Home > Tourist Attractions  > United Kingdom  > England   Select from the following attraction(s).   Albert Dock Alton Towers Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament Blackpool Pleasure Beach British Airways London Eye British Museum Buckingham Palace Cambridge University Camden Market Canterbury Cathedral Chessington World of Adventures Durham Castle and Cathedral Eden Project Greenwich Hadrian's Wall Hampton Court Palace Harrods Leeds Castle Legoland ® Windsor London Dungeon London Zoo Madame Tussaud’s and Tussaud’s London Planetarium National Gallery National Museum of Photography, Film and Television Natural History Museum Oxford University Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Roman Baths and Pumproom Royal Armouries Leeds Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Royal Pavilion Science Museum Shakespeare Houses St Paul’s Cathedral Stonehenge Tate Britain Tate Modern Tintagel Castle Tower of London Victoria & Albert Museum Warwick Castle Westminster Abbey Windsor Castle York Minster       Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Description: Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is home to three of the world’s finest ships: the Mary Rose, HMS Victory and HMS Warrior 1860. The Mary Rose, which was Henry VIII’s favourite warship, sank in 1545, but was raised from the sea in 1982. Today, visitors can enter the Mary Rose Museum and Ship Hall, where more than 1000 artefacts are on display. They can also see HMS Victory, which is the world’s oldest commissioned warship, used by Nelson in the Battle of Trafalgar (1805) to defeat the Franco-Spanish fleet, and the HMS Warrior 1860, the world’s first iron battleship, one of the largest and fastest warships at the time, and the pride of Queen Victoria’s Black Battlefleet. The Royal Naval Museum can also be found in the buildings surrounding the Dockyard and there is an interactive Dockyard Apprentice Exhibition, where visitors can see how the great Dreadnought ships were built during the late-18th and early-19th centuries. Flagship Portsmouth opened Action Stations in May 2001, which tells the story of the Royal Navy, allowing visitors to experience how life in the navy would be for recruits today. Contact Addresses: Flagship Portsmouth Trust, Building 1/7, Porter’s Lodge, College Road, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth, PO1 3LJ, UK Tel: (023) 9286 1512 (24-hour information line) or 9286 1533. Fax: (023) 9229 5252. E-mail: mail@historicdockyard.co.uk Website: www.flagship.org.uk or www.historicdockyard.co.uk Transportation: Air: Southampton International Airport. Rail: Train: Portsmouth Harbour Station. Road: Bus: 17 or 18. Coach: National Express Coaches terminate at the Hard, which is outside the Dockyard. Car: A27 (junction 12) and M275, then brown heritage signs to the Historic Waterfront and signs for the Historic Dockyard (from Brighton and Southampton). Opening Times: Dockyard and all attractions except HMS Victory: Daily 1000-1700 (Nov-Mar); daily 1000-1730 (Apr-Oct). Opening times for the HMS Victory vary daily and visitors are advised to check with the Flagship Portsmouth Trust before their visit. Closed 25 Dec. Admission Fees: Dockyard: Free. Entry to all attractions: £18 (adult), £14.50 (child 5-16), free (child under 5). Mary Rose Museum & Ship Hall: £6.75 (adult), £5.75 (child 5-16), free (child under 5). HMS Victory & Royal Naval Museum: £7 (adult), £6 (child 5-16), free (child under 5). HMS Warrior 1860: £6.75 (adult), £5.75 (child 5-16), free (child under 5). Royal Naval Museum: £3.75 (adult), £2.75 (child 5-16), free (child under 5). Harbour Tour: £4 (adult), £3.25 (child). The Dockyard Apprentice: £2.50 (adult), £2 (child). Action Stations: £6.75 (adult), £5.75 (child 5-16), free (child under 5). Concessions and season tickets available.     Copyright © 2005 Highbury Columbus Travel Publishing Ltd.  Terms and Conditions apply.