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Portsmouth is a city of about 189,000 people located in the county of Hampshire on the southern coast of England, United Kingdom. The administrative unit itself forms part of the wider Portsmouth conurbation, with an estimated population of 442,252 residents within its boundaries, making it the 11th largest urban area in England. A significant naval port for centuries, it is home to the world's oldest dry dock still in use and to many famous ships.

Portsmouth has declined as a military port in recent years but remains a major dockyard and base for the Royal Navy. There is a commercial port serving destinations on the continent for freight and passenger traffic.

The Portsmouth Urban Area covers an area with a population well over twice that of the city of Portsmouth itself, and includes Fareham, Portchester, Gosport, Havant (which includes the large suburb Leigh Park), Lee-on-the-Solent, Stubbington and Waterlooville.

LINKS and REFERENCE

• Portsmouth City Council

• University of Portsmouth

• Newcomers Guide To Portsmouth

• Portsmouth City Guide

• Gunwharf Quays Shopping Centre

• Portsmouth Records Office

• Portsmouth Virtual Tour

• City Growth Portsmouth

• Chat portal for Portsmouth students

• Portsmouth Directory

• Collecting Old Postcard images of Portsmouth

• City of Portsmouth Unit of the Maritime Volunteer Service

• List of blogs in Portsmouth and the surrounding areas

• Wiki directory of Portsmouth links

• Portsmouth From The Air Photos

• Portsmouth and Southsea in Old Postcards

Sport

• List of all Southern Rowing Clubs

• University of Portsmouth Rowing Club - UPRC

• Southsea Rowing Club

• Portsmouth Football Club

History

• Timeline

• http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stephen.pomeroy/local/local.htm

• http://www.portsdown.demon.co.uk/

• http://www.portsmouth.history.cwc.net/

• http://www.envf.port.ac.uk/geo/research/portsmouth/

• http://www.palmerstonforts.org.uk/

Media

• 107.4 The Quay - local radio station

• The News - local newspaper

• BBC Hampshire

• PURE:FM - local student-orientated radio station

• Portsmouth Hospital Radio The Queen Alexandra Hospital and St Mary's Hospitals internal hospital radio station, run by volunteers fort he patients.

Museums

• http://www.maryrose.org/

• http://www.flagship.org.uk/

• http://www.portsmouthnaturalhistory.co.uk/

• http://www.portsmouthcitymuseums.co.uk/

• http://www.southseacastle.co.uk/

• http://www.charlesdickensbirthplace.co.uk/

• http://www.ddaymuseum.co.uk/

Transport

• First Hampshire buses

• Stagecoach South

• SWT train services from Portsmouth

• Southern train services from Portsmouth

• First Great Western services from Portsmouth

• Wightlink Portsmouth - Isle of Wight ferry services

• Brittany Ferries to Caen, Cherbourg and St Malo from Portsmouth

• LD Lines ferry services to Le Havre

• P&O Ferries service to Bilbao

• Condor Ferries service to the Channel Islands

• Acciona Trasmediterranea service to Bilbao

• Multimap

Webcams

• Overlooking harbour

• View from Portsmouth college

• M275 Traffic Cam

Places of worship

• Portsmouth Churches

• Portsmouth Anglican Diocese (Church of England)

• Portsmouth Catholic Diocese

• Eastney Church

• King's Church

• St Jude's Church

• St Mary's Church

• St Simon's Church

• Victory Church

• Cosham Baptist Church

• Churches Together in Hampshire

HAMPSHIRE INDEX A - Z

BASINGSTOKE

BEAULIEU

EASTLEIGH

FAREHAM

FORDINGBRIDGE

HAMPSHIRE

HAVANT

NEW FOREST

PORTSMOUTH

SOUTHAMPTON

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