Southsea

Worth seeing in and around Southsea

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Fratton Park

   Fratton Park is a football ground in Portsmouth, Hampshire, and is the home of Portsmouth Football Club. Constructed in 1899, it has been the only home ground in Portsmouth F.C.'s history.

   1.3 km · football stadium in Portsmouth, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   University of Portsmouth

   The University of Portsmouth is a public university in Portsmouth, England. Its institutional origins trace back to 1870 with the establishment of the Portsmouth and Gosport School of Science and Art.

   2 km · University in Portsmouth, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Spinnaker Tower

   The Spinnaker Tower is a 170-metre landmark observation tower in Portsmouth, England. It is the centrepiece of the redevelopment of Portsmouth Harbour, which was supported by a National Lottery grant.

   3 km · sightseeing tower in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth

   The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church that covers the historic counties of Hampshire and Berkshire in England, and the Channel Islands. The episcopal see is St John's Cathedral in Portsmouth and is headed by the Bishop of Portsmouth.

   2.1 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Portsmouth Cathedral

   The Cathedral Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, commonly known as Portsmouth Cathedral, is an Anglican cathedral church in the centre of Old Portsmouth in Portsmouth, England. Since 1935 the historic church has been the cathedral of the Diocese of Portsmouth and the seat of the Bishop of Portsmouth.

   2.5 km · cathedral · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Cathedral of St John the Evangelist

   The Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. It is the mother church of the Portsmouth diocese and seat of the Bishop of Portsmouth, currently the Right Reverend Philip Egan.

   2.4 km · Roman Catholic cathedral in Portsmouth, England · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Southsea Castle

   Southsea Castle, historically also known as Chaderton Castle, South Castle and Portsea Castle, is an artillery fort originally constructed by Henry VIII on Portsea Island, Hampshire, in 1544. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the Solent and the eastern approach to Portsmouth.

   1.5 km · castle in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Royal Naval Museums, Portsmouth

   The Royal Naval Museums, Portsmouth, formerly known as the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, is a museum of the history of the Royal Navy located in the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard section of HMNB Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. The museum is part of the National Museum of the Royal Navy, a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Ministry of Defence.

   3.3 km · museum in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Royal Navy Submarine Museum

   The Royal Navy Submarine Museum at Gosport is a maritime museum tracing the international history of submarine development from the age of Alexander the Great to the present day, and particularly the history of the Royal Navy Submarine Service from the navy's first submarine, Holland 1, to the nuclear-powered Vanguard-class submarines. The museum is located close to the former shore establishment HMS Dolphin, the home of the Royal Navy Submarine Service from 1904 until 1999.

   3.5 km · Maritime museum in Gosport, England · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Kings Theatre

    The Kings Theatre is a theatre in Southsea, Portsmouth, designed by the architect Frank Matcham. It is considered one of the most complete Matcham theatres in the UK. It opened on 30 September 1907.

    800 m · theatre in Southsea, Portsmouth, England · Wikipedia

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Getting to Southsea

Airports

London Gatwick (LGW), 74 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 87 km · London Luton (LTN), 131 km

Stations

Portsmouth Harbour railway station, 2.9 km · Portsmouth and Southsea railway station, 2.1 km · Fratton railway station, 1.3 km · Portsmouth International Port, 3.3 km · East Southsea railway station, 700 m

• London → Southsea

  105 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · £11–15
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• Luton, Luton → Southsea

  131 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · £14–19
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• Bristol → Southsea

  129 km · quickest by road, 3h · £17–23
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