Places to visit in Portsmouth

A short list of notable parks, markets, museums and landmarks in Portsmouth.

• Alexandra Park · Parks

  Alexandra Park, Portsmouth, was opened in 1907 and was a place of recreation for the people of Portsea Island. It provided lawns, flowers beds, paths and seats; it was an area to escape the toils of inner city life in the early twentieth century. The park was named after Queen Alexandra. At the time of the parks opening the site was already home to a bicycle track.

• Aspex Gallery · Culture

  Aspex Portsmouth is a contemporary visual art gallery located in the Gunwharf Quays area of Portsmouth.

• Charles Dickens Birthplace Museum · Culture

  Charles Dickens' Birthplace Museum is a writer's house museum in Landport, Portsmouth, England, situated at the birthplace of the eminent English author Charles Dickens; and as such played a prominent part in the 2012 bicentennial celebrations. It is one of six museums run by Portsmouth Museums, part of Portsmouth City Council.

• Chesapeake Monument · Historic

  monument in Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK

• Cumberland House Natural History Museum · Culture

  museum in Portsmouth, England, UK

• Genesis Expo Creationist Museum · Culture

  museum in Portsmouth, England, UK

• Indian Mutiny Perthshire Volunteers Monument · Historic

  monument in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK

• Lord Nelson Monument · Historic

  statue in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK

• Mountbatten Centre · Family

  The Mountbatten Centre is a leisure centre in Portsmouth, England, which opened in 1979, and was extended with a pool under a waveform roof in 2009. The "Mountbatten Centre" is located in Hilsea, an area in Portsmouth. The original design was by Ken Norrish the then city architect. The extension was designed by Saunders Architects.

• Peel Or Shannon Naval Brigade Monument · Historic

  monument in Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK

• Portsmouth Museum And Art Gallery · Culture

  Portsmouth Museum is a local museum in Museum Road in the city of Portsmouth, southern England. It is one of six museums run by Portsmouth Museums, part of Portsmouth City Council. The museum is housed in a Grade II listed building.

• Portsmouth Museums and Visitor Services · Culture

  art museum in the United Kingdom

• Royal Marines Museum · Culture

  Royal Marines Museum was a museum in Portsmouth, England, located in Eastney from 1958 to 2017, dedicated to the history of the Royal Marines from their beginnings in 1664 to the present day. In 2011 it formally became part of the National Museum of the Royal Navy, an executive non-departmental public body of the Ministry of Defence. The museum's galleries, formerly housed at Eastney Barracks, have been closed since 2017 pending relocation to the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.

• The Fitzclarence Monument · Historic

  monument in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK

• Treadgold Industrial Heritage Museum · Culture

  museum in Portsmouth, England, UK