Portsea Island

Portsea Island is a flat and low-lying natural island 24.5 square kilometres in area, just off the southern coast of in . The island contains the majority of the city of .
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  • Type: Peninsula
  • Description: island
  • Also known as: “Portsea” and “Portsea Island, Hampshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fratton Park and HMS Victory.

Stadium
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is a football ground in , , and is the home of Portsmouth Football Club. Constructed in 1899, it has been the only home ground in Portsmouth F.C.'s history.

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is a 104-gun first-rate wooden sailing ship of the line. With 248 years of service as of 2026, she is the world's oldest naval vessel still in commission.

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is a 40-gun steam-powered armoured frigate built for the Royal Navy in 1859–1861. She was the name ship of the Warrior-class ironclads. Warrior and her sister ship HMS Black Prince were the first armour-plated, iron-hulled warships, and were built in response to France's launching in 1859 of the first ocean-going ironclad warship, the wooden-hulled Gloire.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gosport and Southsea.

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is a town in , a short water ride away from . Although not a traditional destination, it does have some attractions if you are interested in maritime history.

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

Suburb
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is an area of , , located on the eastern side of Portsea Island. The population of Ward at the 2011 Census was 13,608. As Copenore, it was one of the three villages listed as being on Portsea Island in the Domesday Book.

Portsea Island

Latitude
50.8° or 50° 48′ north
Longitude
-1.0667° or 1° 4′ west
Population
207,000
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
Open location code
9C2WRW2M+28
Geo­Names ID
2640001
Wiki­data ID
Q1228829
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Satellite Map

Discover Portsea Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Portsea Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بورتسي (جزيرة)”
  • Arabic: “بورتسي”
  • Basque: “Portsea uhartea”
  • Bengali: “পোর্টসি দ্বীপ”
  • Breton: “Portsea”
  • Catalan: “Illa de Portsea”
  • Cebuano: “Portsea Island”
  • Chinese: “波托西岛”
  • Chinese: “波托西島”
  • Czech: “Portsea Island”
  • Dutch: “Portsea Island”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “پورتسى ايلاند”
  • Esperanto: “Insulo Portsea”
  • French: “Île de Portsea”
  • French: “Portsea”
  • Galician: “Illa Portsea”
  • Hebrew: “פורטסי”
  • Italian: “Isola di Portsea”
  • Japanese: “ポートシー島”
  • Latin: “Insula Portsea”
  • Latin: “Portsea Island”
  • Latin: “Portsea”
  • Latin: “Portus insula”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Portsea Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Portsea Island”
  • Ossetian: “Портси”
  • Polish: “Portsea (wyspa)”
  • Polish: “Portsea”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Portsea”
  • Russian: “Портси”
  • Serbian: “Портси”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Portsea Island”
  • Swedish: “Portsea Island”
  • Turkish: “Portsea Adası”
  • Welsh: “Portsea Island”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Fratton and Kingston.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St Mary’s Hospital and Fratton railway station.

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