Feeding The Navy

Hear about how this victualling yard developed over time from the mid-1700s, with a focus on the supply of food and drink to the Royal Navy (it was once referred to as 'the larder of the Navy'), and with associated inventions and innovations.  You'll learn about the buildings and stories of areas as you pass through, and enjoy a peppering of anecdotes about the people who have lived and worked within the yard.

Timings

Saturday 12 September:

1030

Thursday 17 September:

1030

Friday 18 September:

1030

Location & directions

Royal Clarence Yard, By the Pump House (previously a café), Cooperage Green, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 1AX

Directions:

The walk starts by the Pump House, previously a café, in Cooperage Green, PO12 1FY, and finishes at Tea By The Sea. No 11 bus stops nearby.

Contact on day:

Sue Sawyer

Telephone number:

+447926195280

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking required

Booking conditions:

Please book online via the booking website. If you experience any difficulties with the booking system, please contact us.

Booking email:

[email protected]

Booking website:

https://www.gosportheritage.co.uk/booking-2026/

Accessibility details

The first rest point will be about an hour into the walk. You are welcome to bring a fold-up stool/chair if you need to sit at other points. There a couple of steps down to the Slaughter House, but level paths apart from that, so wheelchair users can access most of tour. Surfaces are mainly hard, with road crossings via dipped kerbs.

Additional information

Please arrive 10 minutes before start time to meet your Guide at the Pump House. There is parking in Cooperage Green for 4 hours. Please read the parking notices and comply, as parking wardens patrol the site and fines are issued for infringements.

Max number of people:

20

Estimated duration:

1 hour(s) 30 minute(s)

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