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Emsworth
Coastal town in Hampshire, England

Emsworth

Emsworth is a town in the Borough of Havant in the county of Hampshire, on the south coast of England near the border with West Sussex.

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It lies at the north end of an arm of Chichester Harbour, a large and shallow inlet from the English Channel, and is equidistant between Portsmouth and Chichester.

Get in

Getting to Emsworth

Emsworth has a train station on the South Coast Line between Portsmouth and Chichester Havant is nearby and has better connections to London. Local buses run regularly to Emsworth from Havant Bus Station. Emsworth is just off the A27 main road between Portsmouth and Chichester, there is a small car park in the centre of town.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Emsworth Museum

    10b North St, PO10 7DD (above the fire station on North Street),.

  2. 02
    St James' Church

    20 Church Path, Emsworth PO10 7DP,.

Do

Things to do

Emsworth Arts Trail. Annual event that occurs over one or two spring weekends each year. Walk around the town seeing artists' work in their studios.

Eat

Where to eat

Oysters are the traditional speciality of Emsworth; it even supplies them to the King. Sausages O'Haglans on the main square produces award winning sausages, you can sample them at the excellent Sussex Brewery.

How locals move

Getting around Emsworth the local way

  • Get inAlight at for the Historic Dockyard, Gunwharf Quays, the Spinnaker Tower and ferries to the Isle of Wight.
  • Get inThere are ferry services from four ports in Normandy and Brittany.
  • Get inCross Channel ferry services operate out of the Portsmouth International Port located at the end of the M275 motorway Caen Brittany Ferries, up to 3 a day, 5 hr 45 min Cherbourg Condor Ferries, 1 Sunday service, 5 hr Brittany Ferries, 1 a day, 3-hr fast service Le Havre Brittany Ferries 1 a day, 8 hr 15 min overnight Saint-Malo Brittany Ferries, up to 2 a day, 9 hr overnight or in the daytime There are services from two ports in northern Spain (the Basque Country and Cantabria).
  • Get inBilbao Brittany Ferries, 'cruise style' 2 a week (W: 24 hr, and Su: 32 hr), 'économie' 1 a week (Tu: 28 hr).
  • Get inSantander Brittany Ferries, 3 a week (Tu F Su: 24 hr).
  • Get inGuernsey Condor Ferries, 1 a day, 6 hr 30 min Jersey Condor Ferries, 1 a day, 10 hr 30 min The Isle of Wight is under 60 min by ferry or 10 min by hovercraft.
  • Get inThe Gosport Ferry runs every 7 min at peak times and every 15 min at other times until midnight for £3.30 return.
  • Get inThe Gosport Ferry service docks at the transport hub by Portsmouth Harbour station.

From Wikivoyage: Portsmouth, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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