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Museum
SeaCity Museum
City museum in the Civic Centre, opened in 2012, on Southampton's Titanic story and its history from prehistoric times to the Second World War.
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Southampton Old Town & City Centre: things to do
Places worth your time in Southampton Old Town & City Centre
Top places
Things to do in Southampton Old Town & City Centre
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Museum
Tudor House and Garden
Grade I listed house and garden, the city's oldest museum, telling over 800 years of local history.
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Historic house
Medieval Merchant's House
Restored late-13th-century merchant's house on French Street, recreated inside as it might have looked. English Heritage site.
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Arts venue
God's House Tower
Arts and heritage venue in the medieval gate and tower of the old town walls, with a café and bar.
Museum
Solent Sky
Aviation museum near Ocean Village that calls itself the home of the Spitfire.
Museum ship
Calshot Spit Lightship
Former Trinity House lightvessel LV 78, once anchored off Calshot Spit and now a museum ship beside Solent Sky.
Gallery
Southampton City Art Gallery
The city's public art gallery, in the Civic Centre on Commercial Road.
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Gallery
John Hansard Gallery
Contemporary art gallery run by the University of Southampton, on Above Bar Street.
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Historic gateway
Bargate
Medieval gatehouse in the line of the old town walls, between Above Bar Street and the High Street.
Town walls
Southampton Town Walls
Long surviving stretches of the medieval defensive walls that ringed the old town.
Historic building
Wool House
Grade I listed medieval former warehouse near Town Quay.
Ruins
Canute's Palace
Ruins of a Norman merchant's house of the late 12th century, near Town Quay.
Ruins
King John's Palace
Grade I listed remains of a Norman house, next to Tudor House and Garden.
Church ruin
Holyrood Church
Ruined church, one of the five original churches of the medieval walled town, on the High Street.
Church
St Michael's Church
Medieval church in the old town, a few steps from Tudor House and Garden.
Church
St Mary's Church
The civic church of the city of Southampton, east of the city centre.
Theatre
Mayflower Theatre
Theatre in a former cinema building, a short walk from the Civic Centre.
Memorial
Pilgrim Fathers Memorial
Memorial to the Pilgrim Fathers on the waterfront road, near the Wool House and Town Quay.
Memorial
Titanic Engineers' Memorial
Grade II listed memorial to the engineers of the Titanic, in East Park.
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Memorial
Southampton Cenotaph
First World War memorial designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, in Watts Park.
Park
Watts Park
One of the central parks, opposite the Civic Centre, with the Cenotaph and a statue of Isaac Watts.
Marina
Ocean Village
Marina on the eastern side of the city centre, next to Solent Sky and the lightship.
Ferry terminal
Town Quay
Quay with the Red Funnel terminals for ferries to the Isle of Wight.
Concert venue
Southampton Guildhall
Concert and events venue in the Civic Centre.
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- Southampton Old Town & City Centre (area photo): Michael Coppins, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- SeaCity Museum: hahnchen at Wikimedia Commons (must include link if medium allows), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tudor House and Garden: Peter Trimming from Croydon, England, CC BY 2.0, source
- Medieval Merchant's House: Lupusaesticus, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Solent Sky: Nimbus227, Public domain, source
- Calshot Spit Lightship: Dashers at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Bargate: Michael Coppins, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Southampton Town Walls: Christophe.Finot, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Wool House: Robin Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Canute's Palace: Daemonic Kangaroo, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Holyrood Church: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- St Michael's Church: Richard Nevell, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mayflower Theatre: Turquoisefish at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pilgrim Fathers Memorial: Webmink, CC BY 3.0, source
- Titanic Engineers' Memorial: photo by Geni sculpture by Ferdinand Victor Blundstone, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Southampton Cenotaph: AlanFord at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Watts Park: Northernhenge, CC0, source
- Ocean Village: Samuel Blanning at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Southampton Guildhall: Michael, Public domain, source
- Portsmouth Harbour & Old Portsmouth: geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Southsea: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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