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Cowplain's Sorrento Italian Restaurant has ceased trading. A handwritten notice taped to the outside of the restaurant states, "Sorrento's no longer trading. Apologise for any inconvenience.". Prior to becoming Sorrento's, this Italian Restaurant was known as O Sole Mio, the change of name occurred with the change of ownership 2014. Sorrento's had tried to diversify in … [Read More...]
We spent a day at Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard, the highlight for me was the scheduled Harbour tour, we waited for a sunny calm day before purchasing out tickets as I wanted to take some photographs whilst on the tour. Unfortunately due to the time of day and position of the sun, the photographs of the various naval ships in the harbour were underexposed due to the … [Read More...]
Waterlooville's New Look, which was located in the Dukes Walk parade of shops, has closed. In recent times New Look has been reducing it's portfolio of stores due to declining sales. New Look and has also been actively pursing rent reductions to reduce operating costs. We understand that retailer 'The Works', which sells books, stationery, arts and … [Read More...]
The scaffolding has been removed from Waterlooville's The Wellington Pub; this building will contain flats and the ground floor of the former public house will be … [Read More...]
Waterlooville's The Boulevard Precinct is for sale at the bargain price of £3,457,000. The Boulevard comprises of 21 retail units. The retail units for sale start … [Read More...]
You can't help by notice as you drive through Cowplain that Liphook Valet Service, next to the newly opened Domino's Pizza, has closed. It has gone from this … [Read More...]
A planning application has been submitted for change of use to turn the former premises of C.Knight & Son/Wright Family Butchers located in Waterlooville … [Read More...]
Construction continues at Waterlooville's The Wellington Pub, the new second and third floors on the southern side of the building are now in place. The first and … [Read More...]
Do you notice something missing? You may not spot it straight away, after loosing several large branches over the past years, the tree between Costa and Betfred has … [Read More...]
On Friday 10th November we went to Park Community School located on Middle Park Way, Leigh Park with some adult friends and an entourage of children to see the … [Read More...]
My youngest son wanted to go to Adventure Wonderland for this birthday treat, he had previously visited this attraction with his preschool many years before. The … [Read More...]
During the October half-term holiday we decided to visit the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum. Located just near Chichester in West Sussex, The Weald and Downland … [Read More...]
We decided to take our children swimming, and rather than go to the local leisure centre or beach, we took them to Petersfield's Heated Open Air Swimming … [Read More...]
In July 2016 I tagged along my eldest two sons and the Waterlooville based Training Ship (TS) Active Marine Training Corps on their visit to the RAF's Fleet Air Arm … [Read More...]
A day out in Southsea with one of my sons, we decided to give the Southsea Splash Pool a visit. The Splash Pool is located on Clarence Esplanade near to the D-Day … [Read More...]
Good news for ⚡Electric Vehicle⚡ (EV) 🚗 drivers visiting or passing near to Waterlooville, the BP garage next to McDonald's now has two 50kw DC Rapid EV chargers! The EV chargers were installed April this year by InstaVolt. … [Read More...]
🍕🍕🍕Good news pizza lovers! The new Cowplain branch of Domino's is now open for home delivery! 🍕🍕🍕 … [Read More...]
In the former location of Cowplain's Platinum Care at Home (and before it a hairdressers that didn't open and before it Cowplain Pet Shop ) is an Oriental Massage Parlour called 'A Touch of Asia'. A Touch of Asia offers, 'a range of Chinese and Thai … [Read More...]
Plus size clothing specialist 'Pleasantly Plump' has opened a store in The Boulevard, Waterlooville precinct. Pleasantly Plump offers ladies sizes up to 36 and men's sizes up to 8XL. … [Read More...]
