The Borough provides a unique setting in urban south Hampshire,
between the South Downs and the sea. It offers a highly skilled and
adaptable labour force with companies at the forefront of new
technology. Modern and traditional skills are supported by first
class training and educational facilities.
It has excellent communications
for a rapidly modernising local economy at the hub of road, rail
and sea
transport networks. The M27 / A27 coastal
trunk route and the A3(M) London route meet in Havant, and
link the south coast towns and their expanding ports, with London
and the rest of the south east. Further west the M3 motorway links
to the Midlands and the south west.
The rail network provides fast
coastal and London bound trains, and the major international
cargo and passenger port at Portsmouth is literally minutes away.
Southampton’s port, one of the UK’s premier freight terminals, is
within 30 minutes drive time. Southampton International Airport is
just 20 minutes drive time away and provides links to regional
centres as well as an expanding programme of daily flights to
Europe destinations. London Heathrow and Gatwick Airports are about
75 minutes drive away.
The Hindhead tunnel opened in July 2011 and has strengthened the
link between Havant and London even more.