PORTSMOUTH
Portsmouth also known as Pompey, is home to three hugely important historic ships.
- HMS Victory, Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar.
- HMS Warrior the first ironclad warship.
- The Mary Rose, Henry VIII's warship that sank in the Solent off of Southsea Castle.
These are all housed at the Historic Dockyard, home of the Royal Navy and also home to the worlds first dry dock. The Historic Dockyard is one of the top ten visitor attractions in the UK.
Charles Dickens
was born in Portsmouth, you can visit the Charles Dickens birthplace museum in the house where he was born in Old Commercial Road,
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the pioneering engineer was also born here, unfortunately the street where he lived no longer exists.
Many more famous people with links to Portsmouth can be found in our Hall of Fame
But Portsmouth is not just about history, the city is a cosmopolitan, University city home to the University of Portsmouth, with much to offer visitors and residents alike.
Portsmouth
has a Championship football team, a superb seafront area, excellent shopping and a wide range of restaurants, pubs and bars.
Portsmouth is home to the tallest publicly accessible structure in the UK, the Spinnaker Tower
built right on the edge of Portsmouth Harbour at Gunwharf Quays take a look at our Spinnaker Tower picture gallery here for some stunning images.
Portsmouth has been used in a number of films and television programmes such as Tomorrow Never Dies (James Bond), Oscar and Lucinda, Making Waves, Silent Witness, Mr Bean and Eastenders. The local area was used extensively in the filming of Tommy, The Who's rock opera.
DID YOU KNOW?
Portsmouth is one of the UK's largest fruit handling ports, handling fruit from Central and South America, Morocco, South Africa, New Zealand and the eastern Mediterranean.
Bananas imported to the UK by Dole, Fyffes, Geest and other Jamaican Producers are landed at Portsmouth, this means that 65% of bananas eaten in Britain now pass through the Port!
PORTSMOUTH HOTELS
A wide range of Hotels are available in the Portsmouth and Southsea areas, with budgets and styles to suit all.
They range from national chains such as the Ibis Hotel pictured, to small independent boutique Hotels.
Book direct with the Ibis and get internet exclusive rates.
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PORTSMOUTH RESTAURANTS
Due to its diverse ethnic mix , Portsmouth can offer an excellent choice of restaurants providing a vast range cuisines from around the world,
including Chinese, Greek, Moroccan, Turkish, African, Thai, Indian, Nepalese, Spanish, South American, Mongolian, Italian and traditional English restaurants and pubs.
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