Woolston
Woolston is a suburb of Southampton, located on the eastern bank of the River Itchen.
Woolston is a suburb of Southampton, located on the eastern bank of the River Itchen. It is bounded by the River Itchen, Sholing, Peartree Green, Itchen and Weston.
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Worth seeing in and around Woolston
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.
- 01St Mary's Stadium
St Mary's Stadium is a seated football stadium in Southampton, Hampshire, England. Since 2001, it has served as the home venue of EFL Championship club Southampton, following their move from The Dell.
1.7 km · association football stadium in Southampton · Wikipedia - 02Southampton Solent University
Southampton Solent University is a public university based in Southampton, Hampshire, England. It has approximately 10,500 students.
2.4 km · university in Southampton, UK · Wikipedia - 03Netley Abbey
Netley Abbey is a ruined late medieval monastery in the village of Netley near Southampton in Hampshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1239 as a house for monks of the austere Cistercian order.
2.1 km · abbey in Hampshire, UK · Wikipedia - 04Southampton Castle
Southampton Castle was located in the town of Southampton in Hampshire, England. Constructed after the Norman conquest of England, it was located in the north-west corner of the town overlooking the River Test, initially as a wooden motte and bailey design.
2.2 km · castle in Southampton, England · Wikipedia - 05Netley Castle
Netley Castle is a former artillery fort constructed in either 1542 or 1544 by Henry VIII in the village of Netley, Hampshire. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and it defended Southampton Water near the Solent.
2.1 km · castle in Netley village on the border of Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Titanic Engineers' Memorial
The Titanic Engineers' Memorial is a memorial in East Park, Southampton, United Kingdom, to the engineers who died in the Titanic disaster on 15 April 1912. The bronze and granite memorial was originally unveiled by Sir Archibald Denny, president of the Institute of Marine Engineers on 22 April 1914.
2.7 km · grade II listed sculpture in Southampton, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07SeaCity Museum
The SeaCity Museum is a museum in Southampton, England, which opened on 10 April 2012 to mark the centenary of RMS Titanic's departure from the city. It is housed within a part of the Grade II* listed civic centre building which previously housed the magistrates' court and police station.
2.7 km · museum in Southampton, Hampshire, UK · Wikipedia - 08Southampton City Art Gallery
The Southampton City Art Gallery is an art gallery in Southampton, southern England. It is located in the Civic Centre on Commercial Road.
2.7 km · art gallery in Southampton · Wikipedia - 09Titanic Musicians' Memorial
The Titanic Musicians' Memorial is a memorial in Southampton, United Kingdom, to the musicians who died in the RMS Titanic disaster on 15 April 1912. The original Titanic Musicians' Memorial was unveiled by the Mayor of Southampton, H Bowyer on 19 April 1913, and was located in the old Southampton library.
2.8 km · Public sculpture in Southampton, UK · Wikipedia - 10St Joseph Church, Southampton
St Joseph's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Southampton, Hampshire. It is situated on Bugle Street, in the centre of the city, north of Town Quay.
2.2 km · grade II listed church in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Woolston
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 88 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 91 km · Bristol (BRS), 108 km
- Stations
- Southampton, 2.5 km · Southampton Central railway station, 3.1 km · Port of Southampton, 1.5 km · St Denys railway station, 3.3 km · Woolston railway station, 600 m
- London → Woolston111 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · £12–16
- Bristol → Woolston105 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · £15–20
- Luton, Luton → Woolston128 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · £14–19
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Woolston
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Woolston. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe CityLink bus runs from the station via the Westquay shopping centre to Town Quay, where the catamaran to the Isle of Wight and the ferry to Hythe depart.
- Get inThere are no international ferry services: these call in Portsmouth about to the east.
- Get inHowever, regular vehicle and passenger ferries operate to Southampton from Cowes on the nearby Isle of Wight and the village of Hythe in the New Forest.
From Wikivoyage: Southampton, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Woolston
- Netleyvillage in Hampshire, England2.7 km
- Hythevillage in Hampshire, England3.1 km
- Houndvillage and civil parish in Hampshire, United Kingdom3.2 km
- Bitterneeastern suburb of Southampton, England2.5 km
- Southampton Terminus railway stationstation which served the docks and city centre of Southampton, England1.5 km
- Sholingdistrict on the eastern side of the city of Southampton, in Hampshire, England1.7 km