Portsmouth, located on England’s south coast in Hampshire, is a vibrant port city with a rich maritime heritage and a strong naval identity. Known as the home of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth has played a crucial role in British history for centuries.
The city’s historic dockyard is its crown jewel, home to legendary warships such as HMS Victory, Admiral Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar, the Tudor warship Mary Rose, and HMS Warrior, the world’s first iron-hulled battleship.
With its natural harbour and strategic location, Portsmouth became a centre of naval power, military innovation, and international trade. Its historic streets, naval fortifications like Southsea Castle, and seafront promenades reflect this proud seafaring legacy.
Portsmouth blends history with modern city life. The Spinnaker Tower dominates the skyline and offers panoramic views of the Solent, Isle of Wight, and historic dockyard. The city’s waterfront features shops, restaurants, and cultural attractions at Gunwharf Quays, while Old Portsmouth retains its cobbled streets, historic pubs, and sea views.
Southsea provides a classic seaside atmosphere with gardens, a pier, and museums. With theatres, galleries, independent shops, and a thriving student population thanks to the University of Portsmouth, the city is lively and full of character.
Our Destinations:
00:00 Introduction 📌
00:38 Old Portsmouth 📌
02:55 Royal Garrison Church 📌
03:26 Historic Dockyards 📌
04:25 Gunwharf Quays & Spinnaker Tower 📌
05:08 Portsmouth Cathedral 📌
05:59 Graffiti & Artwork 📌
06:51 Albert Road & King’s Theatre 📌
07:38 Southsea Castle 📌
08:36 D-Day Museum 📌
09:59 LCT7074 📌
10:43 Isle of Wight Hovercraft 📌
11:34 Clarence Pier 📌
11:56 Canoe Lake 📌
12:13 Southsea Model Village 📌
12:32 Southsea Rose Garden 📌
12:53 Portsmouth National History Museum 📌
13:45 Portsmouth Museum & Art Gallery 📌
14:36 Portchester Castle & Fort Nelson 📌
15:19 Outro & Final Thoughts 📌
Portchester Castle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L16qICSw1YQ
Fort Nelson Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsmcXprPpYg
Fort Nelson Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jBTZFvrxU0
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38 Comments
Already visited (briefly) Portsmouth, still have to check out Clarence Pier
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Hi Alessa, and Brett, What's the outstanding highlights of your journey! Your contents expand not within history, but easy for viewers to make a plan to visit Portsmouth where I am not familiar with. Easy keywords to find places to research. I am very impressed by ship walking tour, especially the size of quilt of the history. History a lot more to tell bitter past. I hope all visitors take home with the thoughts how fortunate we are to learn those true heros existence.
Sorry that something is coming down after having cold mornings and nights. I was not active in the live chat but focus on your voice.
Thank you again for educating me. The road to 5KKK.
I have never come across a video showing the water, I really enjoyed this, nice change! Cheers! 🥂
Easiest one to comment on ever. The Best so far by a mile. Just shows show off your homes and WOW 10 out of 10
A beautiful video both for its scenes and its descriptions of the places. Very, very interesting, and Portsmouth is fantastic! Thank you very much for sharing.
A superb guide to anyone thinking of visiting Portsmouth. Well done guys.
Hi Alessa & Brett! A fascinating and enjoyable tour of this historic maritime city. The ruined church was so attractive. The special ticket sounds like a great deal. The cathedral was impressive. I loved the colourful murals. Great castle right by the sea. The D-Day Museum looked very cool. The embroidery was incredible. The pier and gardens looked fun to visit. There's so much to see and do. Brilliant video! xx
There is so much to see and do . Thanks for showing us around Portsmouth 👍
Such a fantastic overview of some amazing places to visit! 😊
Visited Portsmouth a few times for football and to see some of the history on other visits. Always enjoyed visiting and thanks for the video!
That was brilliant, so much more to Portsmouth than I remembered. 😊
I’ve never visited but it seems a great place. Lots of interesting places to visit, I bet the hovercraft boat trip is fun. Interesting museums. Great drone views. Hopefully I will be able to visit some time. 😊
Outstanding video I can see why you needed some extra time with it…you covered so much Alessa and Brett ! You need your own travel channel…amazing dear friends…Love you both!💝💖
This video really captures the essence of Portsmouth! It seems like the perfect mix of history, culture, and seaside charm. HMS Victory, cobbled streets, and Spinnaker Tower… Portsmouth has it all!
This type of video takes a lot of time to put together into a coherent story, flawlessly executed!
Thank you for the tour of Portsmouth. I do like the miniature village 😊
Missed opener but watching now 🙂 Visited one when i was in single digits, remember going on the ship.
Hello lovelies 🙋🏻♀️ this is fabulous really suits you Alessa your narration tone was different to your castle tone and very well suited to presenting your fabulous home town that is Portsmouth and all there is to do and boy there is a lot on offer! The artwork around the town is pretty impressive! This gets a hype from us as we thoroughly enjoyed it! Wasn’t aware our high streets were dying 😉😂 x
Porstmouth is a city where maritime history meets modern charm. I would like to visit there again and see the historic docks and vibrant waterfront view.
Thanks a lot for sharing. – seems like I missed quite a few things though I did go to the cathedral a few years ago.
I can’t praise this video enough guys, absolutely brilliant… some nice backstreet stuff there I didn’t see, but also lots I did film.
I appreciate the time, effort, and money spent on making this video. As a side note Clarence Pier is where I stayed whilst visiting Portsmouth, in the Premier Inn.
As always well done 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
It is many years since we have visited Portsmouth, so we are over due a visit here. We particularly want to do the Historic Dockyard again. Your video was a nice reminder of what a fab place it is to visit and it was fun learning some of the local dialect and nice to learn some of its history.
Yes indeed
Alessa beautiful capture
Very nice share
Wow wonderful 👍 big like my new friend ❤
Beautiful views of the place.. Thanks for sharing.. 👍🤗✌️🚶🚶🏼♀️🌅💯😘
Thanks for a great video of a great city. I was in the Royal Navy from 1977 to 1982 so got to know it quite well, especially the watering holes! It was nice to see the sign for Joanna's, many others spring to mind, the Mighty Fine, the City Arms and the Bistro in Southsea. Glorious memories of a misspent youth! What connection does Conan Doyle have to Portsmouth?
Wow! This video was packed with so many interesting places. We were in Portsmouth for the day at the beginning of summer, but we barely scratched the surface, so it was lovely to see all your hidden gems. Have a great weekend. 🙏✌️🫶❤️
Portsmouth looks like an amazing place to visit. Loved the displays in the museum. There are just so many places to visit here. Very much enjoyed watching. Best wishes, Matt & Bec 😊😊❤
The history of Portsmouth shows a long tradition of defense. It seems that the culture and even the everyday life here have been protected from other regions and countries. I could also see how carefully the various activities and facilities were designed and presented—it was easy to understand. Your channel clearly has a sense of order and consistency in every scene. Thank you for the great video.
We were not far – in Bournemouth (that Chuck foolishly pronounced beer-moth" in our video LOL)… still the south coast is epic!
The graffiti artworks looks incredible, I can't believe how big some of them are. The artists did an amazing job creating these. I love the footage of the swans, there are so many of them. There are so many exciting things to see, a little bit for everyone.
Coming here to strengthen your channel!! Watching another video and consolidating friendship!! Big hug!
this is brilliant, i have not visited the UK as much as I`d love to.Your video is a motivation on where to visit next time im in the UK.Thanks for sharing
Well we sure missed out there then – avoiding the city when travelling down to Worthing. I did know a bit about the city as the NZRN used to visit the port and the NZN had a friendly presence there for periods of time. What a lovely video Alessa. Love having been shown around by you and Brett. That wall art is amazing. Great intro to the city especially for those now keen to visit. You’ve showcased it very well. Have a great week to both of you. 😎🇳🇱🙋♀️🥝
What a wonderful informative video Alessa & Brett, I haven’t been to Portsmouth for a while.
You’ve excelled yourselves on this one. I love hearing about all the history too.
Well done both 😊💕
Looks like a wonderful place to visit with both history and modern life, in a background of a seafaring lifestyle.