Spyderman
Well-known
Dear frineds,
I'm going there for about a week to visit a friend in Portsmouth in south England, and will probably have a car avilable.
I plan to visit:
- historic battleships and fotress' in Portsmouth,
- historic towns Winchester and Salisbury
- Tangmere military aviation museum
- cliffs and coutryside around Swanage and Wool
please, can you recommend me some more sites worth seeing ?
castles, parks, natural reserves, anything ?
I'm going there for about a week to visit a friend in Portsmouth in south England, and will probably have a car avilable.
I plan to visit:
- historic battleships and fotress' in Portsmouth,
- historic towns Winchester and Salisbury
- Tangmere military aviation museum
- cliffs and coutryside around Swanage and Wool
please, can you recommend me some more sites worth seeing ?
castles, parks, natural reserves, anything ?
Mark Wood
Well-known
Corfe Castle - you can get there with a short trip on the steam railway from Swanage.
kully
Happy Snapper
Winchester and Salisbury are not far, especially if you have a car. Southampton is somewhere to walk around.
EDIT: Just saw you already have Winchester and Salisbury down.
If you are passing through Basingstoke, let me know and I'll buy you a beer
EDIT: Just saw you already have Winchester and Salisbury down.
If you are passing through Basingstoke, let me know and I'll buy you a beer
greyelm
Malcolm
Submarine Museum Gosport
http://www.submarine-museum.co.uk/
Isle of Wight
http://www.iwight.com/just_visiting/
New Forest
http://www.thenewforest.co.uk/
National Motor Museum
http://www.beaulieu.co.uk/
http://www.submarine-museum.co.uk/
Isle of Wight
http://www.iwight.com/just_visiting/
New Forest
http://www.thenewforest.co.uk/
National Motor Museum
http://www.beaulieu.co.uk/
tlitody
Well-known
There are endless possibilities but your itinerary looks fairly full already.
Swanage and Corfe Castle are quite close. Wareham at back end of poole harbour is quite nice too en route (maybe).
Beualieu national motor museum if you are into old cars.
North of salisbury is stonehenge and north of stone henge is avebury.
Salisbury is very nice. Also Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour.
Swanage and Corfe Castle are quite close. Wareham at back end of poole harbour is quite nice too en route (maybe).
Beualieu national motor museum if you are into old cars.
North of salisbury is stonehenge and north of stone henge is avebury.
Salisbury is very nice. Also Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour.
Dralowid
Michael
Stonehenge
HMS Victory (Portsmouth) is being rebuilt, I doubt it would be too good right now but the rest of the harbour is fascinating
Horse racing at Goodwood...great spectacle on top of the downs
Bosham and Dell Quay on Chichester Harbour
Winchester and Chichester catherdrals...contrasts in style
I could go on....get googling!
HMS Victory (Portsmouth) is being rebuilt, I doubt it would be too good right now but the rest of the harbour is fascinating
Horse racing at Goodwood...great spectacle on top of the downs
Bosham and Dell Quay on Chichester Harbour
Winchester and Chichester catherdrals...contrasts in style
I could go on....get googling!
rayfoxlee
Raymondo
Westwards: Beaulieu Motor Museum and house - also museum dedicated to the training of special agents in WW2. Also Bucklers Hard nearby is an interesting place with old cottage/museums. Eastwards: Chichester (cathedral and nice town).
Good luck - and good weather too!
Good luck - and good weather too!
greyelm
Malcolm
Schlapp
Well-known
Mountbatten Centre - there's cycle racing there most weeks on the old outdoor velodrome
David Hughes
David Hughes
About 45 miles east is Brighton and the Royal Pavilion. That's so totally over the top that it's worth the drive.
Regards, David
Regards, David
Spyderman
Well-known
Thank you all for the tips.
I've already returned from the trip, and in case someone else might be looking for tips for places in southern england, here is the itinerary of the trip:
- Dover castle, Bodiam castle, Arundel village, 7 sisters - all on our way from Dover to Portsmouth
- Salisbury - the cathedral is really beautiful
- Corfe castle (instead of Swanage) - I captured some nice views from the opposite hill
- Portsmouth historic dockyard - just stunning
- Canterbury on the way back to Dover
Unfortunately I had to end the trip early and couldn't see Winchester, Southampton, Isle of Wight (which I was most looking forward to) and the aviation museum
I would not recommend Hurst castle. Just an old coastal fortress, nothing like a "castle"
When I go through the photos, I'll post a link here in case anyone is interested.
PS for the gearheads: I took with me my tiny LX5 and OM-4 with 24-35-50-100-(200). The film camera used mostly only for architecture and things that I would like to enlarge optically and hang on a wall. Thus I shot only 2 rolls of APX100 and 1 of TriX.
I've already returned from the trip, and in case someone else might be looking for tips for places in southern england, here is the itinerary of the trip:
- Dover castle, Bodiam castle, Arundel village, 7 sisters - all on our way from Dover to Portsmouth
- Salisbury - the cathedral is really beautiful
- Corfe castle (instead of Swanage) - I captured some nice views from the opposite hill
- Portsmouth historic dockyard - just stunning
- Canterbury on the way back to Dover
Unfortunately I had to end the trip early and couldn't see Winchester, Southampton, Isle of Wight (which I was most looking forward to) and the aviation museum
I would not recommend Hurst castle. Just an old coastal fortress, nothing like a "castle"
When I go through the photos, I'll post a link here in case anyone is interested.
PS for the gearheads: I took with me my tiny LX5 and OM-4 with 24-35-50-100-(200). The film camera used mostly only for architecture and things that I would like to enlarge optically and hang on a wall. Thus I shot only 2 rolls of APX100 and 1 of TriX.
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