Eastleigh

Question 1

When were the first speculative houses built in Eastleigh?
Who built them?

Answer 1

1864.
Matthew Tate.
Tate Terrace.

Question 2

What is the built environment like in Eastleigh?

Answer 2

Victorian terraced houses
1930s semis

Question 3

how many new homes need to be built before 2036?

Answer 3

14,500.

Question 4

When was the railway built and who by?

Answer 4

1838 by South Western Railway Company.

Question 5

What factors have been added to aid transport?

Answer 5

1838 - railway
1910 - airport
1980 - M27 built

Question 6

Give a quote from George Clements to show place attachment in the past.

Answer 6

‘Not mine, not thine but ours’.

Question 7

How have things changed since Nora Gough’s time?

Answer 7

Sunday afternoon strolls around Stoneham park
Lived in Chamberlain road all her life.

Question 8

How does the built environment relate to the past of the area?

Answer 8

Road names - Drum road, nutbeem avenue
Infrastructure - Mansbridge road - look like factories.

Question 9

What useful quotes can be found from MC Beastly?

Answer 9

‘London girls come Swan Center’ - pride in Swan Center
‘Portsmouth man just stay in your car’ - rivalry between portsmouth and southampton
rap style - chavvy - deprivation
‘if you’re fancy there’s a costa coffee’. - globalisation

Question 10

How have the government tried to increase the sense of place in Eastleigh?

Answer 10

£75,000 pirelli arch
Charlotte Yonge - £500 to C of Resurrection - Barton and Eastley to Eastleigh.

Question 11

Give quotes from the bargate homes website (local conflict - stoneham park)

Answer 11

‘History on your doorstep’
‘Completely calming yet conveniently close’
Called ‘Heritage Place’ development.

Question 12

How did Bill Bryson describe Eastleigh in his book ‘The Road to Little Dribbling’? OUTSIDER

Answer 12

‘noy numbingly ugly but not attractive either’.

Question 13

When did the Main Pirelli Cable factory close?

Answer 13

2002

Question 14

When was the rebuild of places leisure and how much was this?

Answer 14

£28 million
2018

Question 15

When did ageas move in?

Answer 15

The insurance MNC opened its UK headquarters in Eastleigh in 2012.

Question 16

What statue is used to create a sense of place?

Answer 16

The railway man statue
Charlotte Yonge

Question 17

What is the average house price? - Above or below national average?

Answer 17

Average house price in Eastleigh was £327,000 in March 2024

Question 18

How has the Ageas benefitted the Eastleigh area?

Answer 18

The Ageas Bowl provides £50 million to the local economy.
500 employment opportunities.

Question 19

How have international organisations impacted Eastleigh?

Answer 19

EU funding programme initiated The Sorting Office.
Aim to breathe life back into derelict commercial properties.

Question 20

How have external agencies influenced the views of different groups in Eastleigh?

Answer 20

Eastleigh Spitfires FC - aim to be culturally and socially accepting.
Hampshire life magazine + Hampshire cultural trust (Eastleigh museum) - corporate bodies
Public art to provoke place attachment (government)

Question 21

Give a stat to show how homogenous Eastleigh is in its social factors

Answer 21

Percentage of bad and very bad health between Eastleigh central ward and Hiltingbury = 1.2%

Question 22

How do rental percentages vary across the wealthiest and poorest ward.

Answer 22

Eastleigh Central = 19.6% socially rented
Hiltingbury = 0.9% social landlords.

Question 23

What are the education level variants between Eastleigh central and Hiltingbury?

Answer 23

17.50% difference between level 4 education in the areas

Question 24

Is Eastleigh homogenous or not?

Answer 24

Yes.
Little variation across (76% christian, majority white) culture.
Biggest variation - built environment varies little. Little areas have merged - Burgess (outdated) /Hoyt models.
Mainly Dinkys, first time home owners and families.