"The museum is closed for the winter, so be sure to call in advance. The only exception is Dickens' birthday celebrations on February 7th!"
History Museum
· Portsmouth, United Kingdom
7.6"After you've enjoyed the museum, walk to the Dickens statue in Guildhall Square. Pictured: Dickens' great great great grandson Oliver, on the day of the statue's unveiling in February 2014."
History Museum
· Portsmouth, United Kingdom
7.6"Annually, Southsea Common is home to countless family events, including the Southsea Show (which was revived after a years-long hiatus in 2013) and a number of different international circuses."
Park
· Portsmouth, United Kingdom
9.0"In 1138, when Portsmouth was growing through imports/exports, French troops landed and heavily destroyed the town. Townspeople managed to fight them back against the land that is now Southsea Common."
Park
· Portsmouth, United Kingdom
9.0"In 1979, sailors on 16 ships in the Solent around Portsmouth immobilised themselves during a war with France as a strike against the Admiralty over low pay and bad conditions on board the ships."
Other Outdoors
· Portsmouth, United Kingdom
""To write the history of Portsmouth in the 18th century would involve writing the history of the British Navy" — Charptener's Guide to Portsmouth and Southsea, written in 1913."
History Museum
· Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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