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The museum is dedicated to telling the incredible story of aviation in the Solent area. Exhibits include a Sandringham flying boat (which visitors can enter), a Spitfire, and Schneider Trophy racing seaplanes.
Solent Sky is an aviation museum in Southampton, England.
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The Bargate has been refurbished and given a new lease of life as a contemporary art gallery and home to the arts organisation A Space.
"The Saints" play soccer in the Championship, the second tier. Their stadium (capacity 32,380) is one mile east of city centre. Many clubs have been penalised for financial irregularities but in 2026 The Saints remarkably were sanctioned for spying. They won a promotion play-off but their pre-match research crossed the line between legitimate scouting and fiendish spying, so their opponents were awarded the victory. Saints were also deducted 4 points for the following season and can count themselves lucky it wasn't 007 points.
One of the earliest surviving merchant's houses in England. It has been restored to its mid-14th-century appearance and replica furnishings provide an insight into medieval life.
Built in 1495 for Sir John Dawtry, the Controller of Customs in Southampton.
A medieval gatehouse, built about 1180 and extended in 1320, now sits slap bang in the middle of the shopping centre. The top floor is now a Heritage Visitor Centre. The Bargate is also the beginning of the original Old Town Walk (pdf); see Do below.
A multplex cinema in the new Westquay South complex.