About St George's Waterlooville
Situated right in the heart of Waterlooville, and a pleasant stroll from a massive car-park, this modern Church is home to the Waterlooville Music Festival, founded in 2006 with the specific aims of bringing together the local community and local musicians.
St George's has the unique honour of being home to the first Parish News on the Internet!
The original Church was built in 1831, for the then still-emerging village of Waterlooville. It was extremely small and a new church was built literally over the top of the old one in 1970. The original tower and sanctuary remain inside the new building. The sanctuary is now the Lady Chapel, but the original tower is completely covered by the new one.
Accessibility
The Church has ramped access for wheelchairs and the aisles are wide. There are toilet facilities designed for disabled users.
A broad Church in the physical sense of the word (!), the interior is light and spacious and yet there is a wonderful feeling of intimacy.
Travel directions
Arriving by train
The nearest station is Cosham, which is on the Southampton to Portsmouth line. The nearest station with easy connections to Petersfield and Brighton is Havant.
There are buses from Cosham (First 41) and Havant (Stagecoach 37) that stop outside the Church (details as at 2006)
Arriving by car from Southampton and the West
Join the M27 eastbound. As the road descends Portsdown Hill, take the first left, just before the turn signed M275 Portsmouth. Follow the road signed Cosham, and at the roundabout turn left (signed Waterlooville) and climb Portsdown Hill on London Road. Keep heading north until the road reaches Waterlooville, where the Ring Road will take you to the left. At the foot of the hill is a roundabout which has a small exit directly opposite that leads into a large shopping complex with surface parking. The Church is through a small subway on your right.
Arriving by car from Chichester and the East
Join the A27 westbound taking the A3M to head north. Leave at the Waterlooville exit (J3) and head to the left.
Then follow the route below.
Arriving by car from Petersfield and the North
Take the A3M and exit at J3, turning to the right.
Then follow the route below.
...and then
Heading west, pass over a roundabout at the foot of a gentle hill, and at the top of the hill, turn left at the next roundabout - the Waterlooville Ring Road. At the bottom of the hill, turn right at the roundabout and take the small exit that leads into a large shopping complex with surface parking. The Church is through a small subway on your right.
Map
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Sat Nav users
The postcode is PO7 7TX
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