Estate Agents Fleet

Over the past 170 years the attractive town of Fleet has grown into a thriving community boasting excellent road and rail links. Easy access to waterloo is granted by rail in 50 minutes and the M3, accessible at junction 4A, takes commuters to Southampton or the M25/London. This gives commuters the opportunity of working in London yet enjoying a slightly slower paced lifestyle in Fleet and the surrounding villages. The Basingstoke Canal connects Fleet to Basingstoke and in the other direction, London via the River Wey navigation. With two local nature reserves; one adjoining and the second at Fleet Pond which is also the largest freshwater lake in Hampshire, living in Fleet you are never far from the countryside. There is a strong sense of community in the town with groups such as Fleet Pond Society pulling together to protect the natural beauty of the area, there is also an annual carnival in the summer. Although Fleet has traditionally been a dormitory town housing commuters to London, it now has several business parks, mainly occupied by Information Technology companies. 

Local facilities include excellent schools such as Calthorpe Park mixed comprehensive school and Court Moor School an ‘Outstanding’ rated school with Science College status among other primary and secondary schools, many of which achieve ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ at Ofsted inspection.  Comprehensive sports and leisure facilities are found at Hart Leisure Centre , there is also shopping at The Hart Shopping Centre ;opened by the Duchess of York in 1991, as well as a range of shops, bars and restaurants on the high street. Fleet Library and Learning Centre is also located in the town centre.

The afore mentioned Fleet Pond is a notable beauty spot on the northern edge of town and is the largest freshwater lake in Hampshire. A draw to the Victorians the Fleet Pond nature reserve continues to attract wildlife lovers and walkers and is under ongoing restoration to maintain this special area. The reserve is 141 acres, 118 acres of which is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and provides reed bed, marsh, heathland and woodland habitat for a diverse array of sometimes rare animal and plant life. There are three recommended walks, red markers indicate a 1km route, yellow a 3km walk and blue a 4km walk.

Fleet was a small settlement until the construction of the London and South Western Railway, which opened in 1840. The railway company promoted Fleet Pond for a destination for day excursions and many people came down from London to skate on the Pond during the winter. This attracted a number of gentry, particularly retired army officers who moved to the area and laid the foundations of what was to become known locally as "The Blue Triangle".  The development of Fleet accelerated when the land to the south east of the Blue Triangle was sold for development in 1882 which, unlike the Blue Triangle, was laid out in a grid pattern. Thus it is that there are few very old buildings in Fleet, with much of the modern town formed around Victorian buildings.

The town is located 37 miles (60km) South West of London and is part of Hart District.  Fleet has expanded in the last few decades with new residential areas being built at Ancells Farm, Zebon Copse and Elvetham Heath, increasing the population by 20% in less than a decade. Completed in 2008, Elvetham Heath is one of the UK's largest new housing developments and has been well designed; incorporating amenities such as sports pitches, tennis courts, day nursery, primary school, a large supermarket, church, public house,  and a community centre for various classes and functions.  The Elvetham Heath development was constructed on reclaimed plantation and heath land and retains about 20 acres of heath and marsh land as a Nature Reserve nature reserve providing a habitat for slow-worms, lizards and dragonflies as well as rare breed cattle who graze there in the summer and autumn. Find out more about the Elvetham heath community at the Elvetham Heath and Fleet Forum.