Have you visited The Royal Victoria Country Park?
Overlooking Southampton Water, this popular park provides ideal facilities for children and peace of mind for parents to enjoy a safe environment.
The relaxing and happy atmosphere is complemented by a calendar of events, exhibitions and walks.
In fact , this Sunday October 2nd the Boat Jumble is taking place and is well worth a visit.
Something else to look forward to is the Autumn Pumpkin Festival and Scarecrow Avenue on Saturday 8th October to get you in the mood for Halloween!
Why not take a taxi from Southampton City Centre to Netley for a treat you will remember?
Why not visit The Quays Swimming and Diving Complex in Southampton?
On Sunday 2nd October 2011 a Charity Family Swimming event is taking place for the Wessex Cancer Trust
Aqualap is a team event for swimmers of ALL abilities and is a fun event not a race.
Teams of six, swim in relay as many laps of the Quays pool as they are able in their allocated 55 minutes.
All those swimming receive a certificate and a commemorative medal.
Sounds like a good opportunity to have a look and see what is happening!
Did you know - that Herbert Walker Avenue is named after Sir Herbert Walker, the Chairman of the then Southern Railways, who once owned Southampton Docks?
The Avenue starts from the 1st exit off the Roundabout at West Quay Road & Town Quay, goes through Gate 8 and continues all the way to the King George 5th dry dock. It is only accessible for dock traffic and passengers to the cruise terminals.
In 1927 when the trade in the Port was increasing, there was a need to extend the dockside quays as far as possible. Sir Herbert had an ambitious scheme to make improvements by reclaiming land between The Royal Pier and Millbrook Point. An area of approximately 400 acres of mud was pumped dry enabling concrete and steel piling which provided 1.5 miles of deep water berths.
If he could see now the overall development of Southampton Docks, he would be greatly impressed!
Southampton is getting busier by the day (and evening!) with the annual influx of students joining their university and college courses.
With so many nightclubs, restaurants and cinemas to visit in the city centre it is great to know that students can safely jump into a White Hackney Carriage Taxi by hailing them at the roadside, or by locating them at one of the many taxi ranks in the city.
Our white taxis are easily recognised around the centre of Southampton - look for the white taxi sign on the roof, and the red Hackney Carriage licence plate on the back of the vehicle.
You can be assured of your safety in a Hackney Carriage Taxi - all our drivers are insured to pick up passengers from the roadside, and are licensed, regulated and CRB checked by Southampton City Council. Most of the drivers also hold qualifications in transporting passsengers by taxi.
Additionally, for your security nearly all Southampton Hackney taxis have CCTV cameras installed, getting you from A to B safely.
Find out more on our white taxis
Southampton Solent University is a modern, vibrant and distinctively new university for the 21st century. It has more than 19,000 students based at city centre and waterfront campuses. The university prides itself on excellent employability, focusing on courses that offer real-life job opportunities, placements, internships and industry expertise and networking opportunities. It has the world renowned Warsash Maritime Acadamy as one of its four faculties, it is one of the leading universities outside London for media and the creative arts, and it has innovative courses in sports science and football studies. These courses attract excellent partnerships with leading industry names and organisations such as the Football Association. Its alumni list includes gold-medal Olympians, record-breaking solo sailors and masters of industry.
One of our Southampton Hackney Association members, Mr Yousafzai Riazkhan, was able to return a wallet containing a considerable amount of cash and several credit cards to a customer that had got into his taxi at Southampton Train Station.
The customer was extremely grateful with his honesty, giving our SHA member a well deserved reward.
This should promote a good image for the Taxi Trade in our City.
Well Done Mr Riazkhan!
A temporary taxi rank has been established for the duration of the PSP Southampton Boat Show between 16th and 25th September.
The rank is on the eastern side of Western Esplanade to the rear of the Quays, immediately to the south of the gate, and will accommodate nine vehicles. The rank is signed from within the Boat Show site.
Please note that the Boat Show management has chosen not to provide a rank in Herbert Walker Avenue this year and that any licensed vehicle waiting in other areas will not be tolerated, particularly in the area in front of the Kuti’s Royal Thai Pier restaurant between Mayflower Park and Town Quay and on Harbour Parade adjacent to the Boat Show Main entrance.
Don't forget 16th September 2011 is the Public Preview Day at Southampton Boat Show
Our City holds the biggest water based boat show in Europe.
It has been held every September since 1969 in Mayflower Park, Southampton - that's 42 years!
It is one of the two major annual Boat Shows in the United Kingdom, alongside the London Boat Show Both are organised by National Boat Shows, which is a subsidiary of the British Marine Federation, the trade association for the UK boating industry.
Southampton always welcomes extra visitors.
Did you know that you can follow the SHA on Facebook and Twitter?
Simply click the 'like' or 'follow us' buttons on our contact page, or go directly to our Facebook or Twitter pages to keep up to date with Southampton Hackney Association news and activities.
As well as information about the Hackney Carriage Taxi trade in Southampton, we regularly post news about what's going on in the city, and about the cruise ships coming into Southampton docks.
Why not start following our Facebook and Twitter pages today?
Look out for our white taxi's in and around Southampton City, hop in and we'll take you wherever you need to go :O)
The unplanned visit of the Costa Luminosa Italian cruise liner created extra work in Southampton today !
She should have docked in Dover but due to bad weather was diverted here.
We are fortunate that The Port can take ''surprise visits'' from ships that are due elsewhere. This illustrates how versitile Associated British Ports can manage ship movements in a short space of time.
May the Costa line visit us again soon.
