What's It Like To Live There?

Living in Portsmouth

Portsmouth is an attractive, multi cultural city on the south coast of England, approximately 65 miles south west of London. The city enjoys an unrivalled status as one of Britain's major ports and is steeped in maritime history, offering a plethora of naval museums and other places of interest, such as H.M.S. Victory, The Mary Rose and H.M.S. Warrior.

Portsmouth provides all the conveniences of the modern city, yet it remains the perfect base from which to explore Hampshire. The nearby New Forest covers 145 square miles of open heath and woodland and can be reached in about 45 minutes. Both Winchester, the ancient capital of England and the historic town of Salisbury can be visited within a short journey time from Portsmouth.

Entertainment

The nightlife throughout the city is lively and diverse, catering to (almost!) all conceivable tastes. The Southsea area in particular provides an excellent programme of entertainment with a funfair, beaches and places of general interest to all the family, such as the Sealife Centre, D-Day Museum and Flower Gardens. Naturally, being a coastal city, there is also a comprehensive range of water sports available to the more active amongst you. Portsmouth itself boasts 2 main theatres, a multi screen cinema complex and more pubs, clubs and restaurants than you could shake a stick at.

Portsmouth Has Plenty Of Opportunities For Alfresco Dining

Communications

Communications are excellent. Portsmouth has awarded itself the title The Flagship City in respect of its status as one of our major ports, not only for naval vessels but for passenger and freight shipping too. The city also has excellent air, road and rail services:

• Direct rail services to London Waterloo in 75 minutes

• Direct rail links to Bristol, South Wales and the Midlands

• 60 minutes drive to either Gatwick or Heathrow airports

• M3, A3, A31, M5, A27 major road network serves the area

• Direct motorway access to the city on M275

• One of the UK's most active passenger and freight ferry port

• Roll-on, roll-off services to France, Spain and the Channel Islands

• Local ferry services to Gosport, the Isle of Wight and Hayling Island

Sports & Leisure

There is a huge range of sporting activities in Portsmouth and with a variety of leisure centres, health clubs, swimming pools and a Greyhound Stadium, you'll not be short of places to go! For the water babies amongst you, there is a great selection of outdoor pursuits to keep you occupied, which cater for all levels of ability.

HMS Victory

Education

Over 65% of pupils in Portsmouth go on to continued education and with so much choice its easy to see why.The area provides a wide spectrum of education at all levels, including 52 primary schools, 11 secondary schools, 2 6th form colleges and 5 adult education colleges. The city also boasts Portsmouth University; one of the UK's largest with over 14,500 students.

Employment

Nearly 100,000 people work in Portsmouth and industrial diversification has led to the creation of new employment in fields such as office equipment manufacture, printing and publishing, recreation and cultural services and hotel and catering.

Some of the major employers in Portsmouth include GEC Marconi, Hampshire County Council, De La Rue Systems, HM Naval Base, Johnson & Johnson, Vosper Thornycroft, IBM, Matra Marconi and many others including major financial, transport and retail companies.

Portsmouth

132-134 London Road
North End
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO2 9DE

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