

Lee on the Solent

Black swan. A native to Australia they are the state bird of Western Australia. They were brought to the UK as ornamental birds like peacocks and golden pheasants. Like many other captive birds, they occasionally find their way out into the wild. They are similar in size to the closely related mute swan. They appear all black when swimming but they have white primary wing feathers, which can be seen in flight. The bill is red with a broad white band on the tip.

A field of sunflowers near Ranvilles Lane, Fareham

Panoramic view of Gosort, The Solent and in the distance, the Isle of Wight

Barley field, Stubbington

The ‘Red Lion’ roundabout on a foggy January morning

Old view of the Gosport Ferry pontoon circa 1980

Wintery sunset from HHSC spit looking towards Lepe Country Park and Calshot

Mist spilling over from the River Meon at Titchfield Haven Nature Reserve

Whats up ducks! A couple of ducks enjoying the peace and quiet of the closed road around Titchfield Haven

Bells Lane Stubbington with Stubbigton recreation park on the right, December 2010

Spinnaker Tower Portsmouth 7th December 2015

Crisp / frosty start to the day along Ranvilles Lane Stubbington

Holy Rood Church, Spring 2016

Wych Lane railway bridge, now a bus and cycle route

Former public house The Wych Way Inn

One of many horses kept on land adjacent to Titchfield Haven Nature Reserve which is under threat from developers wanting to build 160 houses

Container ship arriving at Portsmouth Harbour

Busy Portsmouth Harbour from the Spinnaker Tower looking towards Gosport and onwards to Fareham

Storm Imogen at Lee on the Solent

Stubbington Lane

Polly at Titchfield Haven harbour

Seating in the High Street, Fareham

Oakcroft Lane Stubbington

George Bush and Saucy Tracy

Fruit and veg stall at Fareham Market

Lee-on-the-Solent is a seaside district in the town of Gosport in Hampshire. The pebble beach is popular during the summer months with a good promenade for walking all year round. The former Naval Airbase, HMS Daedalus, is now Solent Airport Daedalus though strictly speaking the airfield is in Fareham. Part of the former base that is in Gosport is home to the hovercraft museum. The area is good for water sports including jet skis, stand up paddle boarding and windsurfing within designated areas

Bubbles

Black swans at Titchfield Haven

Humphreys 40ft, GBR 626R, ‘Old Mother Gun’ off Hill Head 7th May 2016

Holy Rood Stubbington pictured a couple of days before the summer solstice. This is the larger of the two churches in the parish of Crofton. The smaller ‘Crofton Old Church’ at Crofton is one of the oldest known inhabited sites in the area. It was mentioned in the Doomsday Book and it is thought to date back to the reign of King Alfred in the 9th Century. It is believed to have caught the eye of Samuel Pepys in 1662 and was extensively renovated during the 13th Century. In 1662 Samuel Pepys recorded in his diary for 26th April that he ‘observed a little churchyard at Crofton, where the graves were accustomed to be all sowed with Sage’