Gosport

• Endogenous influences:

  1. Location

  • located in the county of hampshire, south east England
  • one mile west from the city of portsmouth
  • South west of london
  • north east of isle of Isle of Wight border
• Endogenous influences:

  2. Topography

  • the Maximum height above sea level is 13m
  • majority is flat and low lying
• Endogenous influences:

  3. Physical geography

  • adjacent to the solent - legacy of an ancient post glacial river called the paleo-solent
  • peninsual between portsmouth and southampton
  • home to several creeks of Portsmouth harbour: stoke lake, haslar lake, forton lake
  • portsmouth is a ria
• Endogenous influences:

  4. Land use

  • land for development is in limited supply
  • mostly residential
  • land reclamation allowed marine businesses to expand
  • largely urban - parks, farmland, forts
• Endogenous influences:

  5. Built environment

  • 35,000 households in total
  • leisure centre
  • flats and detached houses
  • almost 13,000 are terraced houses
• Endogenous influences:

  6. Infrastructure

  • largest town in the uk without a train station
• Endogenous influences:

  7. Demographic

  • Overall high employment rate
  • most spoken language is english
  • 50.4% female and 49.6% male
  • 94.4% white British
  • Population - 82,600 in 2011 - 8.1% increase since
  • 1800 work in the navy
  • 21.6% with no formal qualifications
• Endogenous influences:

  8. Economic characteristics

  • 2,035 businesses
  • 20,600 employees
  • 4.2% unemployed
  • 2,700 working in manufacturing and education
  • average earning = £468, national = £518
• Exogenous characteristics:

  1.Transport links

  • no train station
  • eclipse bus route
  • A32 - runs from Gosport to Alton
  • newgate lane linking Farnham to Gosport
  • gosport ferry links to Portsmouth
  • cycle paths
• Exogenous characteristics:

  2. Communication links

  • twinned with Royan in france - french holiday resort
  • described as one of the most successful in the United Kingdom
• Exogenous characteristics:

  3. Migration links

  • international migration = 500 moving in, 1000 moving out
  • internal migration = 19,400 moving in, 17,400 moving out
  • International migration increased from a net inflow of 8 in 2011 to a net inflow of 9 in 2020
  • low immigration levels
• Exogenous characteristics:

  4. Trade

  • high tech companies often supply for the MOD
  • vector aerospace, qinetiq, crewsaver
• Exogenous characteristics:

  5. investment

  • two of the Uk‘s top regeneration projects recently taken place
  • residential and employment development at Daedalus - 200 hectare site inclauding Solent enterprise zone
  • Alver valley - £145 million residential redevelopment
• Used to be a fisherman’s village
• Shifting flows of people - local scale

  • out migration of 15-30 year olds causing an ageing population
  • rise in businesses and services for older people
  • inwards migration of naval workers increasing the naval character of the town
• Shifting flows of people - global scale

  • low immigration rates
  • 94.4% white british
  • less diversity
  • cultural influence is much less
• Rowner renewal project:

  • 18 hectares site
  • 620 new homes
  • £145 million regeneration
  • 2009-2017
• Rowner renewal project - affect on demographic

  • houses become more expensive
  • people in the area become wealthier
  • less noisy and generally more peaceful
• Rowner renewal project - affect on culture

  • safer community
  • high quality open space
  • site safety talks at schools
  • outdoor recreational space for residents
• Rowner renewal project - economic impact

  • sustainable homes reducing bills for home owners
  • increases economy
  • more houses - more move in - multiplier effect
• Solent enterprise zone:

  • 82 hectares of decommissioned Royal Navy airfield
  • £5.3 million innovation centre - office space, workshop
  • focussed on low carbon energy efficient industry
  • major cluster of marine businesses
  • fareham college - £12 million centre for advanced engineering skills
• Solent enterprise zone - demographic affect

  • emerging cluster of engineering and marine manufacturing businesses
  • new housing at coastal locations at affordable costs
  • on site employer oriented skills training college - offers further education
• Solent enterprise zone - culture

  • wealthier community
  • people and locals interacting more
  • more opportunities offered
• Solent enterprise zone - economy

  • increases economy
  • new housing
  • more job opportunites
  • increases economically active percentage of the population
• Present connections:

  1. Gosport as a dormitory town

  • many commuters sleep overnight and travel to work elsewhere during the day
  • 6,700 coming in
  • 20,300 going out
  • makes property prices lower due to lack of investment and opportunities
  • Older population
  • the grey pound
• Present connections:

  2. asbestos

  • resistant to chemicals, heat, water and electricity
  • outlawed in 1970s
  • 10,000 people per year thought to die from diseases related to asbestos exposure globally
  • 29 died between 2010 and 2014
  • 14th highest mortality rate from asbestos
  • people seeking compensation through the mesothelioma act
• Present connections:

  3. Railway

  • less connected
  • less migration
• Past connections:

  1. Gosport ferry

  • 1875
  • longest rinning ferry service in the uk
  • Importance grew with population
  • 1950’s service faltered due to lack of attraction to old portsmouth
• Past connections:

  2. Naval history

  • become home to a sizeable populations of service personnel
  • declinein naval history - outward migration
  • still a great tradition
• Gosport voluntary action

  • registered charity
  • provides help and support to over 200 local voluntary and community groups in need of help with funding, recruiting and managing
  • improving quality of life
  • mission to support local people
  • street friends
• Taylor wimpey

  • development of apartments
  • £145 million
  • rebranding as Alver village
  • reducing negative perceptions
• Lee travel poster - christopher gibson

  • shows lee as peaceful
  • quiet
  • wealthy community
  • not reliable - beach is shown as sandy
  • calm weather
  • blue sea
• Representation : Bellowhead - Gosport nancy

  • my ship gets into port - naval links
  • lyrics are mysogenisitic and sexist
  • Biased - written by old men
  • outdated
  • false impression of the women in Gosport