Gosport is about to welcome a bold new approach to wellbeing, and it’s arriving on four wheels. Thanks to local resident and community champion Stu Benfield, Gosport’s first-ever ‘mobile’ ice bath and woodfired sauna unit has launched, offering residents a wonderful...
When you meet Carina, the founder of Sew Tribal, you instantly understand why children gravitate toward her classes. She radiates calm, warmth and a quiet belief that creativity belongs to everyone. Her workshops, now a cherished fixture in Gosport, are more than...
If you’re ever in and around Gosport on a Monday or Friday evening, you might just hear it before you see it, someone shouting across the road, “It’s the fudge man!” And there he is: Paul Lees, arms full of neatly labelled boxes and bags, smiling like he’s delivering...
If you’ve ever wandered down Lee-on-the-Solent’s high street and stepped into the cosy, colourful world of The Book Shop, you’ve already felt the warmth of Sarah Burrows’ dream. For Sarah, books aren’t just products on shelves, they’re lifelines, community builders,...
When Wendy first walked through the doors of the Gosport property that would become her second herbal medicine clinic, it wasn’t the high street frontage that captured her imagination. It was the garden. A large, enclosed, almost storybooklike walled garden that...
Tracy’s artwork has wandered far beyond Gosport, popping up in shops, studios, and homes across the globe, but she never forgets where it came from. Her designs are pure Gosport at heart, bursting with waterfront views, familiar landmarks, and the kind of local charm...
If you wander down Stoke Road on a bright Gosport morning, past the artists’ studios and the giant dog mural keeping watch, you’ll eventually find a shop that feels a bit like stepping into someone’s imagination. That someone is Mark Bennett: comic lover, Warhammer...
Riah Bunce devoted herself to charity work with FirstLight Trust, supporting veterans and armed forces families. But when it suddenly closed its doors in December 2024, she felt something deeper than shock, she felt responsibility. “The charity was closing but the...
When Melissa Cross and Pru Hennessey first met 33 years ago, waitressing in Hayling Island, neither imagined that one day they’d be running a waterfront pub. But that’s the thing about Melissa and Pru. Their story is stitched together with instinct, bravery, and a...
When Clare Woodford opened The Raw Pet Deli in Hardway in September 2023, she wasn’t just starting a business; she was following her heart. Just a year and a half later, her passion for pet health and nutrition was recognised when the deli was crowned Best Independent...