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on the eastern side of Portsea Island. The Fratton Park stadium is still within the neighbouring Milton district of Portsmouth, shown by the Portsmouth FC postal code, "PO4 8RA" which has a "PO4" prefix Milton district postal code, not a Fratton (and Portsmouth city centre) "PO1" prefixed code. The
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Fratton Park's name was deliberately (and misleadingly) chosen in 1899 to persuade users of Fratton railway and tram station that Portsmouth FC's football ground was nearer to convenient transport links than it actually was. Fratton railway station is approximately one mile away from Fratton Park,
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were part of the original small rural village originally called Froddington, the only visible evidence of this being the presence of a public house, "The Froddington Arms" on the western side of Fratton Road. Froddington was one of the three small settlements on Portsea Island mentioned in the
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streets and houses immediately around Fratton Park are officially designated as being within the "Milton Ward" district for local and national governmental elections. The boundary line between Fratton and Milton is marked along the
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There is a commemorative plaque by the petrol station near Fratton Asda, marking where a bomb shelter was hit by a bomb on 10 January 1941, killing 80 people.
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stadium is not built in the Fratton district of Portsmouth, it was actually built between 1898 and 1899 on farmland around the (then) village of
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terraced houses are dominant in the area, typical of most residential areas of Portsmouth. Fratton has many discount shops and "
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railway line. Fratton Park is located south of the railway line and is therefore within the Milton district.
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Fratton has been adopted in navy and local slang as a euphemism for the
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being the last stop before Portsmouth's busiest and largest station -
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The Solent & Isle of Wight (Southampton & Portsmouth)
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Fratton is located in Hampshire
Hampshire
OS grid reference
SU655005
Unitary authority
Portsmouth
Ceremonial county
Hampshire
Region
South East
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
PO1
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°48′03″N 1°04′16″W / 50.8008°N 1.0711°W / 50.8008; -1.0711

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