A new sweet shop is opening later this month in Cowplain. The new sweet shop will be located at the Westbrook Parade of shops at the former location of Westbrooks Home & Garden. Westbrooks Home & Garden opened in May 2015 and closed last month, it traded for just 18 months. The new sweet shop … Continue reading this article ››

To conclude our earlier stories on the former location of DanceFit Central, the new Cowplain Costa Coffee has now opened and looks smart both inside and out. The scaffolding above Costa is for the three flats being built above the coffee shop.

A new Costa Coffee is coming to Cowplain. The new coffee shop will go into the new retail units being redeveloped on the former site of DanceFit Central. The new Cowplain Costa Coffee will competing against Nico’s Deli and Heidi’s Patisserie. Is time to rename Cowplain village to Coffeeplain? (P.S. Cowplain Evangelical Church next to … Continue reading this article ››

Southcoast Exotics, located on the A3 near to The Spotted Cow pub, has closed. This family run shop had been trading for over 15 years. Their last day of trading was Wednesday 14th September 2016.

Citizens of Cowplain, Horndean and Waterlooville may rejoice in the knowledge that Cowplain’s Kentucky Fried Chicken has reopened. The Cowplain KFC closed suddenly in February this year, a number of theories were forwarded as to the closure, the truth is out there (somewhere). Let there be Fried Chicken. Nom nom …

In March we added Cowplain to our list of ‘Walk Arounds” having already walked around Waterlooville in 2013 and Horndean in March 2014. Click an image below to see a larger version.

Cowplain’s Kentucky Fried Chicken, located on the A3 near to The Spotted Cow is closed. When taking the photograph of the store, I noticed that many of the roof tiles had been displaced and some were missing, could this be the reason for the closure? The Cowplain KFC is located in one of village’s older … Continue reading this article ››

DanceFit Central located on Cowplain high street has ceased trading. The businesses, DanceFit Central Limited, has entered Creditors Voluntary Liquidation. A Creditors Voluntary Liquidation can take place when a company cannot pay its debts. Proceedings to wind up the company are currently taking place, if you believe are owed money by DanceFit Central Limited and … Continue reading this article ››