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A major naval heritage site within an active Royal Navy base, featuring historic warships including HMS Victory and HMS Warrior. It also includes the National Museum of the Royal Navy and other museums, exhibitions and interactive attractions. Allow at least half a day to a full day depending on interest.
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, in Portsmouth, Hampshire, is an area of HM Naval Base Portsmouth which is open to the public; it contains several historic buildings and ships. It is managed by Royal Navy Museums as an umbrella organization representing five charities: the Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust, the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, the Mary Rose Trust, the Warrior Preservation Trust Ltd and the HMS Victory Preservation Company. Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Ltd was created to promote and manage the tourism element of the Royal Navy Dockyard, with the relevant trusts maintaining and interpreting their attractions. It also promotes other nearby navy-related tourist attractions.
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The Mary Rose Museum houses the remains of Henry VIII’s flagship, which sank in 1545 and was raised in 1982 after more than 400 years underwater. The museum is built around the preserved hull, displayed in a climate-controlled environment alongside thousands of Tudor artefacts recovered from the wreck. Advance booking is strongly recommended.
This striking and highly visible £21-million landmark tower rises some 170 m above the redeveloping harbour of Portsmouth, symbolising the wind filling a spinnaker sail. Visitors can use the tower to view from 3 levels: at 100 m, 105 m and 115 m. A high-speed internal lift takes you to the top.
The Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes exhibition "A Study in Sherlock" is temporarily closed.
Domus Dei (Hospital of Saint Nicholas and Saint John the Baptist)
A partly roofless English Heritage property. Only occasionally open to the public.