Fleet is a town and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

in the

Hart District Hart is a local government district in Hampshire, England, named after the River Hart. Its council is based in Fleet. It was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the urban district of Fleet, and the Hartley ...

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...

, England, centred 38.2 miles (61.5 km) WSW of

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and 13 miles (21 km) east of

Basingstoke Basingstoke ( ) is the largest town in the county of Hampshire. It is situated in south-central England and lies across a valley at the source of the River Loddon, at the far western edge of The North Downs. It is located north-east of Southa ...

. It is the major town of the Hart District, and has large technology business areas, fast rail links to

, and is well connected to the M3. The Fleet built-up area has a total population of 42,835, and includes the contiguous parishes of

Church Crookham Church Crookham is a large suburban village and civil parish, contiguous with the town of Fleet, in northeast Hampshire, England. It is west-southwest of London. Formerly a separate village, it figures as a southern suburb of Fleet. History ...

Crookham Village Crookham Village is located south-west of Fleet, in northeast Hampshire, England and lies within the Hart District. History Crookham (formerly Crokeham) dates back at least as far as the Domesday Book, although Crookham Village and Church Crook ...

Dogmersfield Dogmersfield is a small village lying between the towns of Fleet and Hartley Wintney in Hampshire, England. The M3 motorway and railway stations at Fleet and Winchfield provide routes to London. Places of interest include the village church, whic ...

, and Elvetham Heath. The town has a prominent golf club, an annual

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, an athletics club, and four football clubs. The nearby service station on the motorway is named after the town. Hart, of which Fleet is the main town, was voted the best place to live in the UK by the Halifax Quality of Life study in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and again in 2017, above areas such as Elmbridge in

Surrey Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ...

and

Wokingham Wokingham is a market town in Berkshire, England, west of London, southeast of Reading, north of Camberley and west of Bracknell. History Wokingham means 'Wocca's people's home'. Wocca was apparently a Saxon chieftain who may als ...

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. This is due to the highly affluent majority of the population, better weather and health conditions, high levels of access to leisure space, and the town's surrounding countryside which includes woodlands and the

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. Local landmarks include

Fleet Pond Fleet Pond is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Fleet in Hampshire. It is also a Local Nature Reserve. This large and shallow lake, fed by Fleet Brook,Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 map is surrounded by reed beds, alder carr and oak ...

, the largest freshwater lake in Hampshire, and a High Street with many Victorian and Edwardian buildings. Fleet holds a weekly Saturday market in Gurkha Square.

History

The site of Fleet was originally

heathland A heath () is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation. Moorland is generally related to high-ground heaths with—especially in Great Britain—a cooler ...

in the northern part of the

Crondall Crondall () is a village and large civil parish in the north east of Hampshire in England, in the Crondall Hundred (division), Hundred surveyed in the Domesday Book of 1086. The village is on the gentle slopes of the low western end of the North ...

Hundred. The name ''Fleet'' was probably derived from the Norman French word ''La Flete'' meaning ''a stream or shallow water'' - a reference to the

from which fish had been taken for the

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Winchester Winchester is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city in Hampshire, England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government Districts of England, district, at the western end of the South Downs Nation ...

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Early Days (to 1904)

This north-east corner of Hampshire had shallow and sandy, slightly acidic soil, much of it boggy or covered in gorse and bracken (see

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). It held little use for

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compared to the long-grazed

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lands and belts of alluvial areas of the rest of the county. The Fleet area has yielded few

archaeological Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

finds. Isaac Taylor's Map of Hampshire (1759) shows three small habitations in the area that was later to become Fleet. In 1792, the

opened. The canal passed through the town site, but apart from a few inns to serve the passing trade, it had little effect on the locality. Apart from the

Farnham Farnham ( /ˈfɑːnəm/) is a market town and civil parish in Surrey, England, around southwest of London. It is in the Borough of Waverley, close to the county border with Hampshire. The town is on the north branch of the River Wey, a trib ...

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road, the site remained largely undeveloped until the construction of the

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, which opened in 1840. In that year, a church - ''Christ Church'', which was to become the heart of the new

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Ewshot Ewshot is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. It lies in the north east of the county, close to the Surrey border. The name Ewshot comes from Old English and means ''corner or angle of land where yew trees grow''. Ewshot consists ...

and Crookham, was built midway between the villages of Crookham and Ewshot. This parish included the area that was to become the town of Fleet. The railway company promoted Fleet Pond for a destination for day excursions, and many people came down from London to skate on the Pond during the

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. This attracted a number of gentry, particularly retired army officers, who moved to the area bounded by Fleet Road, Elvetham Road and Reading Road North, and laid the foundations of what was to become known locally as "''The Blue Triangle''". By 1860, Charles Lefroy, a local

squire In the Middle Ages, a squire was the shield- or armour-bearer of a knight. Use of the term evolved over time. Initially, a squire served as a knight's apprentice. Later, a village leader or a lord of the manor might come to be known as a " ...

, commissioned

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– in the ''Blue Triangle'' area, in memory of his wife who had died in 1857. The architect was

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. The ecclesiastical parish of Ewshot and Crookam was split into two in 1862, with the northern section based on All Saints' church becoming the new parish of Fleet. On 22 June 2015, the roof of All Saints' church was destroyed by fire following an

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attack. The development of Fleet accelerated when the land to the south east of the ''Blue Triangle'' was sold for development in 1882. Development on this land was laid out in a grid pattern.

As part of the Urban District Council (1904 - 1974)

Under the

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, many of the duties that had previously been shouldered by the ecclesiastical parishes were transferred to new civil parishes, and Crookham, Fleet and Crondall each gained an elected parish council. In 1904, Fleet became an urban district, just ten years after becoming an independent parish. In 1925, and again in 1932, it expanded by taking parts of Elvetham, as a result of the Local Government Act 1929, which saw smaller urban districts merge with their surrounding rural districts, with the result that new districts emerged covering rural as well as urban parishes. As a consequence, the Fleet Urban District in 1932 expanded south of the canal and took 45% of the Crookham acreage and 61% of the population, with the rump of the parish of Crookham being returned to Crondall parish. In addition, a small area of Minley with Hawley, that consequently became the modern development of Ancells Farm, was also transferred to the expanded Fleet Urban District.

As part of the Hart District Council (1974 onwards)

Fleet expanded over the decades, with new residential areas being built at Ancells Farm, Zebon Copse (Church Crookham, Crookham Village and Dogmersfield are included in the built-up area, as per the Government Statistical Service) and Elvetham Heath. Completed in 2008, Elvetham Heath was one of the UK's largest new housing developments at the time, and added some 3,500 inhabitants to Fleet's population, bringing its total population up to around 35,000. This represented a 20% population increase in less than a decade. Earlier in the 1990s, two developments in Fleet involved a double opening on 10 May 1991; the Hart Shopping Centre, which was opened officially by the Duchess Of York, and the old Hart Leisure Centre on Hitches Lane. The old Hart Leisure Centre was replaced by a new one on the other side of the road in 2019. Fleet had been a dormitory town for commuters to London. It now has several business parks, mainly occupied by

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companies.

Geography

Areas and suburbs of Fleet town are Pondtail, Ancells Park and Elvetham Heath. The villages of

and

are contiguous with the town. Immediately surrounding towns and villages include Winchfield,

, and

Hartley Wintney Hartley Wintney is a large village and civil parish in the Hart (district), Hart district of Hampshire, England. It lies about northwest of Fleet, Hampshire, Fleet and east of Basingstoke. The parish includes the smaller contiguous village of ...

. The

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is a beauty spot on the northern edge of the town. Fleet Pond is the largest freshwater lake in

. Being very shallow, Fleet Pond is actively managed and needs regular dredging to avoid it silting up. In times past, the lake has frozen over, permitting skating. Fleet is served by junction 4A of the M3 motorway.

Fleet services Fleet Services is a motorway service station on the M3 near Fleet. It is owned by Welcome Break. History Opened in 1973, it was originally built in a Scandinavian style and in 1992 won Loo of the Year Award. Before 2001, when Winchester servi ...

on the M3 lies at the edge of the town. Fleet's main road, Fleet Road, runs through the town centre from south-west to north-east.

Fleet railway station Fleet railway station serves the town of Fleet in Hampshire, England. It is situated on the South West Main Line, which has four tracks through the station. There are two platforms on the outer pair of tracks, which are served by trains betwee ...

is on the Waterloo to

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main line; the train service is run by South Western Railway. Journey time to Waterloo is about 50 minutes, and express trains do the journey in under 40 minutes. Nearby airports are

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and

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. The

, built at the end of the eighteenth century, connected Fleet to

and, in the other direction,

via the Wey navigation. By the early twentieth century, the canal had fallen into disrepair, but the section between the Wey Navigation and the

Greywell Tunnel Greywell Tunnel is a disused tunnel on the Basingstoke Canal near Greywell in Hampshire, which is now a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest. History Construction of the canal had been authorised by an Act of Parliament in 1778, ...

has since been restored by volunteers and is maintained as a leisure facility.

Climate

Being located in

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, Fleet has a

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which is generally drier and warmer than the rest of the country. The annual mean temperature is approximately and shows a seasonal and a diurnal variation. January is the coldest month with mean minimum temperatures between and . July is the warmest month in the area with average daily maxima around . Rainfall averages at .

Politics and administration

Fleet is administered by

Hart District Council Hart often refers to: * Hart (deer) Hart may also refer to: Organizations * Hart Racing Engines, a former Formula One engine manufacturer * Hart Skis, US ski manufacturer * Hart Stores, a Canadian chain of department stores * Hart's Reptile W ...

and

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. The

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. In April 2010, some of the responsibilities of Hart District Council were devolved to three new parish councils: Fleet Town Council, Elvetham Heath Parish Council and Church Crookham Parish Council.

Wards

Fleet and Church Crookham (which is a suburban village of the town) is divided into the following wards: *Fleet Central: Small part of the "Blue Triangle" the late Victorian/Edwardian town centre, and a small part south of the canal that was historically part of Crookham prior to 1976. *Fleet East: Pondtail, Ancells Farm and the former Pyestock site (Hartland Village). *Fleet West: Large part of the "Blue Triangle", Elvetham Heath and Edenbrook. *Crookham East: Church Crookham estates, Velmead and the Sandy Lane Triangle. *Crookham West and Ewshot: Gally Hill, Zebon, Tweseldown, Crookham Park (formerly Queen Elizabeth Barracks), Crookham and Ewshot villages.

Demography

Men in the Fleet North ward had the second highest life expectancy at birth, 89.7 years, of any ward in England and Wales in 2016.

Education

The town has a number of schools including: *Crookham CE Infants *Fleet Infants *Heatherside Infants *Heatherside Juniors *All Saints *Tavistock Infant School *Elvetham Heath Primary School *Church Crookham Juniors *Tweseldown Infants *Velmead Junior School *

Calthorpe Park School Calthorpe Park School is one of two secondary schools in Fleet, Hampshire, England. for pupils aged 11–16. The school was awarded specialist status as a Maths and Computing College in 2005. In the 2013 Ofsted, OFSTED report the school receive ...

Court Moor School Court Moor School is one of two secondary schools in the town of Fleet, in Hampshire ( UK) for pupils aged 11–16. History The site for the school was purchased in 1957 for £3,810 by Hampshire County Council. Fleet Secondary Modern School, ...

* St Nicholas' School (independent, girls-only)

Transport

Rail

Fleet is served by

, on the

South West Main Line The South West Main Line (SWML) is a 143-mile (230 km) major railway line between Waterloo station in central London and Weymouth on the south coast of England. A predominantly passenger line, it serves many commuter areas including south we ...

. The station in the 2010s underwent great improvements, funded mostly by Hampshire County Council, giving the station more car parking and disabled access.

Bus

Local bus services include services operated by Stagecoach, with routes circulating the town and providing access to surrounding towns such as

and

Aldershot Aldershot () is a town in Hampshire, England. It lies on heathland in the extreme northeast corner of the county, southwest of London. The area is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council. The town has a population of 37,131, while the Alders ...

, and a Reading Buses service connecting the Fleet to the market town of

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Sport and leisure

Fleet is the home of the North Hants Golf Club. For over one hundred years, it has been a top-ranked course in Hampshire and nationally.

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was a junior member of the club, and there is now a meeting room named after him. Fleet has four

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teams:

Fleet Town F.C. Fleet Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Fleet, Hampshire, England. The club are currently members of the and play at Calthorpe Park. History The club was established in 1890 under the name Fleet Football Club.

, who play at Calthorpe Park, Fleet Spurs F.C., who play at Kennels Lane, Fleet Albion, who play at Dippenhall St., Crondall, and FC Fleet, who play at Zebon Copse. Fleet has a

, commonly used in preparation for the

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, and an athletics club, Fleet & Crookham AC.

Media

The local press are the ''Fleet News & Mail'', a broadsheet available in local shops, and the ''Surrey-Hants Star Courier'', a free tabloid delivered to the door. The local

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TV news is

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. Fleet is covered on

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, which covers North-East Hampshire additionally.

Culture

The town has numerous events organised by the local carnival committee, the largest of those being Fleet

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in the summer, and the switching on of the

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lights as December approaches (known as Fleet Festivities), usually held the last Wednesday in November and taking place along the local high-street, which is pedestrianised for the evening's events. The committee also arrange food festivals, attracting stands run by local restaurants and talks and demonstrations held in large marquees. Other yearly events in Fleet include a Half Marathon, Fleet 10K, a

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organised by the local Lions Club, a

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night, and the Elvetham Heath Car Show. Gurkha Square, named after the

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who were based in Fleet for many years, houses the Fleet

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. A market takes place every Saturday in Gurkha Square. Major buildings on Gurkha Square are Fleet Library, and the Harlington Centre.

Fleet services

Fleet Services is a

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on the M3 and is owned by

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. It was the only service station on the M3 until Winchester services was built in 2001.

Notable people

*The actress

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was born in Fleet in 1969. *The musician Tim Battersby was born in Fleet in 1949. *The New Zealand lawyer and naturalist

Walter Buller Sir Walter Lawry Buller (9 October 1838 – 19 July 1906) was a New Zealand lawyer and naturalist who was a dominant figure in New Zealand ornithology. His book, ''A History of the Birds of New Zealand'', first published in 1873, was publishe ...

died in Fleet in 1906. *The actress

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was born in Fleet in 1968. *The musician and author

Alan Clayson Alan Clayson (born 3 May 1951, Dover, Kent) is an English singer-songwriter, author and music journalist. He gained popularity in the late 1970s as leader of the band Clayson and the Argonauts. In addition to contributing to publications such as ' ...

grew up in Fleet. *Murder victim

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lived in Fleet. *The magazine editor, journalist and broadcaster

Mark Ellen Mark Ellen (born 16 September 1953) is a British magazine editor, journalist and News presenter, broadcaster who lives in West London. Early life Ellen was born in Fleet, Hampshire, England. Whilst at Oxford University in the 1970s, he briefly ...

grew up in Fleet. *The professional tennis player

John Feaver John Feaver (born 16 February 1952) is a former professional tennis player from the United Kingdom. Career After attending Millfield, Feaver enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he reached 10 doubles fin ...

was born in Fleet in 1952. *The comedian, musician and actor

Rob Hoey Rob Hoey (born 28 April 1980) is a musician, actor, writer and comedian and is best known for being the vocalist for his current band Limb and the guitarist / founder of the band Multi Purpose Chemical. Music In early 2004 MPC's first recordi ...

is from Fleet *The professional footballer

Keith Hooker Keith William Hooker (born 31 January 1950) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Brentford. Career Brentford Hooker progressed through the Brentford youth team to make his sen ...

was born in Fleet in 1950. * Alison Robins (1920-2017), worked at Bletchley Park "Y-Service", born in Fleet *Patrick Hannan drummer in

The Sundays The Sundays were an English alternative rock band, formed in the late 1980s, which released three albums throughout the 1990s. The band's beginnings came with the meeting of singer Harriet Wheeler and guitarist David Gavurin while attending ...

was born in Fleet *The golfer

was a member of the North Hants Golf Club in Fleet. *The art critic and man of letters, John Russell, was born in Fleet in 1919. *The platform diver Gemma McArthur, competitor for

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in the

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, is from Fleet. * The racing driver

Jac Constable Jac Constable (born 6 December 1997 in Fleet, Hampshire) is a British racing driver who currently competes in TCR UK and serves as a BTCC development driver, both for Power Maxed Racing. Constable made his British Touring Car Championship debut ...

, who won the AM class of the

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in 2018 grew up and lives in Fleet. * The racing driver Dan Welch, who competed in the

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between 2011 and 2018 lives in Fleet. * The racing driver Jack Mitchell, who won the GT4 class of the

British GT Championship The British GT Championship is a sports car racing series based predominantly in the United Kingdom. The series was originally created by the British Racing Drivers' Club in 1993 and, for its first two seasons, was known as the National Sports GT ...

in 2018 lives in Fleet.

References

External links

Fleet Town Council
{{authority control Towns in Hampshire Civil parishes in Hampshire Hart District

History

Early Days (to 1904)

As part of the Urban District Council (1904 - 1974)

As part of the Hart District Council (1974 onwards)

Geography

Climate

Politics and administration

Wards

Demography

Education

Transport

Rail

Bus

Sport and leisure

Media

Culture

Fleet services

Notable people

See also

References

External links