Brookvale, Havant

Welcome to the Brookvale Travel Plan Site. We're here to help you utilise the best of your area, be that shops, facilities, or public transport.

Your new home in Brookvale is well located to access a number of local facilities, particularly across Havant Town Centre.An overview of the nearby amenities is shown below.

Community Amenities:

• Takeaways
• Cafes
• Banks
• Retail outlets
• Post office
• Public houses
• Havant Library

A small local center also surrounds Sharps Copse Primary School, featuring a convenience store and takeaway.

For more information visit Havant Local Area Guide

Hampshire's 'My Journey' planner is a free tool which allows you to enter your start location and final destination to help you to understand what travel options are available to you. Visit their website (https://myjourneyhampshire.com/) to access the journey planner tool.

Why should we all walk more?

• Walking strengthens your bones, improves your balance, and boosts your muscle power.
• It releases endorphins (the happy chemical!) and boosts your mood, reducing stress.
• Walking benefits the environment – less cars on the read means less pollution!
• Increases your cardiovascular fitness.
• Its FREE!

The National Cycle Network route 22 runs in the vicinity of your new home through Havant and connects with Portsmouth to the south and Guildford to the north. The route consists of a mixture of traffic free and on-road cycling, and also connects with route 222 and route 2; the latter of which provides a long-distance route across the South Coast. 

Visit Havant’s cycle map here to find out the local cycle routes in your area which is colour coded to identify on road and off route routes – perfect for any cycle ability.

Your new home in Brookvale is well served by the 20 service, a frequent Stagecoach bus route. A summary of the route and timetable is outlined below along with a relevant link to the bus company’s web page

20 – From stops on Wakefords Way

Route: Havant – Cosham – Portsmouth

This route runs Monday – Saturday on a 20-30 minute basis and hourly on Sundays. Visit the timetable webpage here.

Why take the Bus?

• The walk to and from the bus is a great way to incorporate some physical activity into your daily routine.
• You have the opportunity to relax and whilst on your journey and could even proactively use your time, such as read a book.
• Season tickets could offer unlimited travel services and can provide cheaper than running a car.
• Contributing to cleaner air.

For information about Stagecoach bus services, visit: stagecoachbus.com

To travel by rail from your home in Brookvale, Warblington and Havant are the closest railway stations.

Warblington Railway Station is operated by Southern Railway and provides hourly services to Portsmouth Harbour (25 minutes) and London Victoria (57 minutes), stopping at nearby areas such Havant, Emsworth, Southbourne, Chichester, and Horsham.

To travel to Warblington Station would constitute a 20 minute walk or 6 minute cycle. To see the live Warblington departure board visit National Rail’s website here

Havant Railway Station is operated by South Western Railway and provides some further services to those from Warblington such as Brighton (1 hour), London Waterloo (1 hour 30 minutes) and Southampton Central (40 minutes).

To see the live Havant departure board, visit National Rail’s website here

To travel to Havant Railway Station would also be a 30 minute walk or 10 minute cycle or a 10 minute bus journey via the 20 Stagecoach bus services.

For information about facilities at Havant Train Station, visit: National Rail

For live departure information from Havant Train Station, visit: https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/live-trains/departures/havant/HAVdepartures

Even better, National Rail offers a text service for when you are on the move. For more information visit: https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/travel-information/traintracker/

Using rail services as your chosen mode of transport is a great way of reaching your end destination via a stress and traffic free journey. You would no longer need to worry about parking or paying for petrol. It also provides you with a number of money saving opportunities from the multiple travel cards available for you and your family.

Car Sharing

Do working hours make using public transport more tricky? Or do you carry lots of equipment to work meaning the car is essential? Why not consider car sharing?

Lift share have a database of over 700,000 people to car share with. It’s free to join and lets you find both drivers and passengers to share with! You could help reduce CO2 emissions, reduce the stress of driving by sharing, and save up to £1000 on average per year!

Why not see who is already signed up in your local area? Visit: https://liftshare.com/uk 

Sustainable Driving

Still need to drive your own car? There are still ways to develop more sustainable habits. Why not try some of the below techniques:

• Remove unnecessary weight from your car such as roof racks or boxes.
• Avoid breaking and accelerating hard by driving smoothly.
• Limit the use of your air conditioning.
• Check your tyres are fully inflated.
• Stick to the speed limit – speeding often leads to higher fuel consumption.