Best places: Tourist attractions in Portsmouth

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HMS Victory
Maritime museum
Museum within the world's oldest commissioned warship which gained fame at the Battle of Trafalgar.
4.80 (6.9K reviews)
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Mary Rose Museum
Museum
Museum for 16th-century Tudor warship, & King Henry VIII's favourite, built in 1510 & sunk in 1545.
4.80 (5.6K reviews)
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HMS Warrior
Maritime museum
Britain's first iron-hulled, armoured warship and pride of the fleet with an on-site visitor centre.
4.80 (1.6K reviews)
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Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Maritime museum
Historic area with iconic attractions like Nelson's HMS Victory, HMS Warrior & the Mary Rose Museum.
4.70 (14.5K reviews)
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National Museum of the Royal Navy
Museum
Royal Naval and maritime history and artefacts, helicopter simulator and a focus on Horatio Nelson.
4.70 (892 reviews)
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Spinnaker Tower
Tourist attraction
Landmark tower with an on-site cafe and a glass-floored platform overlooking Portsmouth harbour.
4.60 (7.3K reviews)
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Southsea Common
Park
👍👍 A large area of green right by the coast. Popular for picnics and BBQ's. Victorious Festival held here every August Bank Holiday. Also a yearly Kite Festival, Gay Pride and Volkswagen Show.
4.60 (4K reviews)
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St John's Cathedral
Catholic cathedral
19th-century, Gothic revival, red brick-built Catholic cathedral holding regular masses.
4.80 (358 reviews)
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The D-Day Story
Museum
D-Day story told through archive films, landing craft, weapons and the 83-metre Overlord Embroidery.
4.60 (2K reviews)
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Round Tower
Historical landmark
Fortification built in the 15th century, now used as an art gallery with a cafe & harbour views.
4.60 (1K reviews)
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Portsmouth Cathedral
Cathedral
Pale-stone, Anglican cathedral in a 12th-century setting, plus lunchtime recitals for a fee.
4.60 (607 reviews)
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Canoe Lake
Park
👍 Nice lake filled with swans, big field for playing sports or having a picnic, play park for the kids and cafe for a nice hot chocolate. Definitely come again in the summer.
4.50 (3.3K reviews)
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Southsea Rock Garden
Garden
👍👍 A small but very well maintained rock garden which contains a variety of plants and a pond with fishes. Nice and quiet place to relax in the summer. Well worth a visit.
4.50 (1.1K reviews)
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Baffins Pond
Park
👍 A beautiful almost hidden part of the city, away from the more visited parts of Pompey. A fair few birds, fish even and a touch of quiet.
4.50 (1.1K reviews)
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Farlington Marshes Nature Reserve
Nature preserve
👍👍 It's a very peaceful area. To have a walk, do some bird watching and generally just relax your mind off of thing. Walking around the Peninsula completely is about 45 minutes to 1 hours. These a wide path that takes you all around.
4.60 (411 reviews)
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St Mary's Church
Anglican church
CofE parish church on a site that has housed religious buildings since around 850AD.
4.60 (378 reviews)
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Cumberland House Natural History Museum
Museum
Modern collection of natural history exhibits including dinosaurs, fossils & a working beehive.
4.50 (665 reviews)
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Victoria Park
Park
Lawned 15-acre park with a play area & fountain overlooked by university buildings open since 1878.
4.40 (1.7K reviews)
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Milton Park
Park
👍👍 This is a very well run commuity centre helpful staff cafe sells a good line of food ,, Drinks like most cafes are overpriced , but PROFITFirst like so meny in Town ( when coke costs £ 00.37 ) or less per can you pay up to £ 2,00 per tin .. Beer is cheper a pint 🍻 but hay ho its the...
4.40 (1.1K reviews)
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Southsea Model Village
Tourist attraction
👍👍 Great model village! The entrance price is not bad: £5pp, £4 senior. There is a lot to see with lots of attention to detail - even a male streaker on the cricket pitch with a bobby covering the streaker's bits. Food is available: burgers, sandwiches, ice creams, etc. The only slight downside is you...
4.40 (676 reviews)
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