Southsea

Also known as Southsea, Portsmouth, Southsea, Hampshire, Southsea, England

Southsea is a seaside resort and a geographic area of Portsmouth, Portsea Island in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. Southsea is located 1.8 miles (2.8 km) to the south of Portsmouth's inner city-centre.

Key facts

UK place.static_image_name: South Parade pier, Southsea - geograph.org.uk - 8163.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: South Parade Pier
UK place.country: England
UK place.official_name: Southsea
UK place.unitary_england: Portsmouth
UK place.lieutenancy_england: Hampshire
UK place.region: South East England
UK place.constituency_westminster: Portsmouth South
UK place.population: 18,514
UK place.population_ref: (2001) 16,660 (2011 Census. Central Southsea Ward)
UK place.post_town: SOUTHSEA
UK place.postcode_district: PO4, PO5
UK place.postcode_area: PO
UK place.dial_code: 023
UK place.os_grid_reference: SZ6499

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Official website

Welcome to Portsmouth

Portsmouth is the Great Waterfront City; packed with world-class attractions, fantastic things to do and a year-round programme of events. Escape to the UK's only island city...

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: civil parish
Country: United Kingdom
Located in: City of Portsmouth
Population: 18514
Elevation: 6
Time zone: UTC±00:00
Official website: www.visitportsmouth.co.uk
Image: Southsea Beach and South Parade Pier.jpg
Dialing code: 023

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Commons category: Southsea
OS grid reference: SZ6499
category of associated people: Category:People from Southsea
located in/on physical feature: Portsea Island
P8168: Bridgit Mendler
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition

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Encyclopedic overview

21 sections

Contents

History
20th century
Recent history
Southsea Common
Trees
Tourist attractions
Seafront
Historical features
Canoe Lake
Performing arts
Museums
Albert Road
Map mural
Climate
Southsea Town Council
Transport links
Education
People
Sport
References
External links

Southsea began as a fashionable 19th-century Victorian seaside resort named Croxton Town, after a Mr Croxton who owned the land. As the resort grew, it adopted the name of nearby Southsea Castle, a seafront fort constructed in 1544 to help defend the Solent and approaches to Portsmouth Harbour.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Southsea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.