<Dt> List of places </Dt> <P> Locks Heath is a western residential suburb of Fareham, in the south of Hampshire, England . Locks Heath is immediately surrounded by a collection of villages including Sarisbury to the West, Swanwick, Park Gate and Whiteley to the North, Warsash to the South West and Titchfield to the South East . The population of the village itself in 2011 was 7,104 whilst the wider Locks Heath residential area (including surrounding villages) equaled 43,359 as of 2011 . </P> <P> The heathland surrounding Locks Farm . </P> <P> In the late 19th and early 20th Century, the most important local activity in this area was strawberry growing . The industry developed as a result of the 1866 Enclosure Acts which allowed the common land to be split into a large number of small plots . The new plot owners needed a crop that would give them a quick income from a small outlay . The combination of suitable soils and a mild climate, free from spring frosts, proved ideal for the production of early cropping strawberries . Their early ripening made them desirable in markets across the country . Swanwick railway station opened on 2 September 1889 and helped to facilitate the transportation of large quantities of strawberries to customers all over the country . </P>

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