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Eastney Lake, also known by locals as 'Eastney Creek' or 'The Creek', is a natural tidal inlet of Langstone Harbour and is located on the northern side of the Eastney peninsular, with Milton on the northern side. A small enclosed lagoon nicknamed 'The Glory Hole' is located on the southern shore of
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broadcast between 26 February and 1 April 1972. In late 2017, the Fraser Range site was purchased by National Regional Property Group, who have plans to preserve its naval heritage and to also develop the site for future residential use.
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St Margaret of Scotland CofE church was built on highland road between 1902 and 1903. It was expanded between 1908 and 1910. It closed in 2017. Another church former church named St Patrick was built in 1906.
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and their families that spread west from the barracks site. The streets were mostly named after famous military and naval engagements in which the Royal Marines had taken part.
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The small hamlet of Eastney and surrounding farmland were developed and absorbed into Portsmouth in the period 1890–1905, with a network of streets built to house
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Fraser Range, a (then) Royal Navy gunnery range establishment in Eastney, was used in October 1971 as a filming location for
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is called Eastney and Craneswater. At the 2011 Census the population of this ward was 13,591.
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Eastney Lake, and is refilled with Langstone Harbour's salt-water on high spring tides.
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The University of Portsmouth's Marine Science department is along Ferry Road.
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O’Brien, Charles; Bailey, Bruce; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David W. (2018).
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O’Brien, Charles; Bailey, Bruce; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David W. (2018).
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Eastney was the first venue for an underwater hockey game called
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beach, which may be under threat from property development.
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SS Eastney
Eastney is located in Hampshire
Hampshire
OS grid reference
SZ 66964 98688
Unitary authority
Portsmouth
Ceremonial county
Hampshire
Region
South East
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
PO4
Dialling code
Police
Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Fire
Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance
South Central
UK Parliament
Portsmouth South
UK
England
Hampshire
50°47′00″N 1°03′00″W / 50.783333°N 1.05°W / 50.783333; -1.05

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