Guided Walking Tour of Portsmouth
Description
Please note the tour does not enter the Historic Dockyard or go on board its ships. Old Portsmouth represents over 800 years of history, playing a central part in Britain's role in world events. The tour focuses on the stories of its people, their lives loves and losses, not dreary dates or boring buildings. Your guide has extensive knowledge and can focus on your specific area of interest, whether they be World War 2, industrial archeology, or Portsmouth's people, for example. It is suitable for all ages, with stories made relevant for children and teenagers. All content is age-appropriate. Fun facts make it memorable for children of all ages. The tour can be accessed by people in wheelchairs or mobility scooters. We are dog friendly.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Our starting point of this unique part of British naval history. Please norte: We do not enter the dockyard or visit any ships.
Spinnaker Tower a world-famous tower
The Round Tower is our defensive history. Admire the architecture
Admire one of our two amazing cathedrals.
See our entertainment and shopping centre
The entertainment centre over two centuries!
An ideal relaxing refreshment on the waterfront
Highlights
What's included
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(166)
Really enjoyed our tour of Old Portsmouth, very informative, even though we had a little walk around ourselves, there was so much that was pointed out to us that we had missed, tour runs for 90 minutes but you can leave early. Lots to see and learn about.
So pleased we booked this tour. Steve is an excellent guide. Very knowledgeable and informative. Audience aware and good company. The pictorial references were much appreciated too. Highly recommend - whether you’re local to Pompey or a visitor. Thank you!😊
I absolutely loved this tour. It was a delight from start to finish. Steve kept us enthralled with his knowledge about the history of Portsmouth, his interesting and entertaining stories, facts and anecdotes, and kept us laughing with his great sense of humour and jokes. I learned so much about the city I have lived in for 10 years and love. I am recommending this tour to everyone I know, and also to everyone I don't!
Fabulous walking tour by a knowledgeable and entertaining guide. Steve was able to tailor the tour to our interests and knowledge and kept us entertained for 90 minutes with the stories and characters of old Portsmouth. Can thoroughly recommend. Thanks for a super tour!
I had booked a French audio guide, but we received a translated booklet; we still managed to understand each other more or less! Our guide was great.
We were looking forward to our walking tour of Historic Portsmouth and weren’t disappointed. We had a lovely sunny day to enjoy the time we spent out sightseeing and the tour itself takes about an hour and a half covering roughly 2 miles. Steve was welcoming, engaging, amiable, funny and passionate. As an ex Navy member myself I thought I might know something of Pompey and that the day would serve as a reminder of what had been, past and more recent. How wrong I was. The interesting sights, facts, figures and wows were constant and at the end of the tour I felt that we had had a fantastic lesson in history. Fully recommended to anyone who has the slightest interest in history and all things Naval.
I thoroughly recommend this walking tour. Steve is very knowledgeable, engaging and entertaining, pointing out things that we would not have seen otherwise. His anecdotes kept us amused whilst we learnt some interesting facts about Portsmouth’s history. To know that we were also helping to support a very worthwhile charity was the icing on the cake.
Excellent stroll around historic Portsmouth. Very knowledgeable and interactive host. Thoroughly recommend
Steve made this walking tour both informational and fun! He is a font of knowledge and made the history of Portsmouth come alive for all of us. He keeps a great pace and has wonderful stories to tell about both the long past and recent past of Portsmouth. It is obvious how much he loves this place and it was one of the best city tours I have done in a long time!
Steve was an amazing guide around what is a fabulous city. He did a great job of involving participants and showing us the main points of historic Portsmouth. The walk is easy and accessible and on the day that we did it, we were part of a small, friendly, multinational group. The whole tour including brief stops took approximately 90 minutes. Although the tours are free, donations are requested towards Cancer Research UK; what's not to like? Happy to highly recommend this tour.
