Shopping
A list of local shops, by category, can also be found under Local Companies category. There are groups of shops at the Lockswood Centre, Park Gate, Dimmocks Corner, and Warsash.
Lockswood Centre
The largest group is at the Lockswood Centre. Shops are listed below. There are other businesses and facilities listed in their appropriate sections of this web site. There is also a doctors surgery (Lockswood Surgery), senior citizens centre (Lockswood Care & Wellbeing Centre), and a young peoples centre (Genesis).
On Saturdays, there is often a jumble sale, or similar, in the community building.
Alexander Hadleigh Wine Merchants & Importers Ltd
Wines, spirits and accessories. Sometimes stock rare whiskeys. Also a UPS parcel drop-off pount
Barnardo's Charity Shop
Also sell some new items.
Cook
Premium frozen foods.
D&G Hardware
D&G Hardware offers a wide range of products, including: general housewares, garden products, ironmongery, plumbing materials, lighting, electrical and electronic items, kitchen & bathroom products, vacuum cleaner accessories, painting & decorating equipment, traps & poison, etc.
Everetts Chemist and Pharmacy
One of a group of Everetts in the area. This on has an external presecription vending machine so you can collect your prescription at any time, once you have registered.
Eyestyle Centre Opticians
An independent optician offering a fantastic service,
Hays Travel
Your local travel specialist
Iceland
Not the country, but the grocery and frozen food retailer! Good prices and may be able to offer same day delivery in the local area.
Interia Kitchens, Bedrooms & Bathrooms
As the name says. On the upper floor.
Post Office
Locks Heath Post Office offers a wide range of services including car tax, passport ‘Check & Send’, a bureau de change, savings, insurance, mortgages, gift cards, cash withdrawals, balance enquiries, cash and cheque deposits for many high street banks, and a photo booth (passport, visa and driving license approved).
There is also a large range of cards and stationery, haberdashery and wool.
Marie Curie Cancer Care Charity Shop
Also sell some new items.
Martins McColl
Newsagent also selling some grocery and gift items.
Occasions
Gifts, cards, stationary and chocolates
Soothills Bakery
A wide range of bakery products, from savoury pastries, cakes, to fresh loaves of bread. Also take-away rolls and sandwiches. Inside and outside seating for eat-in customers. Options available from the menu include both hot and cold food and drinks.
01489 570585
The Considerate Carnivore
Ethical meat, sustainably sourced from high welfare British regenerative farms. Supplying grass-fed, outdoor reared, free range, delicious British meat butchered using traditional methods and hand selected from farms that care.
Immediately to the north and west of the shopping centre is a small wooded area, and a childrens play park.
Park Gate is home to convenience stores (Co-Op, Sainsbury's, and M&S in the BP petrol station), Rowans Hospice charity shop, fruit and vegetable shop (A & T Cooper), a cycle shop (Peter Hansford), dry cleaners, Sirs mens hairdressers, and a locksmith offering a key-cutting service. There is a small free car park, which can get very busy on Saturday mornings and weekday lunchtimes.
Dymocks Corner has a Morrisons Express, with a small sub post office that has extended opening hours.
Warsash has shops in two main groups. One is along Warsash Road, near the Reformed church. These shops are a baker (Village Bakery and Tea Room), and designer fashion shop (Rhian Boutique).
The other group is around the centre of Warsash and include a hairdresser, chemist (Everetts), convenience stores (One Stop, Co-Op, fashion store (Davina's), picture framers (Hardings), pet supplies (Pawsome), and estate agents. The old clock tower is a prominent feature in the centre of Warsash.
Whiteley has many shops and restaurants. For details see the Whiteley shopping web site.
About 7 miles west, along the M27, is the Hedge End shopping complex, with a very large Sainsbury and Marks and Spencer store, Currys, B&M, Lidl, carpet and furniture stores, and McDonalds, Pizza Hut, KFC and Burger King fast food restaurants.