Whale Island, Hampshire
Whale Island is a small island in Portsmouth Harbour, close by Portsea Island.
Havant /ˈhævənt/ is a town in the south east corner of Hampshire, England approximately mid-way between Portsmouth and Chichester. Its borough (population: 125,000) comprises the town and its suburbs including the resort of Hayling Island as well as Rowland's Castle (an exurb), the smaller town of Waterlooville and Langstone Harbour. Housing and population more than doubled under either definition of Havant in the 20 years following World War II a period of major conversion of land from agriculture and woodland to housing across the region following the incendiary bombing of Portsmouth and The Blitz.
Population: 45,574
Latitude: 50° 51' 24.12" N
Longitude: 0° 59' 8.12" E
Whale Island is a small island in Portsmouth Harbour, close by Portsea Island.
The National Museum of the Royal Navy was created in early 2009 to act as a single non-departmental public body for the four service museums of the Royal Navy. The museums are:
The Nab Tower was a tower planned for anti-submarine protection in The Solent in World War I. It was sunk over the Nab rocks east of the Isle of Wight to replace a lightship after the war, and is a well known landmark for sailors as it marks the dee…
The Mary Rose Museum is an historical museum located at Historical Dockyards in Portsmouth in the United Kingdom run by the Mary Rose Trust. The museum is dedicated to the 16th century Tudor navy warship Mary Rose as well as the historical context i…
Landport is a district located near the centre of Portsea Island and is part of the city of Portsmouth, England.
Uppark is a 17th-century house in South Harting, Petersfield, West Sussex, England and a National Trust property.
The Royal Marines Museum is located in Eastney (Portsmouth), England, and is open to the public throughout the year. A registered charity, it is also a designated service museum under the terms of the National Heritage Act 1983 and receives Grant-in…
The Grand Duchy of the Lagoan Isles is a micronation based in Britain. It was created in 2005 by school teacher Louis Robert Harold Stephens ("Grand Duke Louis", born 1985) as a class project, and claims as its territory Baffins Pond, in Portsmouth,…
Selsey Bill is a headland into the English Channel on the south coast of England in the county of West Sussex.
Noviomagus Reginorum was the Roman town which is today called Chichester, situated in the modern English county of West Sussex.
The Hovercraft Museum, located in Lee-on-the-Solent in Hampshire, England, is a museum dedicated to hovercraft.
The D-Day Museum is located in Southsea, near Portsmouth in Hampshire, England. Opened in 1984 by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, it tells the story of Operation Overlord during the Normandy D-Day landings.
Leigh Park is a large suburb (population 27,500) of Havant, in Hampshire, England. It currently forms the bulk or whole of four electoral wards: Battins, Bondfields, Barncroft and Warren Park (generally referred to as 'The Warren').
Titchfield Abbey is a medieval abbey and later country house, located in the village of Titchfield near Fareham in Hampshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1222 for Premonstratensian canons, an austere order of priests.
Ryde Pier Head railway station is one of three stations in the town of Ryde on the Isle of Wight. Situated at the end of the town's pier, it is adjacent to the terminal for the Wightlink fast catamaran service connecting the island with Portsmouth o…
Ryde Pier is an early 19th-century pier serving the town of Ryde, on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. It is the world's oldest seaside pier.
The Queen Alexandra Hospital (commonly known as QA Hospital, or simply QA) in Cosham, Portsmouth, is one of several hospitals serving the city of Portsmouth.
Portsmouth Guildhall is the biggest wedding, events and conference venue in the Hampshire city of Portsmouth in England, and it has been managed by the Portsmouth Cultural Trust, registered Charity number 1153358, since April 2011.