Southsea
| Southsea | |||
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 47 ′ N , 1 ° 4 ′ W | ||
| OS National Grid | SZ6499 | ||
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| Residents | 16,660 | ||
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| Post town | Southsea | ||
| ZIP code section | PO4, PO5 | ||
| prefix | 023 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | South East England | ||
| Shire county | Hampshire | ||
| British Parliament | Portsmouth South | ||
| Website: Portsmouth with Southsea | |||
Southsea is a district of Portsmouth with about 16,700 inhabitants in the county of Hampshire in the south of England on the English Channel . With its port and seaside resort, it is a glamorous place. Until 2010 Southsea was an independent civil parish , since then it has belonged to Portsmouth as a district.
location
Southsea is a few miles south of Portsmouth on the east side of the entrance to Portsmouth Harbor . The A288 road runs through the village and along the beach boulevard . From here ferries go over to the Isle of Wight or to Ryde . The station is on the Portsmouth Direct Line .
history
Before the 16th century there was a cluster of huts and farms there. The district takes its name from Southsea Castle , which was built in 1543/1544 at the instigation of Henry VIII based on Italian models. In the 19th century the seaside resort was still called Croxton Town , after the former landowner Thomas Croxton. Before and during the two world wars of the 20th century, the fortifications were reinforced (see Horse Sand Fort ). The seaside resort was popular at all times and could spread further. Today, part of the University of Portsmouth campus is also in the Southsea area.
Attractions
- St Jude's Church
- Kings Theater from 1907, listed (Grade II * listed)
- Royal Marines Museum, part of the former barracks casino from 1860
- Natural History Museum ("Cumberland House")
- The D-Day Story, D-Day museum with the Overlord Embroidery, an oversized textile that recreates D-Day analogous to the Bayeux Tapestry
- Southsea Common, an area of grassland used by the military, now a recreation and festival site (Victorious Festival)
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Kings Theater
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Personalities
- Richard Brydges Beechey (1808–1895), painter, died here
- William Brooke O'Shaughnessy (1809-1889), chemist and medic, died here
- Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1825–1914), biologist, died here
- Charles Shepherd Jr. (1829–1905), engineer, died here
- Basil Hall Chamberlain (1850–1935), Japanologist
- Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), writer (Sherlock Holmes) and physician who practiced in Southsea from 1882 to 1890
- Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), writer, lived here from 1871 to 1877
- Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield (1873-1967), Navy Admiral
- George Marston (1882–1940), painter and printmaker
- Edward Fegen (1891–1940), officer in the Royal Navy
- Kathleen Lockhart (1894–1978), actress
- Evelyn Barker (1894–1983), British Army General
- Lancelot Hogben (1895-1975), zoologist
- Frances A. Yates (1899–1981), historian
- Jimmy Allen (1909-1995), football player
- Bruce Campbell (1912-1993), ornithologist
- John Ferraby (1914–1973), Baha'i author and minister
- Michael Bent (1919-2004), chess player
- Peter Sellers (1925–1980), actor
- Peter Harris (1925-2003), football player
- Anthony Bryer (1937-2016), Byzantinist
- Paul Jones (born 1942), musician
- Fabian Malbon (* 1946), Vice Admiral in the Navy
- Michelle Magorian (born 1947), actress
- Jim Al-Khalili (* 1962), nuclear physicist, lives here
