Garage Clearance in Titchfield

Titchfield is a historic village just west of Fareham town centre, recorded at 7,280 people in its ward at the 2011 census.

The village grew up around Titchfield Abbey, founded in 1222 and converted into a house after the dissolution; the ruins are now looked after by English Heritage. The old core around it is the tightest part of the village — narrow lanes that were not laid out for a long-wheelbase van, and a good number of properties where we allow for a carry rather than parking at the door.

There is genuinely old building stock here. St Peter's Church dates from around 680 and the tithe barn's timbers have been dated to 1408-09. Properties of that age tend to mean thick walls, narrow staircases and doorways built narrower than modern furniture, so nothing gets dragged or forced on the way out.

The River Meon runs alongside the village, and the Titchfield Canal — possibly England's second-oldest, completed around 1611 — sealed the river off from the sea and ended the village's role as a port. Properties on the low ground near the water are worth mentioning when you book.