Borough of Havant

Havant ( HAV-ənt) is a town in the south-east corner of Hampshire, England between Portsmouth and Chichester. Its borough (population: 125,000) comprises the town (45,826) and its suburbs including the resort of Hayling Island as well as Rowland's Castle, the larger town of Waterlooville and Langstone Harbour. Housing and population more than doubled in the 20 years following World War II, a period of major conversion of land from agriculture and woodland to housing across the region following the incendiary bombing of Portsmouth and the Blitz. The old centre of the town was a small Celtic settlement before Roman times and the town's commerce, retired and commuter population swelled after World War II so as to be usually considered economically part of the Portsmouth conurbation.

Havant railway station is a railway station in Havant, Hampshire, near Portsmouth, located on the Portsmouth Direct Line which runs between London Waterloo and Portsmouth Harbour. Havant is served by trains operated by Southern, who provide the most trains at the station, and South Western Railway who also provide frequent trains and manage the station.Havant is the nearest station to Hayling Island and also serves the nearby town of Waterlooville. Buses depart from the nearby bus station to both these places.

Havant Cricket Club is an amateur cricket club based at Havant, Hampshire. The club's first team plays in the Southern Premier Cricket League, which is one of the ECB Premier Leagues that are the highest level of the amateur, recreational sport in England and Wales. The club, founded in 1882, currently plays its home games at Havant Park, which has also hosted Hampshire Second XI matches. In 2005 Havant reached the semi-finals of the Cockspur Cup, after beating Bridgwater Cricket Club of Somerset. Havant have been champions in the Southern Premier Cricket League in 2000, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 and most recently in 2016. In 2011 and 2016, the club also won the league's Twenty20 competition. They were beaten finalists in 2012.

Havant War Memorial Hospital was a health facility in Crossway in Havant, Hampshire, England. It was managed by Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust.

Langston was a small station on the Hayling Island branch. The station along with the rest of the line closed in 1963, and it served the Langstone area of Havant, a former village which had become contiguous with the larger town to its north. The railway companies always used the old spelling "Langston" for the station, in spite of this form not being used by the local community, and it can be seen in many photographs of the station sign.The line itself crossed the sole road on and off Hayling Island, which is now the A3023, with a gated level crossing and wooden platform (upgraded to concrete in 1950). This would cause huge traffic jams during peak hours, especially in summer, since the Island had the closest sandy beach to Portsmouth, and trains ran every fifteen minutes at peak times.The station had no freight facilities (neither did North Hayling, the other intermediate station), however in the Victorian period, there was a slipway for a train ferry to the Isle of Wight immediately south of Langston station. The ferry ran to Bembridge, where there was also a railway station, this being prior to the construction of the pier stations at Portsmouth Harbour and Ryde Pier Head by the LSWR to create a direct rail-ferry link for the Island. The station structure has since been demolished, but one can still walk the route up to Havant station.The stationmaster's house was destroyed by fire in December 2018.

The Spring Arts & Heritage Centre (known as the Havant Arts Centre until 2009) is an arts centre in Havant, Hampshire, England. The main building was completed as Havant Town Hall in 1870. It was built by a private company and was a town hall in the sense of being a large hall for public events rather than a council's headquarters. However, the building was subsequently bought by Havant Urban District Council in 1921 and converted to become its meeting place. The adjoining house called Moorlands was bought by the council in 1946 and incorporated into the town hall complex to provide additional office space. The council vacated the town hall in 1977 when new civic offices were opened at Civic Centre Road to the north of the town centre.The vacated town hall was converted into an arts complex. Containing a small theatre (135 seats), the arts centre is used for professional and amateur theatre, music of all kinds, dance, to show films and for community groups to meet. It is a regular performance venue for the following partner groups: Bench Theatre Company, Havant Light Opera, HumDrum Theatre Company, and Havant Dynamo Youth Theatre. It is also the base for the music project charity, Music Fusion (the trading name of Fusion Plus, a Charity Registered in England and Wales no: 1128586). The centre is run by The Spring Arts & Heritage Centre Company (registered in Wales 20888483), which is a Registered Charity. (Registration Number 297353). Funding comes from the state via Hampshire County Council and Havant Borough Council. The centre director from 2003 to 2012 was Amanda O'Reilly. The current centre director is Sophie Fullerlove.

Langstone is a village near Havant, Hampshire in the south east of England in Portsmouth. It has good railway connections to London, Southampton, Portsmouth and Brighton, from the nearby Havant railway station. There are many large gated detached houses on the main road, "Langstone Road" and on the roads surrounding this. It has a sailing club, several architecturally unusual buildings, and several historically significant buildings, including a converted (water) millhouse and a converted 18th century windmill, the latter of which is a local landmark.

Langstone Windmill is a Grade II listed tower mill at Langstone, Hampshire in England. It has been converted to residential accommodation.

Warblington School is a coeducational community secondary school, located in the Warblington area of Havant in the English county of Hampshire.The school is situated opposite Warblington railway station, toward the east of Havant on the Hampshire and West Sussex border serving the surrounding area. It is administered by Hampshire County Council which coordinates the schools admissions.Warblington School offers GCSEs as programmes of study for pupils. It is the only school located in Warblington, as the area does not have any primary schools. Warblington School has been recognised as a “Good” school by Ofsted. The property was Grade II listed in June 2019 by Historic England because of architectural and historic interest.The school came under critism in 2019 after a PE teacher, Sean Aldridge, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for having sexual relations with 4 girls attending the school from the ages of 13 to 16 between 2007 and 2012.

Warblington is a suburb of Havant, a town in Hampshire, England. Warblington used to be a civil parish, and before that was part of the Hundred of Bosmere.

Bedhampton railway station serves the former village of Bedhampton, now a suburb lying a mile west of the centre of Havant, in Hampshire, England.

Southmoor Nature Reserve is a 11-hectare (27-acre) nature reserve in Havant in Hampshire. It is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. It is part of Langstone Harbour, which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. It is also part of Solent Maritime Special Area of Conservation and of Chichester and Langstone Harbours Ramsar site and Special Protection Area.This reserve on the north coast of Langstone Harbour has grazing marshes and scrub. It is an important habitat for birds and skylarks breed here. Other birds include brent geese, greenfinches and goldfinches.