Every year, Havant and District Horticultural Society puts on a Summer Show and this year we are delighted that the Gazebo Garden has been added to the locations. The main event will be held in St Faith's Church Hall in The Pallant, with additional displays at the Gazebo Garden, activity at both locations starting at … Continue reading Havant Summer Gardening Event – July 14th
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Improvements to ‘Local Transport’ information
A minor change to the website this morning results in one less click being required to access live travel information from your device. The options to find real-time updates from the local stations, bus stops and roads, are available directly from the menu under 'News'. Selecting any of the three local station options will display … Continue reading Improvements to ‘Local Transport’ information
The story behind the ‘new’ HCS logo
A few years ago, there was much soul searching among the committee members in our search for a new logo. The public were consulted, external branding expertise was sought and three designs were shortlisted for consideration. For some reason, lost in the mists of time, the one selected at an AGM never made it into … Continue reading The story behind the ‘new’ HCS logo
June 23rd celebrations in Havant
Saturday June 23rd was a day to remember in Havant, not just for us local residents, but also for two young residents of Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. Tom (aged 5) and William (aged 3) landed at Heathrow at 7:00 am with their journalist mum ( a Fairfield School pupil from the era of Mrs. … Continue reading June 23rd celebrations in Havant
HCS response to recent News coverage
Reading the recent series of town centre articles in the local newspaper was very interesting, but in our opinion, The News had reported preconceived views of 'no hope' for Town Centre High Streets. That is unfortunate because there are successful shops and town centres. In Havant, for instance, Astares menswear in East Street, and Button … Continue reading HCS response to recent News coverage
Prince George Street – 21 new apartments
There's an interesting planning application registered with HBC for the construction of 21 one and two bedroom apartments in a 2 storey extension fronting onto Prince George Street. This would follow demolition of the rear part of the North Street Arcade. These artist's impressions show the retention of the frontage on North Street with the … Continue reading Prince George Street – 21 new apartments
HCS Committee Meeting – 14th June 2018
A committee meeting was held on June 14th, the minutes can be found at this link.
Havant – leading the way with electric vehicle charging
If you happen to own a Tesla, you'll be interested to know that we have an eight bay charging centre - the 'Portsmouth Supercharger' - right here in the town. Click the link for details.
Historic England – Map search for listed buildings
Historic England have an online interactive map which provides a quick way into the nation's archive of historic buildings: Open this link, which takes you to Historic England’s interactive map: Type 'Havant', or your postcode, into the box at the top left and click on the blue symbol Click on Havant, Havant, Hampshire On the … Continue reading Historic England – Map search for listed buildings
HCS Response to 40 Acres development plan
While some might consider this application outside of the Havant Civic Society remit, we believe that the application poses important issues to the wider Havant community. Havant Civic Society supports our Bedhampton peer groups and we've now submitted our own response to the application for development on this site. To read the HCS response, please … Continue reading HCS Response to 40 Acres development plan
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