Portsea Island
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Portsea Island is a flat and low-lying natural island 24.5 square kilometres in area, just off the southern coast of Hampshire in England. Portsea Island contains the majority of the city of Portsmouth.
Portsea Island from the west (north to the left), from the air (beneath neighbouring Hayling Island)
Portsea Island (left), separated from the mainland (right) by the narrow, tidal Portsea Creek
The Common-Hard, Portsmouth, 1834. The Victory in harbour
View of Portsmouth and Portsea Island from Portsdown Hill, UK
Portsmouth
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Portsmouth is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Most of Portsmouth is located on Portsea Island, off the south coast of England in the Solent. This means Portsmouth is the only English city not located primarily on the mainland. Located 74 miles (119 km) south-west of London, 50 miles (80 km) west of Brighton and Hove, and 22 miles (35 km) south-east of Southampton; Portsmouth is part of the South Hampshire conurbation. It is the most densely populated city in the United Kingdom, with a population last recorded at 208,100.
The Round Tower was built in 1418 to defend the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour.
View of Old Portsmouth from the Spinnaker Tower
HMS Warrior (launched in 1860) has been restored to its original Victorian condition.
George VI inspecting the crew of the HNoMS Draug in Portsmouth during the Second World War