Portsmouth Guided Walk: A Journey Through 800 Years of British History

Embark on a guided walk through 800 years of British history in Old Portsmouth. Delve into the lives and stories of its people, with options to explore World War 2, industrial archaeology, and more. Suitable for all ages and accessible for wheelchairs and dogs.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • HMS Warrior 1860 - Our starting point of this unique part of British naval history.\n\nPlease note: We do not enter the dockyard or visit any ships.\n- Spinnaker Tower - Spinnaker Tower a world-famous tower\n- The Round Tower - The Round Tower is our defensive history. Admire the architecture\n- Portsmouth Cathedral - Admire one of our…
What's Included
  • Guidance from a knowledgeable guide
Additional Information

Please be advised that the tour does not include the Historic Dockyard or its onboard visits.
Old Portsmouth embodies over eight centuries of history, playing a pivotal role in Britain’s global involvement.
The tour emphasizes on the narratives of its inhabitants, their life, love, and losses, rather than mundane timelines or simplistic buildings.
The…

Location
The Hard Interchange
Next to Mudlarks Statue 30m outside the Historic Dockyard in front of Warrior 1860. 75m from The Hard bus interchange or 100m from Portsmouth Harbour Station & Gosport Ferry. Car park is in Wickham Street PO1 3EF. The Portsmouth Clean Air Zone doesn't apply to private cars, vans or motor cycles.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Ronniu2016
Nov 30, 2024
First class walking tour - Steve was already waiting when we arrived and greeted us warmly. He went on to give us a really fun, informative tour. Steve is highly enthusiastic, carries loads of information with him, but didn’t overload us with dates. Instead he offers a real insight into the social history of all aspects of Portsmouth life. We were brought up locally, and he was equally interested to hear our stories too. Excellent tour and we highly recommend him.
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C984hocatherineh
Nov 20, 2024
This Portsmouth tour is a must! - The Guide provided a wonderful tour, very informative and most interesting and kindly accommodated a route finishing at the Cathedral where I needed to be next. There are old photos and pictures shown to you as well which are great for helping you understand Portsmouth's past.
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Mariadrimoura
Oct 28, 2024
Great walk! - I very much enjoyed the tour with Steve. His stories and comments were informative and entertaining! As i told him, now the budgeting begins for me to return and visit the ships and the museum!
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Michael
Oct 27, 2024
Highly recommended tour. - We had a great entertaining and informative couple of hours with Steve walking around old Portsmouth. His local and general historical knowledge is vast and mixed with great presentational skills made an enjoyable experience. We will definitely book this again and highly recommend it for anyone considering it.
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Jasonrz3100yw
Sep 7, 2024
Small Town, Big History - Steve was an amazing guide! Even on a rainy day, he made the deep history of the area entertaining and very enjoyable. Highly recommended!
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James
Sep 2, 2024
Enjoyable walk with information given. - Steve was very informative and engaging, loved his humour also, the walk lasts about 1.5 hours. You get to see most of the sights you would want to with the addition of information you would otherwise not be aware of… Added benefit is Steve donates half his takings to cancer research, what a guy, thank you Steve.
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R7951lzdavids
Aug 30, 2024
Excellent tour - Excellent - very informative and entertaining - lots of stories & facts about Pompey's past - really glad we went on Steve's walk.
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Lynselli
Aug 29, 2024
Portsmouth is interesting! - This was a fascinating tour. Our guide (Steve) delivered a varied range of information about local points of interest. He responded well to the group and was very knowledgeable about his subject: Portsmouth. Amazing quality, given that the tour is technically free. Steve asks for voluntary donations and he donates much of the money to charity. We were very happy to contribute.
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Rogerandmel
Aug 12, 2024
A really interesting and amusing tour. - Even though we live fairly locally, we learnt a lot about Old Portsmouth. The tour gave us much information about the history and characters of Portsmouth which was mixed with some very amusing anecdotes. Steve is extremely knowledgeable and made the tour both interesting and amusing. We would highly recommend it for any visitors to Portsmouth.
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David_w
Sep 8, 2024
Good but almost didn't happen - The tour was good but Viator hadn't passed the booking on to the tour guide so he was about to go home !
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