Portsmouth in General

Portsmouth has been a place I have visited since a child. My family lived there and I had many a holiday spent there,all of my memories of portsmouth are happy ones and my son now supports portsmouth football team as he too loves the place with a passion. Portsmouth has a stunning pebbled beach and beautiful clear water.The isle of wight is a short trip away.There are many hotel on the sea front and loads of history linked to portsmouth.It has a lovely castle which has a tunnel that leads out to the sea and was used to help escape from the castle when it was attacked. There is a sea life centre which also sits on the sea front and is a great ...  Read the complete review

What can I say? I love my Pompey. I was born here and have lived here all my life. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. I suppose it is true of other cities, but I just feel so loyal to Portsmouth and I know a lot of other people from Portsmouth are just the same. We now have a great football team who are doing well and our fans are amongst the most respected in the country I believe (the only ones that don't like us are Southampton fans). We have the wonderful Gunwharf Quays and our precious Spinnaker Tower which has put us on the map. Obvously, our heritage is important too with our dockyard and historic ships. The ...  Read the complete review

Portsmouth has in my opinion a great football team and the fans really lift the roof at Fratton Park, Portsmouth has a big shopping centre which has a vast majority of the main retailers and a good day is to be had browsing the shops, you will definitely find what your looking for and some bargains may be found. Gunwhalf quays is in Portsmouth which is a shopping centre built next to the harbour and is also home to the famous spinnaker tower, from the spinnaker tower you have fantastic views of Portsmouth. Most of the shops in Gunwhalf quays are quite expensive but good quality things are for sale. Gunwhalf quays also has a big cinema which shows all the ...  Read the complete review

I was born in Portsmouth and lived there until the age of nineteen; after spells in Manchester, Southport, Paris and many years in Cairo, I found myself back there in 1999. Although I now live just outside, I still work in Portsmouth four mornings a week and am now considering moving back once more. It does have its attractions. In the past, Portsmouth has often fallen behind other cities on the south coast of England, namely Southampton and Brighton, not offering the same variety of cultural events for example. More recently it has begun to hold its own with the ever-expanding university, the development of Gunwharf Quays, and a premiership football team. ...  Read the complete review

As a day trip from London, I reccommend conquering your prejudices and making your way down to Portsmouth and Gosport. As there are already several opinions written about the Dockyard itself (HMS Warrior, HMS Victory and the Mary Rose et cetera), so I shall share my experiences of three other worthwhile attractions: the Royal Marines Museum, the D-Day Museum and the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport. Royal Marines Museum: Housed in old Officer's Mess Building in the beautiful Eastney Barracks in the Southsea area of Greater Portsmouth, the Museum tells the history of Britain's premier fighting force. Admission is very reasonable at ...  Read the complete review