Lee-on-the-Solent
Lee-on-the-Solent, often referred to as Lee-on-Solent, is a seaside district of the borough of Gosport in Hampshire, England, about five miles (8 km) west of Portsmouth.
The area is located on the coast of the Solent. It is primarily a residential area, with an upsurge of mostly local visitors in summer, but was also the former home to the Royal Naval Air Station HMS Daedalus.
Getting to Lee-on-the-Solent
Leave the M27 at Junction 11 and follow the A32. At rush hour, and sometimes at weekends, this is a busy road with long delays. Gosport Ferry. 05:30-Midnight. Most convenient way to get to Gosport from Portsmouth. A supplement is payable for bikes and e-scooters. Combination tickets are also available giving unlimited bus travel for a day in Hampshire. The website has details of ferry schedules.
Worth seeing
- 01Royal Navy Museums: Explosion!
Museum of Naval Firepower), Heritage Way, Priddy's Hard, PO12 4LE.
- 02Royal Navy Submarine Museum
Haslar Jetty Rd, PO12 2AS (10 min walk from the ferry).
- 03Fort Brockhurst
A Palmerston Fort built between 1858 and 1862.
Where to eat
Gosport Cafe, 195 Forton Rd, PO12 3HB,. The Bakers Basket, 157 Rowner Ln, PO13 9SP. Poppins, 99 High St, PO12 1DS,.
Getting around Lee-on-the-Solent 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.
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