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Locks Heath
Locks Heath
	Locks Heath Location within Hampshire
Area	0.66 sq mi (1.7 km2)
Population	7,104
• Density	10,764/sq mi (4,156/km2)
District	Fareham;
Shire county	Hampshire;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Southampton
Postcode district	SO31
Post town	Fareham
Postcode district	PO14
Dialling code	01489
Police	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Fire	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Hamble Valley;
	List of places UK England Hampshire 50°51′43″N 1°16′08″W / 50.862°N 1.269°W

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Locks Heath is a residential suburb of Fareham, in the south of Hampshire, England. Locks Heath is immediately surrounded by a collection of villages including Sarisbury to the west, Swanwick, Park Gate and Whiteley to the north, Warsash to the southwest and Titchfield to the southeast. Within the heart of the area its shopping village is located with a community centre. The population of the village itself in 2011 was 7,104^[2] whilst the wider Locks Heath residential area (including surrounding villages) equaled 43,359 as of 2011.

Origin of name

The heathland surrounding Locks Farm.

History

In the late 19th and early 20th Century, the most important local activity in this area was strawberry growing. The industry developed as a result of the 1866 Enclosure Acts which allowed the common land to be split into a large number of small plots.^[3]^[4] Swanwick railway station opened on 2 September 1889^[5] and helped to facilitate the transportation of large quantities of strawberries to customers all over the country.

Strawberries were transported to the waiting trains by horse and cart. A lasting reminder of this is a rail on the outside edge of what is now the pavement leading down the hill to the station. This was used to line up the wheels of the horse-drawn carts, so as to enable easy unloading of the carts.^{[citation needed]} The station was also originally much bigger with what remains of a second branch line still visible under the tarmac of what is now the station car park. A short way from the station a warehouse can be seen which used to be the 'Swanwick and District Basket Factory'^[6] which supplied the baskets to pack the strawberries into for transportation. The outline of the old signage is still visible on the outside of the building.

The strawberry industry hit its peak in the 1920s and then began to slip into decline. This was caused by a variety of factors, including the demand for development land, competition from abroad and the increasingly strict requirements of retailers for standardised products.

Although strawberries are still grown in the area, much of the land once used is now covered with houses. Because of the nature of the plots of land which were once the strawberry farms, many of the houses are built in relatively small estates. There are numerous references to strawberries in the area,^{[citation needed]} such as the Talisman pub (Talisman being a variety of strawberry)^[7] and the Joseph Paxton pub, the name of a locally-grown strawberry named after the gardener and designer of Crystal Palace.^{[citation needed]}

St John the Baptist church was built in 1895 to a design by Ewan Christian.^[4]^[8] It was extended in 1998.^[8]

Nikolaus Pevsner and David Wharton Lloyd wrote of Locks Heath in 1967 that "Pocket package suburbanization [is] now proceeding piecemeal; there is no need to try to describe the resultant mess".^[4]

Facilities

The mid-1980s saw development of the Locks Heath area with the construction of new housing. The Lockswood Centre was built to provide additional facilities including the Lock Stock and Barrel pub (renamed the Strawberry Field Tavern in 2013) and a supermarket operated by Waitrose. The centre also includes a library/community centre and a GP surgery.

Schools

There are many junior schools including St John’s School and Locks Heath Junior School where most of the Locks Heath infants pupils go to after they leave primary school, Hook-with-Warsash Junior School, Park Gate Primary School and Sarisbury Junior School. The only state secondary school is Brookfield Community School.

Sport and leisure

Locks Heath has a Non-League football club Locks Heath F.C. who play at Locks Heath Recreation ground on Warsash Road since 1894.^[9] They are currently playing in the Hampshire Premier League.

Also in Locks Heath is a badminton club, bowls and tennis club.^[10]

Locks Heath has one pub located within the Locks Heath Shopping Centre, called The Strawberry Tavern, previously known as The Lock Stock and Barrel.

Notes

^ Census, 2011
^ "Fareham Borough Council: Appendix D Population". Fareham.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
^ "Fareham Borough Council: Locks Heath". Fareham.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David (1967). Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (1967 ed.). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd. p. 323.
^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 225. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
^ "Strawberry growing in the Fareham Borough". 7 September 2010. Archived from the original on 10 November 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
^ "Accession : TALISMAN - GenBerry Database: Strawberry Genetic Resources in Europe". Retrieved 30 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b O’Brien, Charles; Bailey, Bruce; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David W. (2018). The Buildings of England Hampshire: South. Yale University Press. p. 363. ISBN 9780300225037.
^ "Fareham Borough Council: Press Release". Fareham.gov.uk. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2 February 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
^ Keith Venn. "Clubs/Societies in the Locksheath area". Locksheath.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.

External links

[1] Census, 2011

[2] "Fareham Borough Council: Appendix D Population". Fareham.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.

[3] "Fareham Borough Council: Locks Heath". Fareham.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.

[Pevsner-4] Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David (1967). Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (1967 ed.). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd. p. 323.

[5] Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 225. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

[6] "Strawberry growing in the Fareham Borough". 7 September 2010. Archived from the original on 10 November 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2011.

[7] "Accession : TALISMAN - GenBerry Database: Strawberry Genetic Resources in Europe". Retrieved 30 April 2015.

[Bailey363-8] O’Brien, Charles; Bailey, Bruce; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David W. (2018). The Buildings of England Hampshire: South. Yale University Press. p. 363. ISBN 9780300225037.

[9] "Fareham Borough Council: Press Release". Fareham.gov.uk. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2 February 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.

[10] Keith Venn. "Clubs/Societies in the Locksheath area". Locksheath.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.

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+[[File:Locks Heath Centre - geograph.org.uk - 785592.jpg|thumb| The Locks Heath District Centre]]
-'''Locks Heath''' is a western residential [[suburb]] of [[Fareham]], in the south of [[Hampshire]], [[England]]. Locks Heath is immediately surrounded by a collection of villages including [[Sarisbury]] to the West, [[Swanwick, Hampshire|Swanwick]], [[Park Gate]] and [[Whiteley]] to the North, [[Warsash]] to the South West and [[Titchfield]] to the South East. The population of the village itself in 2011 was 7,104<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fareham.gov.uk/council/departments/leisure/culture/population.aspx |title=Fareham Borough Council: Appendix D Population |publisher=Fareham.gov.uk |date= |accessdate=2012-09-17 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120901203608/http%3A//www.fareham.gov.uk/council/departments/leisure/culture/population.aspx |archivedate=2012-09-01 |df= }}</ref> whilst the wider Locks Heath residential area (including surrounding villages) equaled 43,359 as of 2011.
+'''Locks Heath''' is a  residential [[suburb]] of [[Fareham]], in the south of [[Hampshire]], [[England]]. Locks Heath is immediately surrounded by a collection of villages including [[Sarisbury]] to the west, [[Swanwick, Hampshire|Swanwick]], [[Park Gate]] and [[Whiteley]] to the north, [[Warsash]] to the southwest and [[Titchfield]] to the southeast. Within the heart of the area its shopping village is located with a community centre. The population of the village itself in 2011 was 7,104<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fareham.gov.uk/council/departments/leisure/culture/population.aspx |title=Fareham Borough Council: Appendix D Population |publisher=Fareham.gov.uk |accessdate=2012-09-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120901203608/http%3A//www.fareham.gov.uk/council/departments/leisure/culture/population.aspx |archivedate=2012-09-01 }}</ref> whilst the wider Locks Heath residential area (including surrounding villages) equaled 43,359 as of 2011.
 ==Origin of name==
+{{Expand section|date=October 2018}}
 The heathland surrounding Locks Farm.
 ==History==
 [[File:St John the Baptist, Locks Heath - geograph.org.uk - 1511553.jpg|thumb|St John the Baptist, Locks Heath]]
-In the late 19th and early 20th Century, the most important local activity in this area was [[strawberry]] growing.  The industry developed as a result of the 1866 Enclosure Acts which allowed the common land to be split into a large number of small plots.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fareham.gov.uk/discover_local_area/whats_here/locksheath.aspx |title=Fareham Borough Council: Locks Heath |publisher=Fareham.gov.uk |date= |accessdate=2012-11-07 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207144345/http://www.fareham.gov.uk/discover_local_area/whats_here/locksheath.aspx |archivedate=2012-02-07 |df= }}</ref> The new plot owners needed a crop that would give them a quick income from a small outlay. The combination of suitable soils and a mild climate, free from spring frosts, proved ideal for the production of early cropping strawberries. Their early ripening made them desirable in markets across the country. [[Swanwick railway station]] opened on 2 September 1889<ref>{{Butt-Stations|page=225}}</ref> and helped to facilitate the transportation of large quantities of strawberries to customers all over the country.
+In the late 19th and early 20th Century, the most important local activity in this area was [[strawberry]] growing. The industry developed as a result of the 1866 Enclosure Acts which allowed the common land to be split into a large number of small plots.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fareham.gov.uk/discover_local_area/whats_here/locksheath.aspx |title=Fareham Borough Council: Locks Heath |publisher=Fareham.gov.uk |accessdate=2012-11-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207144345/http://www.fareham.gov.uk/discover_local_area/whats_here/locksheath.aspx |archivedate=2012-02-07 }}</ref><ref name="Pevsner">{{cite book |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus |last2=Lloyd |first2=David |title=Hampshire and the Isle of Wight |date=1967 |publisher=Penguin Books Ltd |location=Harmondsworth |page=323 |edition=1967}}</ref> [[Swanwick railway station]] opened on 2 September 1889<ref>{{Butt-Stations|page=225}}</ref> and helped to facilitate the transportation of large quantities of strawberries to customers all over the country.
-Strawberries were transported to the waiting trains by horse and cart.  A lasting reminder of this is a rail on the outside edge of what is now the pavement leading down the hill to the station. This was used to line up the wheels of the horse-drawn carts, so as to enable easy unloading of the carts{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}.  The station was also originally much bigger with what remains of a second branch line still visible under the tarmac of what is now the station car park.  A short way from the station a warehouse can be seen which used to be the 'Swanwick and District Basket Factory'<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www3.hants.gov.uk/museum/westbury-manor-museum/westbury-local-studies/strawberry-growing.htm |title=Strawberry growing in the Fareham Borough |date=7 September 2010 |accessdate=9 January 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110045125/http://www3.hants.gov.uk/museum/westbury-manor-museum/westbury-local-studies/strawberry-growing.htm |archivedate=10 November 2010 |df= }}</ref> which supplied the baskets to pack the strawberries into for transportation. The outline of the old signage is still visible on the outside of the building.
+Strawberries were transported to the waiting trains by horse and cart.  A lasting reminder of this is a rail on the outside edge of what is now the pavement leading down the hill to the station. This was used to line up the wheels of the horse-drawn carts, so as to enable easy unloading of the carts.{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}  The station was also originally much bigger with what remains of a second branch line still visible under the tarmac of what is now the station car park.  A short way from the station a warehouse can be seen which used to be the 'Swanwick and District Basket Factory'<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www3.hants.gov.uk/museum/westbury-manor-museum/westbury-local-studies/strawberry-growing.htm |title=Strawberry growing in the Fareham Borough |date=7 September 2010 |accessdate=9 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110045125/http://www3.hants.gov.uk/museum/westbury-manor-museum/westbury-local-studies/strawberry-growing.htm |archivedate=10 November 2010 }}</ref> which supplied the baskets to pack the strawberries into for transportation. The outline of the old signage is still visible on the outside of the building.
 The strawberry industry hit its peak in the 1920s and then began to slip into decline. This was caused by a variety of factors, including the demand for development land, competition from abroad and the increasingly strict requirements of retailers for standardised products.
-Although strawberries are still grown in the area, much of the land once used is now covered with houses. Because of the nature of the plots of land which were once the strawberry farms, many of the houses are built in relatively small estates. The mixture of old and new gives Locks Heath a unique character, and there are numerous references to strawberries in the area,{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} such as The Talisman pub (Talisman being a variety of strawberry)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bordeaux.inra.fr/eustrawberrydb/accession/79 |title=Accession : TALISMAN - GenBerry Database: Strawberry Genetic Resources in Europe |accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref> and the [[Joseph Paxton]] pub, the name of a locally grown strawberry named after the gardener and designer of [[The Crystal Palace|Crystal Palace]].{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}
+Although strawberries are still grown in the area, much of the land once used is now covered with houses. Because of the nature of the plots of land which were once the strawberry farms, many of the houses are built in relatively small estates. There are numerous references to strawberries in the area,{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} such as the Talisman pub (Talisman being a variety of strawberry)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bordeaux.inra.fr/eustrawberrydb/accession/79 |title=Accession : TALISMAN - GenBerry Database: Strawberry Genetic Resources in Europe |accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref> and the [[Joseph Paxton]] pub, the name of a locally-grown strawberry named after the gardener and designer of [[The Crystal Palace|Crystal Palace]].{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}
+St John the Baptist church was built in 1895 to a design by [[Ewan Christian]].<ref name="Pevsner"/><ref name=Bailey363 /> It was extended in 1998.<ref name=Bailey363>{{cite book |last1=O’Brien |first1=Charles|last2=Bailey |first2=Bruce|last3=Pevsner |first3=Nikolaus |last4=Lloyd |first4=David W. |date=2018 |title=The Buildings of England Hampshire: South |publisher=Yale University Press |page=363|isbn=9780300225037}}</ref>
-The area in recent years has been gripped by a local gang known as the LHB (Locks Heath Boys). The group has all but replaced local law enforcement and essentially run the area. Numerous turf wars erupt on a daily basis with other local gangs, mainly Stub Army. Robbery, violence & drug trafficking are among the many crimes commited by the gang to maintain a grip in the area. The few dozen whom are members of the group can be identified by their clothing, mainly slim fit [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] track pants, [[Stone Island]] jumpers & Nike 97’s.
+[[Nikolaus Pevsner]] and David Wharton Lloyd wrote of Locks Heath in 1967 that "Pocket package suburbanization [is] now proceeding piecemeal; there is no need to try to describe the resultant mess".<ref name="Pevsner"/>
 ==Facilities==
-The mid-1980s saw significant development of the Locks Heath area with the construction of new housing and The Lockswood centre was built to provide additional facilities including The Lock Stock and Barrel pub and a supermarket. The centre now provides a focal point for the area and also includes a library/community centre and a GP surgery which, as of May 2013, is only accepting additional people from Warsash.
+The mid-1980s saw development of the Locks Heath area with the construction of new housing. The Lockswood Centre was built to provide additional facilities including the Lock Stock and Barrel pub (renamed the Strawberry Field Tavern in 2013) and a supermarket operated by Waitrose. The centre also includes a library/community centre and a GP surgery.
 ===Schools===
-There are many junior schools including St.Johns School and Locks Heath Junior School where most of the Locks Heath infants pupils go to after they leave primary school, Hook-with-Warsash Junior School, Park Gate Primary School and Sarisbury Junior School. The only state secondary school is [[Brookfield Community School, Fareham|Brookfield Community School]] where an average 90%{{Citation needed|date=April 2015}} of pupils transfer to.
+There are many junior schools including St John’s School and Locks Heath Junior School where most of the Locks Heath infants pupils go to after they leave primary school, Hook-with-Warsash Junior School, Park Gate Primary School and Sarisbury Junior School. The only state secondary school is [[Brookfield Community School, Fareham|Brookfield Community School]].
 ==Sport and leisure==
+Locks Heath has a [[Non-League football]] club [[Locks Heath F.C.]] who play at Locks Heath Recreation ground on Warsash Road since 1894.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fareham.gov.uk/council/general/pressreleases/pr-110727-1.aspx |title=Fareham Borough Council: Press Release |publisher=Fareham.gov.uk |date=2011-07-27 |accessdate=2012-09-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202171505/http://www.fareham.gov.uk/council/general/pressreleases/pr-110727-1.aspx |archivedate=2012-02-02 }}</ref> They are currently playing in the [[Hampshire Premier League]].
-Locks Heath has a [[Non-League football]] club [[Locks Heath F.C.]] who play at Locks Heath Recreation ground on Warsash Road since 1894.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fareham.gov.uk/council/general/pressreleases/pr-110727-1.aspx |title=Fareham Borough Council: Press Release |publisher=Fareham.gov.uk |date=2011-07-27 |accessdate=2012-09-17 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202171505/http://www.fareham.gov.uk/council/general/pressreleases/pr-110727-1.aspx |archivedate=2012-02-02 |df= }}</ref> They are currently playing in the [[Hampshire Premier League]].
+Also in Locks Heath is a badminton club, bowls and tennis club.<ref>{{cite web |author=Keith Venn |url=http://www.locksheath.com/html/clubs_societies.html |title=Clubs/Societies in the Locksheath area |publisher=Locksheath.com |accessdate=2012-09-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026124313/http://www.locksheath.com/html/clubs_societies.html |archivedate=2012-10-26 }}</ref>
+Locks Heath has one pub located within the Locks Heath Shopping Centre, called ''The Strawberry Tavern'', previously known as ''The Lock Stock and Barrel''.
-Also in Locks Heath is a badminton club, bowls and tennis club.<ref>{{cite web |author=Keith Venn |url=http://www.locksheath.com/html/clubs_societies.html |title=Clubs/Societies in the Locksheath area |publisher=Locksheath.com |date= |accessdate=2012-09-17 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026124313/http://www.locksheath.com/html/clubs_societies.html |archivedate=2012-10-26 |df= }}</ref>
+==See also==
+*[[List of places of worship in the Borough of Fareham]]
 ==Notes==
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 *[http://www.sjsonline.org.uk/ Sarisbury Junior School]
 *[http://www3.hants.gov.uk/locks_heath_townscape_assessment.pdf Sarisbury, Locks Heath and Warsash Townscape Assessment 2010]
+*[http://www.locksheath.com Locks Heath Web site]
-Information and history is contained on the  [http://www.locksheath.com Locks Heath Web site]. The local history extract on Wikipedia was quoted from the site and is used with permission.
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