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Website. portsmouth .gov .uk. Portsmouth ( / ˈpɔːrtsməθ / ⓘ PORTS-məth) is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Most of Portsmouth is located on Portsea Island, off the south coast of England in the Solent. This means Portsmouth is the only English city not located primarily on the mainland.
Portsea Island (left), separated from the mainland (right) by the narrow, tidal Portsea Creek. Portsea Island is a flat and low-lying natural island 24.5 square kilometres (9.5 sq mi; 6,100 acres) in area, just off the southern coast of Hampshire in England. Portsea Island contains the majority of the city of Portsmouth .
Location map. Magic Map. Portsmouth Harbour is a 1,264.2-hectare (3,124-acre)/12.6 km 2 (4.9 sq mi) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Portsmouth and Gosport in Hampshire. [1] [2] It is a Ramsar site [3] and a Special Protection Area. [4] Aerial view from the south-east. Portsmouth harbour with the Spinnaker Tower on the right.
Fortifications of Portsmouth. Coordinates: 50.799°N 1.091°W. The walls of Portsmouth and the dockyard in 1773. The dockyard is to the north of the town and separated from it by the mill pond. To the East of the town is the Little Morass, an area of marshland. The fortifications of Portsmouth are extensive due to its strategic position on the ...
23 March: Portsmouth goes into lockdown with the rest of the UK due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which allows the sea to become crystal clear for the first time in many decades. 24 August: The D-Day landing craft LCT 7074 , which is the last of its kind in existence, arrives in Southsea after being brought by the D-Day museum to add to its collection.
Hampshire. 50°47′06″N 1°04′12″W / . 50.785°N 1.07°W. / 50.785; -1.07. Southsea is a seaside resort and a geographic area of Portsmouth, Portsea Island in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. Southsea is located 1.8 miles (2.8 km) to the south of Portsmouth's inner city-centre. Southsea began as a fashionable 19th ...
The least detailed nineteenth century map is from 1812 and is by Robert Wilkinson, at a scale of 1:1,625,000 (British Library shelfmark Maps 177.d.2.(15.)). The intermediate scale map is Smith's New Map of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: on which the Turnpike, and Principal Cross Roads, are carefully described.
Portsea Island forts. These forts are situated on Portsea Island, the low-lying island on which most of the city of Portsmouth is located. None of the forts were originally built as a result of the 1859 Royal Commission, but they did receive improvements because of it. Fort Cumberland. Eastney Batteries. Lumps Fort. Southsea Castle. Point Battery.