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Portsmouth is an excellent location with a choice of venues that offer suitable grounds
for Archery. The area surrounding Portsmouth also offers a choice of Country House Hotels. Suggested
venues suitable for Archery include:
- Alvercombe Country House Hotel
- Langrish House Hotel
- Luccombe Hall Country House Hotel
- Botleigh Grange Hotel
- Parkhill Country House Hotel
About Portsmouth
Portsmouth also known as
Pompey, is home to three hugely important historic ships,
HMS Victory, Nelson's famous flagship at the battle of Trafalgar,
HMS Warrior the first ironclad warship and the
Mary Rose, Henry VIII's warship that sank in the Solent just off of Southsea Castle.
These are all housed at the
Historic
Dockyard, home of the
Royal Navy and also home to the worlds first dry dock. The Historic Dockyard is one of the
top ten visitor attractions in the UK.
Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, you can visit the Charles Dickens birthplace museum in the house where he was born in Old Commercial
Road,
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the pioneering engineer was also born here, unfortunately the street where he lived no longer exists. Many more famous
people with links to Portsmouth can be found in our
Hall of Fame But Portsmouth England is not just about history, the city is a cosmopolitan, University city, with much to offer
visitors and residents alike.
Portsmouth has a
Premier league football team, a superb seafront area, excellent shopping and a wide range of restaurants,
pubs and bars.
Portsmouth UK is home to the tallest publicly accessible structure in the UK, the
Spinnaker Tower built right on the edge of Portsmouth Harbour at
Gunwharf Quays. Portsmouth Harbour has been used in a number of films and television programmes such as Tomorrow Never Dies (James Bond),
Oscar and Lucinda, Making Waves, Silent Witness, Mr Bean and Eastenders. The local area was used extensively in the filming
of Tommy, The Who's rock opera.
How to get to Portsmouth
By Road: Portsmouth enjoys good road connections, the A3(M) puts London only 11/2 hours away and the M27/A27 connects
the city with Britain's motorway network. Once you're here there's a comprehensive bus network across the Portsmouth area
and beyond. And if you want to see the rest of the country, National Express, the national coach company, operates regular
daily services from the Hard.
By Air: the major London airports
Gatwick and
Heathrow, both 60 miles (100km) away, and
Southampton International Airport are in easy reach of Portsmouth Harbour via good
rail and rail/
coach connections. Southampton International Airport, just 22 miles away, provides services to domestic UK, Channel Islands, French
and Dutch destinations.
By Sea: the Harbour's ferry port offers a number of routes to and from France, Spain and the Channel Islands. P&O
Ferries operate a service to Bilbao, Brittany Ferries run services to Caen, Cherbourg and St Malo, LD Lines run a service
to Le Havre and Condor Ferries to the Channel Islands. Find out more from the port website -
Portsmouth ferryport.
Wightlink ferries provide car and passenger services to Fishbourne and Ryde on the Isle of Wight and
Hovertravel operate a passenger service to Ryde.The
Gosport Ferry is the main cross-harbour connection which links Gosport with Portsmouth. It operates seven days a week between Gosport Esplanade
and Portsmouth Harbour Rail Station.
