Charles Dickens Birthplace MuseumCumberland House - The Natural History MuseumFarlington MarshesFort SouthwickKing James's and Landport GatesPeter Ashley Activity CentresPlayZonePortsmouth CathedralPortsmouth City Museum and Records OfficePortsmouth Historic DockyardRoyal Garrison ChurchSouthsea CastleSpinnaker Tower
Portsmouth, the Home of Great Writing, has touched the lives and works of Britain's most famous writers - from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to Michelle Magorian, from H.G. Wells to Neil Gaiman. But the city's most famous son is Charles Dickens - novelist, ...
Cumberland House - The Natural History Museum tells the story of the wild things of the riverbank, marshes, woods and urban areas of Portsmouth. Have a look for the heron stalking its prey and the Brent geese coming into land after their 3000 km flig ...
Farlington Marshes is the Trust's oldest nature reserve. It is 125 hectares (308 acres) of flower-rich grazing marsh on the northern shore of Langstone Harbour between Portsmouth and Havant. Farlington is internationally important for the bird po ...
Fort c1860's. Part of Palmerston's Portsmouth defences. In poor condition in parts. Fort is now in private ownership following disposal by Defence Estate, and has benefitted from a recent programme of repair and consolidation. ...
Two ornamental gateways, once part of Portsmouth's defences. King James's Gate (of 1687) has been moved, but Landport Gate, designed by Hawksmoor (1760) as the principal entrance to Portsmouth, remains in its original position. ...
The Peter Ashley Activity Centres provide a fantastic mix of physical and academic activities including: Archery, Air Rifle shooting, Assault Courses, Climbing, Horse Riding, Initiative Tests, Holiday Activities, and Team Building. ...
PlayZone in Portsmouth is the biggest indoor play area and entertainment centre on the south coast - it's the play area that's bursting with family fun, kids play parties, fun things for rainy days, children's sleepovers, laser gun shooting games, pa ...
Portsmouth Cathedral Portsmouth Cathedral is, first and foremost, the Mother Church of the Diocese of Portsmouth, a geographical area including south-east Hampshire, Portsea Island and the Isle of Wight. It is the base of the Bishop of Portsmouth, ...
The City Museum is the museum of and for the people of Portsmouth. There are temporary exhibition galleries, which have a frequently changing parade of fascinating shows on a wide range of subjects - recent exhibitions have included Space Exploration ...
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is a world-class visitor destination welcoming approximately 500,000 visitors annually and is the leading attraction on the South Coast. It provides an experience that spans 800 years of British naval history and there is ...
Royal Garrison Church was constructed around 1212 as a hospital. Although the church was badly damaged in a 1941 fire-bomb raid on Portsmouth, the chancel was saved.
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Southsea Castle was built in 1544, the Castle was part of a series of fortifications constructed by Henry VIII around England's coasts to protect the country from invaders. Barely was the work completed when Henry VIII's flagship, the Mary Rose, trag ...
Spinnaker Tower Stretches for up to 23 miles in any direction, the 350Ëšpanoramic views from the top of the Spinnaker Tower are truly breathtaking. From the sandy beaches of the Witterings and Selsey Bill in the East to the countryside of the New Fo ...
