Guidebook for Portsmouth

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Guidebook for Portsmouth

Food Scene

JUST FABULOUS COFFEE!
26 locals recommend
Southsea Coffee Co
63 Osborne Rd
26 locals recommend
JUST FABULOUS COFFEE!
A great place for breakfast or lunch in King Henry VIII's Castle. Free Museum, Great Sea views from the top of the sea fort. Champagne Bar in the summer months.
76 locals recommend
Southsea Castle
Clarence Esplanade
76 locals recommend
A great place for breakfast or lunch in King Henry VIII's Castle. Free Museum, Great Sea views from the top of the sea fort. Champagne Bar in the summer months.
Super Little Italian, rustic and casual relaxed vibe with top notch pizza. 2 for 1 on a Tuesday.
7 locals recommend
Circolo Pizzeria
78 Osborne Rd
7 locals recommend
Super Little Italian, rustic and casual relaxed vibe with top notch pizza. 2 for 1 on a Tuesday.
The Beer and the Burgers! Also a great breakfast.
18 locals recommend
Meat and Barrel
110-114 Palmerston Rd
18 locals recommend
The Beer and the Burgers! Also a great breakfast.
OMG CAKES!
30 locals recommend
The Tenth Hole
Eastern Parade
30 locals recommend
OMG CAKES!
Great, family owned Italian, locals flock here. Booking advisable. Look out for the lunch deals. Very close by on Palmerston Road. Lunch deals on weekdays.
13 locals recommend
Sopranos
108 Palmerston Rd
13 locals recommend
Great, family owned Italian, locals flock here. Booking advisable. Look out for the lunch deals. Very close by on Palmerston Road. Lunch deals on weekdays.
Great food and just on the common, very close for breakfast or lunch. In fact, that's our building right behind it in the picture to the right!
Southsea Tennis Club
Clarence Esplanade
Great food and just on the common, very close for breakfast or lunch. In fact, that's our building right behind it in the picture to the right!
Great Food on the seafront in this new restaurant from the owners of the A Bar.
27 locals recommend
The Briny
Clarence Esplanade
27 locals recommend
Great Food on the seafront in this new restaurant from the owners of the A Bar.
Great Fish and Chips!
Deep Blue (Clarence Esplanade)
Clarence Esplanade
Great Fish and Chips!
A Bar set up by locals, to cater for locals. Great Vegan and Vegetarian Options.
9 locals recommend
Croxton's Kitchen & Tap House
94-96 Palmerston Rd
9 locals recommend
A Bar set up by locals, to cater for locals. Great Vegan and Vegetarian Options.
Fantastic traditional fish and chips
The Cod Squad
39 Highland Rd
Fantastic traditional fish and chips
This is the second branch of a locally run business. Go for a very healthy and tasty salad bar, breakfast and coffees.
Positive Eats
This is the second branch of a locally run business. Go for a very healthy and tasty salad bar, breakfast and coffees.
Towards the Eastern end of Albert Road. Excellent independent coffee shop offering breakfast and lunch.
6 locals recommend
Hunter Gatherer Coffee
249 Albert Rd
6 locals recommend
Towards the Eastern end of Albert Road. Excellent independent coffee shop offering breakfast and lunch.

Drinks & Nightlife

Super pub, right on the water to watch ferries cruising in and out. Good Food, Good Beer.
32 locals recommend
The Still & West
Bath Square
32 locals recommend
Super pub, right on the water to watch ferries cruising in and out. Good Food, Good Beer.
It's a proper locals pub. Dreadful furniture, Falling apart, Beer not good. We all go anyway!
Apsley House
13 Auckland Rd W
It's a proper locals pub. Dreadful furniture, Falling apart, Beer not good. We all go anyway!
Recently pedestrianised to allow the bars and eateries to adopt "continental-style" outdoor seating.
9 locals recommend
Palmerston Road
Palmerston Road
9 locals recommend
Recently pedestrianised to allow the bars and eateries to adopt "continental-style" outdoor seating.
A huge place on South Parade pier, often hosting music nights.
Gaiety Bar
A huge place on South Parade pier, often hosting music nights.

Sightseeing

Vast and Fantastic Maritime Museum, including HMS Victory, HMS Warrior and The Mary Rose as well as eateries and boat building sheds. Your entry ticket is valid for one year, so go a few times.
345 locals recommend
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
345 locals recommend
Vast and Fantastic Maritime Museum, including HMS Victory, HMS Warrior and The Mary Rose as well as eateries and boat building sheds. Your entry ticket is valid for one year, so go a few times.
Recently refurbished and extended. History on our doorstep. Portsmouth is key to the D-Day Story. The landing craft arrived in August 2020.
46 locals recommend
The D-Day Story
Clarence Esplanade
46 locals recommend
Recently refurbished and extended. History on our doorstep. Portsmouth is key to the D-Day Story. The landing craft arrived in August 2020.
A small, pedestrianised street worth a stroll along for its independent art shops, vintage clothing, bric a brac, antiques, & record shop which also offers great pies, small bars & restaurants.
Castle Rd, Southsea, Portsmouth, Southsea PO5, UK
A small, pedestrianised street worth a stroll along for its independent art shops, vintage clothing, bric a brac, antiques, & record shop which also offers great pies, small bars & restaurants.

Parks & Nature

Creech Woods is about a 20 minute drive away into the Meon Valley. Free Parking and space to walk and for dogs to run. Miles Recommends this place!
This is the quieter end of the beach, and a bit wilder.
6 locals recommend
Eastney Beach
6 locals recommend
This is the quieter end of the beach, and a bit wilder.
Creech Wood
41 locals recommend
Queen Elizabeth Country Park
41 locals recommend
You literally walk right out onto Southsea Common - our huge, open green space bordering the seafront.
38 locals recommend
Southsea Common
29 Osborne Road
38 locals recommend
You literally walk right out onto Southsea Common - our huge, open green space bordering the seafront.
Nice place to walk your dog, a park on the shoreline of Langstone Harbour, looking towards Hayling Island. You might see a seal :)
Milton Common
Nice place to walk your dog, a park on the shoreline of Langstone Harbour, looking towards Hayling Island. You might see a seal :)
7 locals recommend
Eastney Landing station
7 locals recommend
Hayling Billy Trail, Hayling Island PO11, UK

Shopping

Designer Fashion Outlets - Shop till you drop, fill your new boots at the resturants, then go to the cinema!
389 locals recommend
Gunwharf Quays
389 locals recommend
Designer Fashion Outlets - Shop till you drop, fill your new boots at the resturants, then go to the cinema!
22 locals recommend
Waitrose
Broadmark Lane
22 locals recommend
Albert Road is home to many pubs, venues and independent shops, art galleries, antiques, places for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Albert Rd, Southsea, Portsmouth, Southsea, UK
Albert Road is home to many pubs, venues and independent shops, art galleries, antiques, places for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
15 locals recommend
Southsea's Pie and Vinyl
61 Castle Rd
15 locals recommend

Essentials

Nearest Supermarket.
26 locals recommend
Sainsbury's Local
23-23A Union St
26 locals recommend
Nearest Supermarket.

Art

Local Artist's studios in the regenerated Hotwalls, Old Portsmouth. There's also a great cafe in the old walls.
19 locals recommend
The Hotwalls Studios
Broad Street
19 locals recommend
Local Artist's studios in the regenerated Hotwalls, Old Portsmouth. There's also a great cafe in the old walls.