20 locations across Gosport are receiving new outdoor signs to help residents and visitors find out more about the locations on their doorstep.
The small signs feature a QR code to take visitors to linked pages on the Discover Gosport website. There they can read more about the location, including key facts about its past and present, stories and multimedia.
Some of these are outdoor or public spaces where information may not be otherwise be easily available. In other venues, nearby organisations or businesses have helped create lists of key facts.
Councillor Peter Chegwyn, Leader of Gosport Borough Council said: “Gosport is packed full of fascinating gems – and these new signs will help more residents and visitors find out about what’s on our doorstep.
“As the information is digital, we can more easily update it in the future. People will also be able to find out about other locations, events, and news across the borough on our recently-revamped Discover Gosport website.”
The project is part of a wider Government-funded programme to boost Gosport’s digital presence and help more people discover our local heritage, culture and businesses.
Locations receiving new signs and digital web pages
- Alver Valley Country Park – sign hosted by the Coffee Cup cafe
- The Crescent, Alverstoke
- Daedalus Airfield
- The Diving Museum
- Gosport Ferry
- Gosport High Street – sign hosted by Gosport Museum & Art Gallery at the western end of the High St
- Gosport Lines – Bastion No. 1
- The Granary & Bakery Royal Clarence Yard – sign hosted by Bakers Bar and Kitchen
- Holy Trinity Church
- Lee-on-the-Solent beach
- Little Woodham
- Magazine E (1879), Priddy’s Hard – sign hosted by Powder Monkey Brewery
- Millennium Walk
- Queen Victoria’s Former Railway Station – sign hosted by T by the Sea
- The Slaughterhouse, Royal Clarence Yard
- Stanley Park
- Stokes Bay Beach
- Walpole Park
Gosport, a Digital Peninsula
We know that Gosport’s residents and businesses need good quality digital skills and infrastructure to be able to reach their potential. Our strategy to create a Digital Peninsula aims to boost our economy whilst tackling digital exclusion among some of our more vulnerable residents. This project is funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
UK Shared Prosperity Fund
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills. For more information, visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-shared-prosperity-fund-prospectus