Visit Purbrook Places

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

  

Purbrook Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Purbrook

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Purbrook history

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Purbrook is a corruption of Pucanbroc, which means the brook of the water-sprite. The area was part of the Forest of Bere, which stretched from the border of Sussex to Winchester. Waterlooville and Cowplain did not exist before the year 1815.

You can visit Purbrook places with Walkfo Purbrook to hear history at Purbrook’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Purbrook has 28 places to visit in our interactive Purbrook 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 Purbrook, 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 Purbrook places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Purbrook & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 28 audio facts unique to Purbrook places in an interactive Purbrook map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Purbrook Places Map
28 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Purbrook places to visit

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

Waterlooville Baptist Church Waterlooville Baptist Church is the Baptist place of worship serving the town in the borough of Havant in Hampshire. Built in 1966 to replace a “landmark” Victorian chapel on a different site, the new church building is a distinctive and “elegant” example of modern architecture.

Fort Widley Fort Widley is one of the forts built on top of Portsdown Hill between 1860 and 1868. It was designed to protect Portsmouth from attack from the rear.

Forest of Bere The Forest of Bere is a partially forested area in Hampshire immediately north of Fareham, Portsmouth and Roman Road, Havant. The former uninterrupted forest is now a mix of woodland, open space, ponds, streams, heathland, farmland and downland.

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.

Hilsea Lines Hilsea Lines are a line of 18th- and 19th-century fortifications built at Hilsea to protect the northern approach to Portsea Island, an island off the southern coast of England. They are now used as a greenspace and leisure area, also known locally as Foxes Forest.

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