Cosham Baptist

The red-brick chapel on Cosham's high street is one of those places you'd walk past a hundred times without really seeing it. Cosham Baptist has been standing there since the Victorian era, a working church that speaks to the area's religious heritage rather than any architectural showstopper. What you get is straightforward: a modest nonconformist chapel with period features, the sort of building that reminds you how ordinary communities once organised themselves around faith.

It's not a destination in itself - nobody's driving to Waterlooville specifically for this. But if you're camping nearby at The Old Dairy Farm Glamping or Rookesbury Park and fancy a gentle walk around Cosham's streets, it's worth a look. The building tells the story of working-class Victorian life better than any museum explanation could. You'll spend ten minutes here maximum, which is fine. Poke your head in if the doors are open, read the noticeboard, move on.

Historically minded visitors will appreciate it more than others. Families with young kids won't find much to occupy them. The real appeal is fitting it into a broader ramble around Cosham itself - the high street has proper local character, nothing fancy, which pairs well with a week of caravan holidays in the area. Check before you go whether services are on - a quiet Sunday morning visit makes more sense than turning up to find it locked. Free to look around, as these places tend to be.