Portsmouth

City Factsheet

Location: England’s South Coast

Population size: 190,000

The best way to get around: By foot or on the hop-on hop-off buses or other bus services offering unlimited travel in Portsmouth.

New this year: Gunwharf Quays continues to expand its range of designer shopping outlets, restaurants and leisure facilities, at this world class waterfront destination

Attractions: Historic Dockyard (with its ships, HMS Victory, Mary Rose and HMS Warrior 1860), Gunwharf Quays, Blue Reef Aquarium, D-Day, Royal Navy and Royal Marines Museums, plus the city’s resort of Southsea (with all its seafront attractions).

Restaurants:Visitors can choose from a wide selection of restaurants and cafes. Some excellent examples include:

Rosies Vineyard (bistro style) Lemon Sole (quality fish restaurant)
37 Elm Grove, Southsea 123 High Street, Old Portsmouth

Tang’s (Chinese cuisine) Kashmir Restaurant (Indian cuisine)
125-127 Elm Grove, Southsea 91 Palmerston Road, Southsea

Bars: Visitors can choose from a wide selection of pubs and bars, why not check out the following:

Ha Ha Bar & Canteen Still & West
Gunwharf Quays The Point, Old Portsmouth

The Watermark Vines
Boardwalk, Port Solent 43 Albert Road, Southsea

Shops: For city centre shopping head for Cascades Shopping Centre and for designer outlets head for Gunwharf Quays designer. There are also specialist shops dotted throughout the city.

Architecture: Dating from 12th century churches to a new 21st century observation tower (currently being built), Portsmouth has historic buildings, castles and piers showing examples of architecture throughout the intervening centuries.

Parks: As well as Victoria Park in Portsmouth Southsea hosts a unique and extensive seafront common and award-winning floral gardens.