Fareham Local Information
Practical local information for Fareham: bin collection days, parking, council tax bands and planning, each one linked back to the official source.
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Fareham Roadworks This Week: High Street, Crofton Way Shut
High Street can stay shut to 1 October and Crofton Way, Warsash, to 6 October. The M27 junction 9 eastbound slips close overnight on 21 and 22 September.
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Fareham bin collection days: bank holidays don't move
Fareham empties bins on the usual day every bank holiday, with no catch-up week. Garden waste is £73 a year, bulky collections are suspended, and a miss must be reported in 3 days.
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Parking in Fareham: £1 an hour, free after 6pm
Fareham's outer car parks are free on Sundays, the town centre ones are not, and the coast charges daily. Full tariffs, permits, blue badge rules and PCN costs.
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Fareham council tax 2026/27: £2,270.55 at band D
Fareham's full band A to H charges for 2026/27, up 4.9% on the year, with only £197.14 of a band D bill going to the borough and no parish precept anywhere.
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Fareham house prices: £343,000, Warsash £455,000
The middle Fareham home sold for £343,000. Hook-with-Warsash tops the borough at £455,000 and Fareham Town ward sits lowest at £250,000, a £205,000 gap in one borough.
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Fareham to London trains: 1h47 direct, £6,860 a year
The fastest direct Fareham to Waterloo train takes 1h47. First out 05:23, last back 22:08, an annual season ticket £6,860 and £626 more to park at the station.
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Things to do in Fareham: free Fort Nelson, £12 castle
Fort Nelson and Titchfield Abbey are free, Portchester Castle is £12 and Titchfield Haven £6.50. Verified August 2026 prices and opening times for nine days out.
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Fareham planning: 2.99 years of housing land, not 5
Fareham can show only 2.99 years of housing land against a five-year requirement, on its own July 2026 figures. What that changes for applications near you.