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Website. portsmouth .gov .uk. Portsmouth ( / ˈpɔːrtsməθ / ⓘ PORTS-məth) is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Most of Portsmouth is located on Portsea Island, off the south coast of England in the Solent. This means Portsmouth is the only English city not located primarily on the mainland.
James Callaghan, British prime minister from 1976 to 1979, was born and raised in Portsmouth. [12] [13] Frederick Chatterton (1812–1886), English harpist [14] Mel Croucher founder of the UK videogames industry, born in Portsmouth 19 November 1948. Sir Barry Cunliffe CBE, one of Britain's leading archaeologists and Emeritus Professor of ...
The English port city of Portsmouth has a wide variety of places of worship representing many Christian denominations and other faith groups. There were 102 in the city: 77 churches, chapels, halls and meeting rooms for various Christian groups, three mosques, a synagogue and a gurdwara were in use, and a further 20 buildings no longer serve a religious function but survive in alternative uses.
St Mary's Church is the main Church of England parish church for the areas of Portsea and Fratton, both located in the city of Portsmouth, Hampshire. Standing on the oldest church site on Portsea Island, the present building, amongst the largest parish churches in the country, [1] has been described as the "finest Victorian building in ...
www .portsmouth .anglican .org. The Diocese of Portsmouth is an administrative division of the Church of England Province of Canterbury in England. The diocese covers south-east Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The see is based in the City of Portsmouth in Hampshire, where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of St Thomas of Canterbury .
Portsmouth South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Stephen Morgan of the Labour Party. Morgan is the first Labour MP to represent the seat. Morgan is the first Labour MP to represent the seat.
Portsmouth North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Amanda Martin of the Labour Party. Boundaries [ edit ] 1918–1950 : The County Borough of Portsmouth wards of Charles Dickens, Mile End, North End, and Portsea.
Location map. Magic Map. Portsmouth Harbour is a 1,264.2-hectare (3,124-acre)/12.6 km 2 (4.9 sq mi) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Portsmouth and Gosport in Hampshire. [1] [2] It is a Ramsar site [3] and a Special Protection Area. [4] Aerial view from the south-east. Portsmouth harbour with the Spinnaker Tower on the right.