Gosport

Borough of Gosport
Shown within Hampshire
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	South East England
Admin. County:	Hampshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 343rd 25.29 km²
Admin. HQ:	Gosport
ONS code:	24UF
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 301st 77,092 3,048 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.3% White
Politics
Gosport Borough Council http://www.gosport.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.31
Control:	Conservative
MP:	Peter Viggers

Gosport is a small town on the South Coast of England, in Hampshire. It lies opposite the city of Portsmouth, on the western side of Portsmouth Harbour. There is a ferry to Portsmouth. It is quite isolated as it is at the end of a large, triangular peninsula.

It was founded in 1204 by King John who was building a fleet to recapture his possessions in Normandy. The nearby Portsmouth Harbour was, at that time, not big enough to accommodate all the ships being assembled and so John asked the church to build the new port from where it is believed to derive its name "God's Port".

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Districts of England - South East England
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