Wickham Street

Street guide, Portsea

Wickham Street lies in the Unicorn Gate area of Portsea, close to the dockyard perimeter. The street forms part of the residential network between Unicorn Road and the Flathouse area. Its history follows the familiar Portsea pattern: Victorian terraces built for dockyard workers, catastrophic wartime damage, post-war rebuilding with social housing, and more recent incremental change. The street is primarily residential, with housing that reflects the various phases of rebuilding that the area has undergone since 1945. Wickham Street connects to Unicorn Road and provides access to the surrounding streets in this part of Portsea. The proximity to the dockyard wall and the Unicorn Gate gives the area its particular character, rooted in the naval heritage that pervades every corner of the district.