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Portsmouth
Excursion
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This walking tour starts from point number 1 on this map.
When you arrive at each point read the description of the sight.
You will have the chance to discover and admire many of the most
beautiful and important sights of this city.
Entrances not included.
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Portsmouth
Guildhall
Historical
Dockyard
Mary Rose
Museum
Spinnaker Tower
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Portsmouth Guildhall was
built in 1890 and is the
biggest events venue in the
city of Portsmouth today.
This majestic building is
also home to some of the
city’s best loved historical
treasures, such as the city
of Portsmouth’s Civic Plate,
which is nationally renowned
as one ofthefinest collections
in the country.The building
has played several different
roles during its history,
including the civic home to
the Lord Mayor. It has also
suffered some damages
during its history.Today the
Guildhall is famous as the
city’s premier entertainment
and events venue. Recently
it has also become the
home to the Council
chamber and a number
of local services and group.
The Portsmouth Historical
Dockyard is one of the
three operating Naval
Bases in the UK for
the British Royal Navy.
Her Majesty’s Naval Base
features the new Mary
Rose Museum, the world
famous ships HMS Victory
and HMS Warrior, HMS
Alliance and the only
remaining World War II
era British ocean going
submarine. Situated within
a working Naval Base,
the Dockyard is the only
place in the world to see
the Royal Navy’s past,
present and future.
The Mary Rose Museum
is an historical Museum
dedicated to tell the story
of the ship Mary Rose.
The story of the Mary Rose
spans almost 500 years,
and in the Museum you
can discover everything
that has been recovered
from the wreck site since
the 1970s. The Mary Rose
Museum opened its doors
to visitors in 2014. The new
Museum provides one of
the mist significant insights
into Tudor life in the world.
The Tudor ship that was
raised from the sea in
1982, is the only sixteenth
century warship on display
anywhere in the world and
the newMuseum built
around the ship reunites
many of the 19 000
artefacts with the ship.
The Spinnaker Tower
is a 170-metre tower,
and it is the centrepiece
of the redevelopment
of Portsmouth Harbour.
Being visible beyond
23 miles away it has
become Portsmouth’s
most prominent landmark.
The Tower opened
in 2005 as a public
and educational facility to
celebrate the
new Millennium.
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