Gosport

Award winning museum of naval gunfire. Shuttle bus in summer from Gosport ferry or a 15-minute walk.

Collection includes the World War II-era HMS Alliance and HMS Holland 1, the Royal Navy's first submarine. There are also a couple of midget submarines and a large collection of smaller items.

A Palmerston Fort built between 1858 and 1862. The outside of the fort can readily be seen, but the inside is only open on five Saturdays. Fort Rowner is a similar fort nearby, but it is inside a naval base and is rarely open.

17th-century village on ancient woodland in Rowner (on the Gosport peninsula). Gosport Living History Society villagers dress in costume to talk about Charles I, the impending war between the King and Parliament, their village life and day-to-day existence as if it were the summer of 1642.