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Historic dockyard
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
The part of the naval base open to visitors, where one ticket covers HMS Victory, the Mary Rose and HMS Warrior.
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Portsmouth Harbour & Old Portsmouth: things to do
Places worth your time in Portsmouth Harbour & Old Portsmouth
Top places
Things to do in Portsmouth Harbour & Old Portsmouth
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Historic ship
HMS Victory
First-rate ship of the line launched in 1765, Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
Museum
Mary Rose Museum
Museum of Henry VIII's flagship the Mary Rose, built in 1511, and the Tudor objects recovered with her.
Historic ship
HMS Warrior
Steam-powered ironclad frigate built for the Royal Navy in 1859-1861, now one of the Historic Dockyard's ships.
Historic ship
HMS M.33
Small M29-class monitor warship built in 1915, one of the attractions inside the Historic Dockyard.
Museum
Royal Navy Museum
Museum of the history of the Royal Navy in the Historic Dockyard, run by Royal Navy Museums.
Museum
Royal Navy Museums: Submarines
Submarine museum across the harbour in Gosport, with the submarines HMS Alliance and Holland 1; reached by the Gosport Ferry.
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Viewpoint
Spinnaker Tower
170-metre observation tower at Gunwharf Quays with views over the harbour and the Solent; tickets are sold on arrival.
Gallery
Aspex
Contemporary art gallery and charity at Gunwharf Quays, showing new art and ideas.
Cathedral
Portsmouth Cathedral
Anglican cathedral of St Thomas of Canterbury in Old Portsmouth, about 500 metres from Gunwharf Quays.
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Fortification
Round Tower
Stone tower at the harbour mouth on Broad Street, part of Old Portsmouth's historic fortifications.
Fortification
Square Tower
Old fortification on the Old Portsmouth seafront, a short walk from the Round Tower.
Fortification
Point Battery
Gun battery of the Palmerston era on the Point in Old Portsmouth, by the harbour entrance.
Church ruin
Royal Garrison Church
Church in Old Portsmouth where Charles II married, roofless since Second World War bomb damage. Cared for by English Heritage.
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Historic gateway
King James's and Landport Gates
Two ornamental gateways from Portsmouth's defences: King James's Gate of 1687, since moved, and Landport Gate of 1760.
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Museum
Portsmouth Museum and Art Gallery
The city's local history museum and art gallery, on Museum Road between Old Portsmouth and Southsea.
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Concert venue
Portsmouth Guildhall
The city's Guildhall on Guildhall Square, now mainly used as a concert and events venue.
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Memorial
Portsmouth War Memorial
First World War memorial in Guildhall Square, in the city centre.
Park
Victoria Park
Public park just north of the Guildhall, beside Portsmouth and Southsea station, with several naval memorials.
Cathedral
St John's Catholic Cathedral
Roman Catholic cathedral of Portsmouth, dedicated to St John the Evangelist, near Victoria Park.
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Church
St George's Church
Church on St George's Square in Portsea, a few streets from the Historic Dockyard.
Museum
Charles Dickens' Birthplace Museum
House museum in Landport, north of the city centre, in the house where Charles Dickens was born.
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Theatre
New Theatre Royal
Theatre on Guildhall Walk in the city centre, close to the Guildhall.
Shopping and leisure
Gunwharf Quays
Waterfront outlet shopping centre with bars, restaurants, a bowling alley, a multiplex cinema and the Aspex gallery, beside the Spinnaker Tower.
Portsmouth and Southampton
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Southsea
Portsmouth's seafront: the D-Day Story, Southsea Castle, the piers and the restaurants of Albert Road
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Southampton Old Town & City Centre
Medieval walls and merchants' houses, the Titanic story at SeaCity and the ferries at Town Quay
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- Portsmouth Harbour & Old Portsmouth (area photo): geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Portsmouth Historic Dockyard: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- HMS Victory: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, source
- Mary Rose Museum: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- HMS Warrior: geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- HMS M.33: Dogboy, CC BY 3.0, source
- Royal Navy Museum: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Royal Navy Museums: Submarines: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Spinnaker Tower: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Portsmouth Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, source
- Round Tower: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Square Tower: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Point Battery: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Royal Garrison Church: The original uploader was Cloudz679 at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- King James's and Landport Gates: Tim Sheerman-Chase, CC BY 2.0, source
- Portsmouth Museum and Art Gallery: Editor5807, CC BY 3.0, source
- Portsmouth Guildhall: Udit Kapoor, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Portsmouth War Memorial: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Victoria Park: Editor5807, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- St John's Catholic Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, source
- St George's Church: Hassocks5489, CC0, source
- Charles Dickens' Birthplace Museum: Austriantraveler, CC BY 3.0, source
- New Theatre Royal: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Southsea: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Southampton Old Town & City Centre: Michael Coppins, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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