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Mid Hants Railway, Hampshire

Mid Hants Railway, Hampshire

The Mid-Hants Railway is a preserved heritage steam railway, operating in Hampshire, between Alresford and Alton...

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Osborne House, Isle of Wight

Osborne House, Isle of Wight

It is often said, in spite of the fact Queen Victoria spent much of her time at Balmoral in the Scottish highlands, that Osborne.....

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Spitbank Fort, Hampshire

Spitbank Fort, Hampshire

A sea fort located in the Solent, near Portsmouth, and built in 1861...

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Newtown Old Town Hall,, Isle of Wight

Newtown Old Town Hall,, Isle of Wight

17th-century town hall with no town but a fascinating history...

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Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Hampshire

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Hampshire

One of the favourite attractions to visit in Southern England is Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard, home to some of the most famous.....

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HMS Victory, Hampshire

HMS Victory, Hampshire

This is the ship that could rightly claim to be the pride of Britain's Naval forces. She is Nelson's flagship, H.M.S. Victory,.....

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Yarmouth Castle, Isle of Wight

Yarmouth Castle, Isle of Wight

This was the last great castle built as part of Henry VIII's fortifications against invasion of Britain by the French. .....

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Portsmouth Cathedral, Hampshire

Portsmouth Cathedral, Hampshire

Portsmouth cathedral developed out of what was once the local parish church of St.Thomas of Canterbury. It became a cathedral in.....

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Quarr Abbey, Isle of Wight

Quarr Abbey, Isle of Wight

The ruins of Quarr Abbey can be found close to the entrance of Wooten Creek, a pretty waterway used by small fishing boats and.....

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Hurst Castle, Hampshire

Hurst Castle, Hampshire

The spit of shingle jutting out into the sea just a short distance from Milford-on-Sea was considered by Henry VIII to be the.....

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D-Day Museum, Hampshire

D-Day Museum, Hampshire

No where is the courage of Britain's fighting men and women more evocatively displayed than in the D-Day Museum at Southsea. .....

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Southsea Castle, Hampshire

Southsea Castle, Hampshire

This is one of the fortresses built around the English coast on the orders of King Henry VIII to protect the country against.....

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Carisbrooke Castle & Museum, Isle of Wight

Carisbrooke Castle & Museum, Isle of Wight

The castle is where the Roundheads kept King Charles I a prisoner from 1647 until shortly before his execution on 30 January.....

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Butser Ancient Farm, Hampshire

For anyone wishing to learn more about the everyday life of the Celts and the Romans, how they lived in their thatched.....

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