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Grab your buckets and spades, we’re going to the beach! Summer isn’t summer without a trip to the beach. And our south coast has plenty to offer. Whether you like to sunbathe, paddle or go for a full-on dip, here are some of our favourite local beach trips.
Read MoreEmirates Spinnaker Tower has been nominated for the Best UK Leisure Attraction in the prestigious 2019 British Travel Awards (BTAs).
Read MoreVisitors can sign up as ‘Shipwreck Explorers’ upon arrival at the museum and will be equipped with a map and clues. Explorers can uncover a treasure trove of Tudor artefacts from the seabed, get hands on, and discover how the shipwreck was found, excavated, and salvaged.
Read MorePortsmouth’s number one independent cinema brings a host of top cinema to the south coast for the month of May.
Read MoreGunwharf Quays and Love Southsea have announced the first ever Love Southsea Creatives Market at Gunwharf Quays. Launching in the Easter break on 16th April, the market will showcase the very best local talent, with traders showcasing everything from beautiful jewellery to clothing, artwork, photography, and crafts.
Read MoreFor over two years now a team from London production house Zanda Films have been allowed unprecedented access to Portsmouth Football Club, it’s players new and old, staff, and people behind the scenes who really knew what was happening during the recent downfall of the club.
Read MoreNow in its 20th year, Portsmouth Festivities continues to impress with a diverse range of events. From June 14-23, visitors and residents of the city are invited to a 10-day extravaganza — showcasing the best of Portsmouth and the world.
Read MoreThe exhibition was created and inspired during an artist residency project in the summer of 2018 as part of the Portsmouth Cathedral annual theme for 2018, TIME.
Read MoreJoin Portsmouth’s number one independently run cinema, No6 Cinema, this month for a host of top films not to be missed. Here’s our pick of the highlights for January 2019.
Read MoreAs always Portsmouth and Southsea looks set to play host to some amazing events in the coming year. With the ongoing success of Victorious Festival, Portsmouth Festivities, Beach Dubbin’, Portsmouth Comic Con, and many more smaller events around the city, 2018 will be hard to beat.
Read MoreLocal Portsmouth and Southsea creative Michael Rutter recently spent some time exploring Chernobyl and specifically the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. This is his story surrounding the trip and a collection of his stunning, thought provoking images captured during the trip.
Read MoreOn the weekend beginning November 3rd, people from all backgrounds and disciplines join together to learn something new, work together, and build something awesome at the South Coast’s biggest hackathon; Hack Pompey.
Read MoreDice Portsmouth has been several years in the making. The team behind the new venture almost gave up on several occasions as their search for a permanent home proved fruitless. But now, Portsmouth’s first ever board game lounge, is fully open to the public!
The intense heat may have receded, but we are still enjoying the more typical
warmth of the English summer – you may just need to grab a jumper before you go
out. Make the most of it by sitting outdoors, taking in the views and enjoying some of
the city’s great eating opportunities.
This end-of-May half term, Mary Rose Museum, in partnership with LEGO building company Bright Bricks, are giving LEGO brick enthusiasts the opportunity to recreate Holbein's portrait of Henry VIII in the form of a four-metre high LEGO brick mosaic.
Read MoreAfter a successful first event in 2017, the Portsmouth Seafood Festival will be returning to the city this summer.
Read MorePortsmouth-based street artist My Dog Sighs — known for his canmen, eye murals, and ‘everymen’ — has evolved one of his murals on Albert Road into an epicentre of goodwill.
Read MoreA film about a son’s experience of his father’s depression has won the student prize at the Cornwall Film Festival Short Film Competition. The film, Bulldoze, uses puppets to explore what it feels like to be leaving home and leaving behind a parent who is suffering with the illness.
Read MorePortsmouth International Port is hosting an exhibition of impressively-sized photography depicting the city’s most-loved landmarks and lesser-known hidden gems, captured by students from Highbury College.
Read MoreLeading UK family history website findmypast.co.uk has published online more than 1.3 million historical records in partnership with the Portsmouth History Centre.
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