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5 unusual facts about Fareham


Cams Estate

Cams Estate is a 400 acre private estate in Fareham UK.

Eastleigh to Fareham line

It linked the original Southampton to London trunk route (at Eastleigh) to Fareham which was a developing market town, small port and had a rapidly developing brick and tile industry.

The Eastleigh-Fareham Line is the railway line from Eastleigh to Fareham in the United Kingdom.

Southern Co-operative

Head office was previously located at Fareham in Hampshire, but since July 2011, is now located at 1000 Lakeside, a business park in North Harbour, Portsmouth.

Whiteley

The development straddles the boundary between two council districts: the Borough of Fareham to the south and east, and the city of Winchester to the north and west.


Alton railway station

Two other routes (both now closed) also served the station – the Meon Valley line to Fareham and the Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway.

Borough of Fareham

The present boundaries date from 1932 when the parishes of Crofton, Hook with Warsash, Portchester, Sarisbury and Titchfield, all previously part of the Fareham Rural District were added to Fareham urban district.

Defence College of Communications and Information Systems

The College consists of a headquarters based at Blandford Camp in Dorset, the Royal Navy CIS Training Unit at HMS Collingwood, Fareham, Hampshire, The Royal School of Signals at Blandford Camp and the Royal Air Force Number 1 Radio School, collocated with the headquarters of the Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering at Cosford, of which the Aerial Erector School at RAF Digby is a part.

Emily Corrie

Starting October 2009, she undertook another 10 months of training at both HMS Collingwood in Fareham, Hampshire and HMS Raleigh.

Fareham College

Fareham College was formed in 1984 as a merger between an earlier technical college (Fareham Technical College) on the same site and the sixth-form college at the historic Price's School, a boys' grammar school on Park Lane, (before the latter's site was sold to developers) in 1984, and became the sole state provider of tertiary education in Fareham.

Fareham red brick

Fareham red brick is a famous red-tinged clay brick, from Fareham, Hampshire.

Hamble railway station

It is served by a 2-track electrified line which joins the Southampton to London main line, in the direction of Southampton at St Denys in Southampton, and joins the line running east from Eastleigh at Fareham.

HGP

HGP Architects is a firm of architects based in Fareham in Hampshire

Sir Henry Thompson, 3rd Baronet

Sir Henry was, during his life, Curate in charge at Holy Trinity Church, Bembridge, Isle of Wight; Rector of the Church of Holy Trinity, Fareham, Hampshire (the building of which had been paid for by himself and his mother, Lady Jane Thompson), and in 1845 he was given the living of Frant, Sussex by the Earl of Abergavenny.

Stobart Pullman

The Pullman was launched with a lunchtime service for 200 people, the Wessex Circular, departing from London Victoria, travelling to Fareham, and returning to London at Euston.


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