Portsmouth Tourism - Travel to Portsmouth
If you are interested in British Naval history or British history in general, Portsmouth is well worth a visit. It is on the south coast of England, close to Southampton and The Isle of Wight.
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Understand Portsmouth Tourism
It is has a number of beaches and a Dunkirk memorial, but by far the biggest attraction is the Historic Dockyard.
Portsmouth has a university, so it has a largish population of younger people (and several internet cafes).
Get into Portsmouth
Portsmouth can be reached by train from London, by motorway from anywhere in England and by ferry from France and Spain.
Travel to Portsmouth By Plane
Nearest airport is Southampton Airport, located around 30 miles from Portsmouth in Eastleigh. There is a regular train service from Southampton airport train station (Parkway) to Portsmouth.
Travel to Portsmouth By Train
Portsmouth is on the National Rail network. Direct trains from London take about 90 minutes from London Waterloo, a cheap day single is about £21. Other major services include Brighton (1 hour 40 minutes), Cardiff (3 hours 10 minutes) via Bath and Bristol; and Southampton (1 hour).
Travel to Portsmouth By car
Travel to Portsmouth By Bus
Travel to Portsmouth By Boat
There are ferry services from four ports in France as well as Bilbao in Spain.
- Saint-Malo
- Brittany Ferries/up to 2 daily/9 hrs http://www.brittanyferries.com/
- Cherbourg
- P&O Ferries/up to 4 daily/5 hrs http://www.poportsmouth.com/
- P&O Ferries/up to 3 daily/2hrs45min
- Condor Ferries/1 Sunday service/5 hrs http://www.condorferries.co.uk/
- Caen
- Britanny Ferries/3 daily/6 hrs
- Le Havre
- P&O Ferries/3 daily/5hrs30min
- Bilbao
- P&O Ferries/2 weekly/35 hours
There are also services to the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey.
The Isle of Wight is a under an hour's journey by ferry or a few minutes by hovercraft.
- Fishbourne
- Wightlink/half-hourly during day/35 mins http://www.wightlink.co.uk/
- Ryde
- Wightlink/half-hourly during day/15 mins
- Or catch the hovercraft every 15 minutes from southsea seafront, operated by Hovertravel
The ferry to Gosport (for Submarine and Explosion museums) runs every 7 minutes at peak times and every 15 minutes at other times until midnight. Cost is £1.60 return.
Get around in Portsmouth
See Portsmouth
- Historic Dockyard. Located in the naval base, the Historic Dockyard has a number of historic ships including The Mary Rose, The HMS Victory and the HMS Warrior. In the Historic Dockyard there is also Royal Naval Museum and Action Stations, which is aimed at younger visitors. http://www.historicdockyard.co.uk
- Mary Rose
- HMS Victory http://www.hms-victory.com/
- HMS Warrior
- Southsea Castle
- Southsea Seafront
- Royal Marines Museum
- D Day Museum
- Se Life Centre
- Southsea model village
- Southsea Rose garden
- Charles Dickens Birthplace
- Cumberland House Museum
- City Museum
Do Portsmouth
Learn
The University of Portsmouth (formerly Portsmouth Polytechnic) is a thriving modern university.
Work
Buy
Eat - Travel to Portsmouth
Portsmouth and Southsea have literally hundreds of restaurants catering to all tastes.
Drink
Sleep - Portsmouth Tourism
Contact
Stay safe - Portsmouth Tourism
Cope
Get out
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