Following the closure of Lloyds and Halifax branches in January, the new, temporary, Banking Hub is due to open in Market Parade sometime this week, current outlook Friday. There was a representative from the organisation which sets up and manages Banking Hubs at a table in the Meridian Centre last Friday lunchtime (10 July), though … Continue reading Banking Hub Update – 16 July 2026
Category: Havant Businesses
New Havant Banking Hub to open in July 2026
Havant Civic Society has been informed by Cash Access UK that they have signed a Leasehold Property Agreement (LPA) with Havant Borough Council for the temporary home for Havant’s Banking Hub. The hub will will open mid/late July 2026 at 39 Market Parade. The location is the currently shuttered unit between 'Lily Nails' and the … Continue reading New Havant Banking Hub to open in July 2026
Portsmouth Water – site proposals
The first move by Portsmouth Water to redevelop their Havant premises has now broken cover with the publication by developers WYG of a briefing note concerning the first stage of an overall development programme. The image below shows West Street at the top, including the entrance to the existing headquarters building, Brockhampton Road to the … Continue reading Portsmouth Water – site proposals
Latest update on the Colt site
As you may have seen in today's Portsmouth News, Southampton based Drew Smith Homes have been awarded funding by Homes England to construct 95 homes on the former Colt site in New Lane, half of which will be offered as 'affordable homes'. It's difficult to make much sense of the illustration included on the press … Continue reading Latest update on the Colt site
‘Yarn bombing’ in Havant and Langstone
We are indebted to one of our members for these pictures. The 'guerilla knitters' have been at work and we're delighted to see such well cultured vandalism in the town centre and surrounding areas. With Havant Civic Society's self driven regeneration programme including the restoration of town centre listed buildings, including the Gazebo Garden and, … Continue reading ‘Yarn bombing’ in Havant and Langstone
Colt – ‘We’re backing Britain’, fifty years on
It's a sad day for those of us who remember New Lane in the heady days of the late sixties. In 1968, my first real 'summer holiday' employer, Kenwood Manufacturing, was supporting Colt in their famous staff initiative. Boxes of Kenwood Chefs, Kenwood Mini foodmixers and the first ill-fated Kenwood Dishwashers left the plant with … Continue reading Colt – ‘We’re backing Britain’, fifty years on
East Street – ‘There is not enough here’
Our East Street traders are featured once again in tonight's Portsmouth News. "More businesses on East Street would be brilliant, because at the moment , there is not enough to walk down here for - and often when people come in they say they didn't even know we were here in the first place." For … Continue reading East Street – ‘There is not enough here’
Local Businesses
In the future, we'd like to showcase some of the local independent businesses through a set of blog posts on this site. In doing so, we should stress that we would not be endorsing the business in any way, but we would like to build up a view of how these local businesses find Havant … Continue reading Local Businesses