Visit Havant Places

Welcome to Visit Havant Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Havant

  

Havant Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Havant

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Havant history

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Much of Havant was destroyed by fire in 1760, leaving only the church and the adjacent late 16th or early 17th century cottages. Archeological digs uncovered evidence of Roman buildings – near St Faith’s Church and in Langstone Avenue, along with neolithic and mesolithic remains.

Havant geography / climate

The old centre of the town is on a classic crossroad configuration, with the four streets being named North Street, East Street, South Street and West Street, and St Faith’s Church at the crossing. Its north is Leigh Park, a three-ward suburb originally of council housing laid out before 1960 through the co-operation of the local and Portsmouth authorities. To the east is Emsworth, a much smaller contiguous town, to the west is Portsdown Hill and part of Bedhampton.

You can visit Havant places with Walkfo Havant to hear history at Havant’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Havant has 40 places to visit in our interactive Havant map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Havant, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Havant places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Havant & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 40 audio facts unique to Havant places in an interactive Havant map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Havant Places Map
40 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Havant historic spots	Havant tourist destinations	Havant plaques	Havant geographic features
Walkfo Havant tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Havant

  

Best Havant places to visit

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Havant has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Havant’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Havant’s information audio spots:

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

Hollybank House, Emsworth Hollybank House near Emsworth in Hampshire is Grade II listed on the English Heritage Register. It was built in about 1825 and was home to many notable residents over the next two centuries. Today it is a Country House B&B and caters for special events including weddings.

Warblington Castle Warblington Castle was a moated manor near Langstone in Havant parish, Hampshire. Most of the castle was destroyed during the English Civil War, leaving only a single gate tower, part of a wall, and a gateway.

St Thomas à Becket Church, Warblington St Thomas à Becket Church is the Church of England parish church of Warblington in Hampshire. It was founded in the Saxon era, and some Anglo-Saxon architecture survives. The church is Grade I listed, the highest grade, for its architectural and historical importance.

Visit Havant plaques