Welborne, Fareham

#7 among attractions in Fareham

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Welborne is a proposed new town to the north of Fareham, England, intended to include 6,000 houses with businesses and community facilities. A plan for the development was submitted for central Government examination on 23 June 2014, and modifications were published in January 2015 following the inspector's preliminary comments. Fareham Borough Council formally adopted the plan for Welborne as part of its statutory Local Plan for the Borough on 8 June 2015. Construction is scheduled in phases between 2015 and 2036, and As of 2019 the town was due to be completed by 2038. Transport plans include an upgrade to Junction 10 of the M27 motorway and a bus rapid transit route. ()

Coordinates: 50°52'26"N, 1°11'24"W

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Welborne – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Fareham Shopping Centre, Titchfield Abbey, Fort Nelson, Westbury Manor Museum.

1.5 miS
Shopping, Shopping centre
Fareham Shopping Centre, Fareham
40 min walk • Fareham Shopping Centre is at the heart of the centre of the medium-sized Hampshire town of Fareham. Built in two phases between 1975 and 1981, the centre contains many well known retailers and is quite large for a town of its size.
2.2 miSW
Historical place, Monastery
Titchfield Abbey, Fareham
56 min walk • Titchfield Abbey is a medieval abbey and later country house, located in the village of Titchfield near Fareham in Hampshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1222 for Premonstratensian canons, an austere order of priests.
2.4 miE
Museum, Military museum, Historical place
Fort Nelson, Portsmouth
62 min walk • Fort Nelson, in the civil parish of Boarhunt in the English county of Hampshire, is one of five defensive forts built on the summit of Portsdown Hill in the 1860s, overlooking the important naval base of Portsmouth. It is now part of the Royal Armouries, housing their collection of artillery, and a Grade I Listed Building.
1.6 miS
History museum, Museum
Westbury Manor Museum, Fareham
40 min walk • Westbury Manor Museum is the main town centre museum located at 84 West Street, Fareham, Hampshire, England. It features a variety of exhibits on local history, such as the use of Fareham red bricks in the construction of the Royal Albert Hall.
1.4 miSE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham
36 min walk • Ashcroft Arts Centre is a performing arts venue in Fareham, Hampshire. It is named after Dame Peggy Ashcroft, and opened by her in 1989, after being refurbished from its original use as a school.
1.8 miN
Shopping, Watermill
Chesapeake Mill
47 min walk • The Chesapeake Mill is a watermill in Wickham, Hampshire, England. The flour mill was constructed in 1820 using the timbers of HMS Chesapeake, which had previously been the United States Navy frigate USS Chesapeake. The Chesapeake was attacked and boarded by HMS Leopard on 22 June 1807.
3 miSE
50°50'27"N • 1°8'44"W
WicorMarine Yacht Haven, Portsmouth
77 min walk • Sailing, Park, Marina
2.6 miE
Memorial
Nelson Monument, Portsdown Hill
67 min walk • The Nelson Monument, 120 feet tall on a granite base, stands on Portsdown Hill about 2 miles north of Portsmouth Harbour on the south coast of England. It was the eventual outcome of a movement started during Horatio Nelson's lifetime to "perpetuate the glorious victories of the British Navy".
3.7 miE
Forts and castles, Historical place, Historic walking areas
Portsdown Hill, Portsmouth
95 min walk • Portsdown Hill is a long chalk ridge in Hampshire, England. The highest point of the hill lies within Fort Southwick at 131m above sea level.
4 miE
Monastery, Golf, Outdoor activities
Southwick Priory
102 min walk • Southwick Priory or Our Lady at Southwick was a priory of Augustinian canons founded in Portchester Castle on Portsmouth Harbour and later transferred 2 miles north to Southwick, Hampshire, England. It ceased at the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1538.
2.3 miS
Forts and castles
Fort Fareham, Fareham
60 min walk • Fort Fareham is one of the Palmerston Forts, in Fareham, England. After the Gosport Advanced Line of Fort Brockhurst, Fort Elson, Fort Rowner, Fort Grange and Fort Gomer had been approved by the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom a decision was made to build...