Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

Portsmouth, the home of Charles dickens and the biggest port for bananas in GReat Britain, carries much maritime history. It is home to large warships that were used to carry warplanes and ammunition.
At the Portsmouth didn’t Add, there is a visitor centre where you can buy tickets for each attraction. Attractions include:
— HMS Victory — £18
— HMS Warrior — £18
— Harbour cruise — free
And other stuff. You can also get an all attractions ticket for £32.
Make sure you get there early otherwise you miss out on some tours. We had really wanted a tour of the
HMS Victory but by 3.30pm the last tour had already left. It was used in battle against France and Spain in the battle of Trafalgar.
We then bought a ticket for HMS Warrior but the tour guide didn’t give us an audio guide for it.
We went for a 30 minutes harbour cruise prior to visiting the HMS Warrior.
The tour guide is very knowledgeable and points out all the warships docked on the dockyard and their use and their speed etc.
The harbour cruise also takes you past the emirates funded tower called the spinnaker. Apparently you can pay a bit to go all the way to the top for food views.
The walk inside the HMS Warrior was fantastic. I felt like I was in the titanic. It has 3 to four levels and you can go all the way to the bottom. You can see rooms where the sailors slept, where they kept their clothes, where they dined, the kitchen, and the ammo room (pretty breathtaking).
I highly recommend a visit though I think you need an entire day for it and money for value would be the all attractions ticket.
Parking is nearby for £2 up to 2 hours.

Die glorreichen Zeiten der britischen Seefahrt hier werden sie wieder lebendig! Zu besichtigen gibt es das Schiff von Lord Nelson, was allein schon sehr eindrucksvoll ist. Man bekommt sehr gut vor Augen geführt, unter welchen Bedingungen die Besatzung in See gestochen ist. Aber auch wenn man bislang mit Schifffahrt nichts am Hut hatte, so ist allein das Schiff schon interessant genug, von der Historie mal ganz abgesehen. Neben der Victory gibt es auch noch die HMS Warrior, sowohl Dampf– als auch Segelschiff. Das ist nicht minder eindrucksvoll und es braucht schon einige Zeit, bis man alles besichtigt hat. Einen Zeitsprung zurück kann man machen, wenn man sich das Wrack der Mary Rose anschaut. Das wird seit Jahren in mühevoller Arbeit konserviert und restauriert und ist deshalb nicht zugänglich, aber die historischen Umstände sind hochinteressant und lassen erahnen, welche Rolle dieses Schiff einst spielte. Noch mehr Informationen gibt es im Schifffahrtsmuseum, was den Besuch des Dockyards sehr gut abrundet. Günstig ist das alles nicht, aber man kann am Eingang zwischen verschiedenen Kombitickets wählen und sich seine Besichtigungstour damit selbst zusammenstellen. Aber alles, was geboten wird, ist den Eintrittspreis allemal wert! Rule Britannia! :-)

An excellent day out, the dockyard has many different displays (some ship-​based, some not) with lots of interesting stuff for all ages. All-​in tickets may seem quite expensive, but when you factor in everything there is to see they are not too bad, and they are valid for a year. This is a good thing too, as there is much more to see than can be squeezed into one day. I believe that you can currently use vouchers from a well-​known supermarket loyalty scheme to obtain discount tickets as well, which may give considerable savings if you can plan ahead.
HMS Victory and Warrior are a must, it’s great to be able to walk around and see how ships were run (and fought) from two eras. The Mary Rose itself is currently not open, whilst a fantastic-​looking new pavilion is built around the remains of the hull due to open in early 2013. There is still an exhibition though, with lots of information and interactive things to keep anyone with even a passing interest in history happy. The boat trip around the harbour is also very informative, with the commentary covering details of just about every ship old and new moored within sight at the time.
There are various catering options, including a cavernous restaurant (we visited in November, I assume it gets extremely busy in the summer), a tea-​room and a coffee bar. Plenty of space for a picnic too, although being a dockyard don’t expect grass to sit on!
Car parking is not on-​site, and the official car park nearby is quite expensive. Cheaper options not much further away may be available, worth checking.
All in all a very enjoyable day out, and we’ll be going back when the Mary Rose reopens next year.

What a fantastic day out.
— HMS Victory guided tours
— HMS warrior free run around the ship
— Harbour boat tours
— Action stations activities for kids
— Mary Rose access currently closed for the building work on the new museum opening in May 2013.
Make sure you look around the Naval museum and definitely go into the 15 minute visual experience with a short film and then models with sounds and sights to recreate the Battle of Trafalgar finishing off with a fantastic close up of Wyllie painting of the Battle.
Worth buying your ticket online and printing it out before you go as you save money that way.
The tea room next to the antique centre does fantastic food and great variety and you even get a choice of tea leaves of a tea bag.

Eines meiner ganz eindrucksvollen Kindheitserinnerungen. Ich weiss noch bis heute, wie wir etwa zwei Stunden anstehen mussten und wie es sich doch gelohnt hat. Die Decks sind nur etwa 1,60 hoch mein Vater hatte entsprechend Probleme. Ein sehr eindrucksvolles Stück Geschichte, sihc die Victory, das berühmte Schlachtschiff Lord Nelsons anzusehen. Ein Muß für jeden Besuch von Portsmouth.

Este está el corazón histórico de Portsmouth, bien digno una visita

What a great way to entertain the kids at half term! Tickets to all the attractions in the Dockyards are not on the cheaper side, but you have so much to look around it it worth spending a day or two taking it all in.
You get to see the Mary Rose, HMS Warrior, and HMS Victory. They have guides around to tell you and the little ones about the history (kids + history = bonus!) and they all seem well informed and are all very friendly.
The Navy Museum is an experience in itself, i learned a fair bit about the goings on of Navy life and it was a great day out.
Like another reviwer, i’d advise going in the morning to make the most of everything, as it can take a while to walk around. There are also some great little shops to wander in, and you can pick up some fab souveniers whilst you are there.

This is an amazing walk back in time!
Everyone should try to visit if in Portsmouth. HMS Warrier was very impressive and the Victory is uncanny It is hard to believe that Nelson actually walked those decks along with hundreds of others over the years. Just remember to keep your head down as there is not much head room! I didn’t really know a lot about this period in history but after my visit I was fully educated.
An educational and fun filled day was spent going round the historic dockyard. Well worth a visit. There is also some souvenir shops to spend your pennies in!

If you buy a ticket for all the attractions it allows a year’s visit to the warrior, naval museum, action stations (interactive education centre) and dock yard apprentice. Everything else is single visit but brilliant. When I first went it was at 4.30 which meant only enough time for one of the attractions (the warrior was decided upon) since then every time I go shopping in Gunwharf Quay I have popped back across and done something else. The one ticket will have given 5 nice days out (still got to do the docks apprentice) although you can do it in one if you arrive in the morning.
The boat trip shows you all the naval ships and gives you information about them and the history of the opposite side of the river. Action stations contains lots of brilliant activities to get all ages thinking about maritime science as well as a climbing wall and 3 kick. The ships have been preserved brilliantly and show history in a format that everyone can appreciate.

great value day out

A brilliant tourist attraction for the whole family.
Lots to do so you need to allow at least half a day, preferably a whole day to visit this attraction.
It is quite expensive and if you live locally it makes financial sense to buy a Season Ticket which allows tyou access for a year at no further charge.
HMS vicory is amazing, as is the Mary Rose. Well woth a visit.

The Portsmouth historic dockyard is a very historical place with boats such as the Mary Rose, etc, you get to see a lot of the different styles boats that were used in the past. The naval musuem is a great place to learn more about the historical past and the children can get to learn a lot of different facts about the dockyard as well as the boats.

The historic dockyard in portsmouth shouldn’t be missed. The tickets aren’t cheap to go aboard all of the ships on offer, but you are able to enter the dockyard and look around the Dockyard Apprentice exhibition at no charge. HMS Victory and HMS Warrior can also be seen, although without a ticket you are not able to go on board.
It is well worth purchasing a ticket to see the vessels up close though — HMS Victory (Nelsons famous ship), HMS Warrior, and the Mary Rose. Visits to these ships and the Royal Naval Museum, will certainly ensure you get your moneys worth.
All in all, a really informative, interesting attraction which I seriously didn’t think I would enjoy.

Superbe visite à effectuer si vous êtes dans les environs, petit retour dans le passé, avec un goût d’aventures.

The Historic Dockyard is an amazing place, and although the tickets aren’t cheap they’re valid for a year, meaning you don’t have to rush to do everything in a day. That’s just as well, because there are half a dozen separate attractions included. Most will appeal to all ages and all levels of interest in maritime history.
The oldest of the three ships you’ll visit is the Mary Rose, Henry VIII’s flagship which famously sank in view of the town — and the king. (It wasn’t on its maiden voyage, as is sometimes claimed, but had just been refitted). I can remember watching the raising of the ship in 1982 — one of the few times we got to watch TV at school! — so it’s both fascinating to see the ship itself, and astonishing to realise that the conservation project is still ongoing. As well as the learning about the ship and life on board her, with artefacts on show in the accompanying museum, there’s an opportunity to find out about the conservation techniques and challenges.
Your ticket includes a timed tour of the HMS Victory, Nelson’s ship at the battle of Trafalgar and in many ways the highlight of the Dockyard. Nelson of course died on the quarterdeck in 1805, so you really have a sense of being in a place where history was made. However, it’s not all about the admiral: there’s plenty to discover about life for ordinary sailors on board ship too.
Step forward to 1860 by walking around HMS Warrior, the biggest, fastest, most heavily armed ship of her day — so much so that she never engaged in battle! (I wouldn’t particularly recommend the audio guide though, when we used it a few years ago it was rather lengthy). This is a very different ship to the Victory, with steam engines as well as sails, and gives an insight about the changes in sailors’ lives over half a century or so.
There isn’t a modern battleship to walk around, but you can see and find out about them on the ‘harbour tour’ boat trip. Portsmouth is still an active naval base, so you’ll see a variety of ships (they vary according to which happen to be in harbour on the day of your visit). The commentary is great, ensuring that you actually understand what you’re seeing!
If you’ve had enough of looking at ships, try out the skills used on shore by becoming a Dockyard Apprentice. You find out about the various trades practised in the dockyard in the early twentieth century, and although it’s perhaps mainly aimed at youngsters, I enjoyed getting my apprentice’s certificate here! Action Stations offers activities based on contemporary naval skills — unfortunately I ran out of time before getting to visit.
Finally, there’s the Royal Naval Museum, which brings all these themes together and even offers a Battle of Trafalgar Experience. In addition, there are (very good) shops and (average) cafes to keep you going through the day (s) here.

spend the whole day day!!! great for kids!!!

Nice Place To Visit. x

Very good way of spending an afternoon is down at the Historic Docklands in Portsmouth. We first went on the HMS Warrior, which is a massive ship — half steam, half sail, built in 1860, no wonder Britain ruled the world then.
Next up was the HMS Victory, not so big but more significant in history and Lord Nelson died on it.
The Mary Rose was one of Henry VIII boats and half of it is being preserved with waxy sloution. You can see this through big glass windows just near the HMS Victory.
The navy museum is small but worth a little look, and there are cafes and souvenir shops as well.
Warning — crawling around the boast is not so cool for those over 6 foot tall! The guy I was with banged his head a few times! First date too, no wonder it didn’t work out. lol

Soyons bons joueurs, les Anglais ont un sens excellent de la mise en valeur de leur patrimoine historique et militaire. A Porthsmouth, le musée naval en est un des meilleurs exemples.
Parfaitement entretenu, c’est ici en effet que l’on remonte le temps de l’histoire navale britannique à la rencontre de quelques uns des vaisseaux les plus célèbres du pays de la Rose.
Le HMS Victory, pour né parler que de lui, se visite avec attention lorsque l’on se rappelle que c’est à bord de ce vaisseau lourdement armé que l’amiral Nelson dirigea la bataille de Trafalgar. Biensûr, un boulet français mis fin prématurément à la carrière de cet amiral hors pair, mais il suffit de se rappeler tous les impacts de cette fameuse bataille des deux côtés de la Manche pour comprendre tout l’intérêt d’une telle visite.
Le dockyard recèle de bien d’autres surprises, et il n’est pas trop court de prendre une demi-​journée, voir une journée complète pour découvrir ses moindres recoins. Les marins de sa gracieuse majestée sont très cordiaux et n’hésitent pas à répondre à nos interrogation, achevant de montrer leur savoir faire en terme de mise en valeur d’un patrimoine indéniable.

Wer in Southhampton die QM verpasst hat, dem sei ein Ausflug nach Portsmouth ans Herz gelegt. Ich habe gar nicht viel für Kriegsromantik à la Lord Nelson übrig. Dennoch hat sich der Ausflug zu den Docklands unbedingt gelohnt.
Im wesentlichen gibt es drei Schiffe zu besichtigen. Da ist zunächst einmal die berühmte Victory, auf der Lord Nelson in besagter Schlacht von Trafalgar gestorben ist. Das Boot ist noch perfekt erhalten. Es gibt instrukive Führungen, die eben nicht nur diese Schlacht in den Vordergrund stellen, sondern auch das Leben der Matrosen an Bord super veranschaulichen. Gerade diese Darstellung macht die Sache echt spannend. Die räumliche Enge, die miserablen hygienischen Umstände, die ständige Gefahr von Explosionen der Munition etc.
Dann geht es weiter zur HMS Warrior. Das Schiff ist erheblich jünger. Es liegt noch im Wasser und steht noch im Dienst. Angeblich kann es innerhalb weniger Stunden auslaufen. Auch hier kann man jede Ecke des Schiffs (diesmal auf eigene Faust) erkunden. Das Herz kleiner Jungen wird unbedingt höher schlagen.
Schließlich ist da noch das Wrack der Mary Rose. Es wurde vor ein paar Jahren gefunden und in eine Halle verfrachtet, wo es ununterbrochen mit Konservierungsmittel besprüht wird.
Zum guten Schluß: Wer mit dem Auto anreist, der sollte nicht auf der strasse parken. Uns wurde am hellichten Tag die Scheibe eingeschlagen und das Navi gestohlen. Zwar ergab sich so ein sehr netter Kontakt zur freundlichen englischen Polizei, aber wer darauf verzichten kann, sollte einen der bewachten Parkplätze aufsuchen.