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An Ultimate Explorer ticket to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard gets you into all the attractions, including HMS Warrior, HMS Victory, the Mary Rose Museum and more


Portsmouth: perfect for families


With miles of coastline to enjoy and centuries of history to explore, Portsmouth really is the ideal location for a short break or a day trip with the family. Tere are attractions for all ages, a host of open space for outdoor fun and a packed programme of year-round events


Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is an ideal starting point, with 500 years of naval heritage open to explore. No need to view attrac- tions from afar here — visitors to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard can actually go on board world- famous ships such as HMS Victory and HMS Warrior to stand on the very spot where history was made. Or how about the world-renowned


Mary Rose Museum? Henry VIII’s beloved flagship was


raised from


the seabed in the largest marine salvage operation ever undertaken. Te hull now stands in its own purpose-built museum, alongside the world’s largest collection of Tudor memorabilia — also recovered from the wreck site. Te ship is visible through floor-to-ceiling windows and there’s even an air lock to go through, allowing visi- tors to be in the same space as the ship. Not just a fun-filled day out, the


Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is also great for STEM learning, with Victory Live: Te Big Repair


putting visitors at the heart of the enormous, multi-million-pound conservation project that’ll keep the pride of Nelson’s fleet shipshape for generations to come. Just


a short walk from the


dockyard is a more modern icon of Portsmouth, the Spinnaker Tower. Standing at 170 metres tall, the tower has three viewing decks offering stunning 23-mile views of city, coast and country. See the Portsmouth city- scape, South Downs, Isle of Wight and Te Solent, or discover more about the city’s rich heritage through an audio stories tour. Te tower hosts regular events


side and enjoy unrivalled views of Portsmouth Harbour. Spinnaker Tower is located within


Head to the


Visit Portsmouth website to get


Gunwharf Quays, the waterfront outlet centre with more than 90 big-name brands (as well as a host of restaurants, a multiplex cinema, bowling alley, art gallery and more). Located on Southsea


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Seafront is Te D-Day Story, the UK’s only museum dedi- cated entirely to the Normandy Campaign of 1944. Fascinating objects from the time are displayed alongside personal testimo-


nies from those involved in D-Day, to really put visitors in their shoes. Just outside the museum — and


during the school holidays, as well as a comedy club and very high tea at Te Clouds, its café 105 metres above sea level. Te brave can even try out the glass floor or, for a white-knuckle experience, abseil 100 metres down the tower’s


included in entry — is the unmiss- able LCT 7074, the last preserved Tank Landing Craft from D-Day. Painstakingly restored (after it sank in Birkenhead dock, where it spent some of its post-war career as a floating nightclub), the LCT offers visitors the chance to see how tanks and crew were transported across the channel. With all


this, plus many more


attractions and a packed calendar of year-round events — including the incredible Victorious Festival, with top bands, comedians and family entertainment — Ports- mouth really is the perfect family- getaway destination.


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