Mobile tyres fitting service in Gosport Hampshire
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fitting and balancing is fully guaranteed. Also car
batteries. Our low prices for tyres and car batteries
are fully inclusive, no hidden extras. We don't have
expensive tyres depots so our prices are always low.
We offer a complete range of tyres backed up by our
efficient and cost effective mobile tyres fitting
service for Gosport Hampshire. So, rather than having to
travel to a traditional tyre depot to have tyres fitted,
you remain at home or at work and we come to you. This
is much more convenient… and, it also greatly reduces
our operating costs so we are able to slash our selling
prices of tyres by up to 40%.
Unlike many companies selling tyres on-line we have a
head office call centre. This provides advice and
technical information on all aspects of tyres. Also, for
those who prefer to place their order for tyres by
telephone, rather than by buying tyres on-line, we have
a freephone facility (0800 028 9000).
We are proud of our Customer service record, and we
fully guarantee our work. Please feel free to call our
freephone telephone number if you would like personal
help and service, we are always ready and willing to
explain the choices and make sure you are happy with our
sales and service for car tyres and car batteries.
More about Gosport Hampshire
Gosport is a town and district in Hampshire with
around 186,000 inhabitants, situated on the south coast
of England. Part of the South Hampshire conurbation, it
lies on a peninsula on the western side of Portsmouth
Harbour opposite the city of Portsmouth, to which it is
linked by a pedestrian ferry.
Gosport is said to be the largest town in Britain
without an operational railway station, though the
harbour ferry goes to Portsmouth Harbour railway
station, terminus of the Portsmouth Direct Line to
London.
Until the last quarter of the 20th century it was a
major naval and military centre associated with the
defence and supply infrastructure of Portsmouth Harbour.
With the decline of these activities, many of its
fortifications and installations, such as Fort
Blockhouse and Palmerston forts like Fort Brockhurst,
have been opened to the public as tourism and heritage
sites, with extensive redevelopment of the harbour area
as a marina. Stokes Bay and the Solent are popular areas
for yachting. Part of the tourism in Gosport also
includes the Royal Navy Submarine Museum based just
outside of Fort Blockhouse, Explosion and the Gosport
museum.
The Rowner area of the peninsula was known to have been
settled in Saxon times (for instance, Cherque Farm) and
Alverstoke (a village now within the boundaries of
Gosport) was included in the Domesday Book. Settlements
in the wider region date back much earlier.
The borough's name - an early name was Goseport - is
believed to derive from "goose". An alternative
etymology "gorse" (from the bushes growing on local
heathland) is not supported by the regional name for the
plant, "furze"; and that implied by the town's motto,
"God's Port Our Haven", dates from the 19th century.
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales (1870-72)
gives the source of the name Gosport as God's Port to
King Stephen in 1144 when he landed there in a storm.
Gosport was originally connected to the main London and
Southampton Railway line at Eastleigh via Fareham by a
railway line that opened in 1841, terminating at a
station designed in Italianate style by William Tite.
The station at Gosport was designed specifically to
serve the city of Portsmouth across the water - or more
accurately Old Portsmouth (at the mouth of the harbour;
the present-day city has spread to cover the whole of
Portsea Island). It was sited at Gosport, however,
because the railway company was not allowed to breach
the Hilsea Lines, the straits separating Portsea Island
from the mainland to the north, until many years later
(even then only by drawbridge).
An extension to Royal Clarence Yard was opened in 1846,
and branch lines to Stokes Bay (open from 1863 to 1915);
and to Lee-on-the-Solent (open to passengers 1894 to
1931). Due to declining traffic, the connection to
Fareham was closed for passenger services in 1953 and to
freight traffic in 1969.
The Gosport peninsular has 17 miles (27km) of waterfront
on Portsmouth Harbour and The Solent and is a martime
playground for all. The beach at Stokes Bay is pebble
and slopes steeply into the sea but offers fine views of
the shipping going in and out of Portsmouth and
Southampton, the many pleasure craft from the many
marinas along The Solent and the Isle of Wight.
The town also has a strong military history - notably
with the Royal Navy. The Royal Navy Submarine Museum is
home to the world's first ever submarine (Holland 1) and
HMS Alliance - a World War Two sub you can explore.
Explosion! tells the story of naval firepower from
gunpowder to modern missiles. This modern, interactive
museum is housed in historic buildings at Priddy's Hard,
the Navy's former armaments depot, with stunning views
across Portsmouth Harbour.
Fort Brockhurst is one of Palmerston's Follies, built in
the 1850s to defend Portsmouth Harbour against threats
of a French invasion. Central exhibition explains
Palmerston's plans to defend the key naval port. Also
visit the Gosport Aviation Heritage Museum which is
dedicated to the development of the Royal Air Force. The
fort is owned by English Heritage.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gosport |
