Waitrose − 129 Stoke Road, Gosport PO12 1SD

Directions to Stoke Road, Gosport, Hampshire

By road (Waitrose postcode is PO12 1SD, Vapourium is PO12 1LR)
Exit M27 at Junction 11 and follow the A32 signs to Gosport. After about 4 miles you will arrive at the two roundabouts at Holbrook Leisure Centre/Fort Brockhurst, follow A32 signs for Town Centre, continue along Brockhurst Road, Forton Road for about 2 miles, turn right into Spring Garden Lane.  Turn right at the end of Spring Garden Lane.  You will then be in Stoke Road.  First building on the left is no. 1 and on the right is no. 2.

If travelling from Stubbington / Lee-on-the-Solent, go straight ahead at the roundabout at Military Road / Cocked Hat public house.  Continue along Privett Road, straight ahead at the traffic lights, past the Gosport War Memorial Hospital on Bury Road, and continue along Bury Road.  At the end of the one-way stretch of Bury Road you will see the Welcome to Stoke Road sign.  After turning left into Stoke Road you will see, on the right-hand side, the White Hart public house (PO12 1SE) and this is no. 195.  Odds on one side, evens on t'other.

Portsmouth-Gosport ferry - 4 minute journey (foot passengers, cycles, motorbikes)
If travelling by Gosport Ferry across Portsmouth Harbour, Stoke Road is a 15-20 minute walk through the High Street (pedestrianised, opposite the Ferry Gardens) and Walpole Road.  Or taxi/bus from the ferry.

Parking
There is free and convenient parking on Stoke Road.  Some sections of Stoke Road have yellow lines and if you cannot find a space on the road there is plenty of parking available in the short-stay car parks, so no need for parking rage if it's manic in Stoke Road.

There is a free short-stay (3 hours) car park in Jamaica Place and it's easy to get to from Stoke Road:-

1. Turn into Shaftesbury Road (between Waitrose and Maid to Princess)

2. Then first left into Jamaica Place and the car park is on the right

 

There is another, smaller, car park further down Jamaica Place on the left hand side.

There is also a free car park in White Hart Road.

Waitrose's car park is accessed via Molesworth Road, which is off Stoke Road, between Gosport Chiropractic Clinic and Tony's Fresh Fish.