Museums · South East England
Waterlooville
Waterlooville — a museum in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
Colin Babb — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Waterlooville is a museum in england-south-east, United Kingdom, listed in the Wikipedia register of British heritage and tourism sites. See the linked Wikipedia article for full details.
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Place summary
Waterlooville is a museum located in South-East England. It showcases local history and culture, offering insights into the area's heritage.
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Background
History
It is reputed that the name derived from a pub that stood at the centre of the town, then known as Wait Lane End, where the stage-coach horses waited to change places with the team that pulled the coach up and over Portsdown Hill. The pub had been named Heroes of Waterloo because, on its opening day in 1815, soldiers who had just disembarked at Portsmouth, returning from the Battle of Waterloo, decided to stop there and celebrate their victory. The pub was thereafter renamed in their honour and the area around the pub became known as Waterloo. In order to differentiate the town from other places with the same name, it became known as Waterlooville at a later date. The town was known as…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 50.8800, -1.0300
- County
- Hampshire
- District
- Havant
- Parish
- Havant, unparished area
- Postcode
- PO7 7DT
- Parliamentary constituency
- Fareham and Waterlooville
- Official site
- stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk
Sources
- wikipedia: Waterlooville (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Waterlooville?
- Waterlooville is in South East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 50.8800°, -1.0300°.
- Is Waterlooville wheelchair accessible?
- Partially — OpenStreetMap notes limited wheelchair access at Waterlooville. Check ahead for specific facilities.