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 forms part of the South Hampshire conurbation.

The Rowner area of the peninsula was known to have been settled in Saxon times (http://www.hants.gov.uk/hampshiretreasures/vol12/page003.html). With settlements in the wider dating back much earlier (http://www.hants.gov.uk/hampshiretreasures/vol10/page005.html).

The borough's name is believed to derive from 'gorse' or 'goose'.