Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Museums & Science Centres · Portsmouth, Hampshire
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Closed — opens tomorrow at 10am
🏠 Indoor & outdoor0–11–33–55–88–1212–16EducationalAdventure playBirthday parties☔ Rainy-day friendlyMemberships available
What’s there
- Café on site
- Paid parking
- Baby changing
- Picnic area
- Birthday parties
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is a working naval heritage site where you can walk aboard three major warships. The Mary Rose Museum houses the remains of Henry VIII's flagship, raised from the Solent over 400 years after she sank, with exhibits on Tudor life. HMS Victory, Nelson's flagship from the Battle of Trafalgar, is undergoing conservation work. HMS Warrior, a Victorian-era steam ship still afloat, lets you explore the top deck and engine rooms below. The site also includes Royal Navy Museums covering submarines and the history of naval explosives, plus interactive galleries and a harbour tour. It's open all year round.
Closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day. Gosport attractions (Explosion, Submarines) open Wednesday to Sunday (daily in Hampshire school holidays). Summer (Apr-Oct) extended hours. Winter (Nov-Mar) reduced hours: last entry 4pm, site closes 5pm.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Pram rain cover
- Folding stool
- Nappies
- Spare socksThe single most reliably useful thing on this list.
- Colouring book and pencils
- Backseat organiser
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