Southampton
Southampton is the largest city in Hampshire, on the south coast of England. A busy cruise ship and container port, Southampton is the European end of the last Transatlantic ocean liner route, the Queen Mary II to New York, and in 1912 was the point of departure for the Titanic.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Southampton Central railway station and Mayflower Theatre.
Southampton Central railway station
Railway station
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Southampton Central is a main line railway station serving the city of Southampton in Hampshire, southern England. It is on the South West Main Line and also serves the Wessex Main Line and the West Coastway Line.
Mayflower Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Turquoisefish, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mayflower Theatre is a Grade II listed theatre in the city centre of Southampton, England, with a capacity of 2,300. It features West End theatre shows when they tour the United Kingdom.
Solent Sky
Museum
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Solent Sky is an aviation museum in Southampton, England. The museum depicts the history of aviation in Southampton, the Solent area and Hampshire. There is a focus on Supermarine, the aircraft company based in Woolston, Southampton, and its most famous products, the Supermarine S.6 seaplane and the Supermarine Spitfire, designed by a team led R.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hythe and Eastleigh.
Hythe
Hythe is a town in Hampshire, a county in England. This article also covers Fawley and the surrounding area.
Eastleigh
Photo: Marek69, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eastleigh is a town in Hampshire that sits between Winchester and Southampton. The town has a long history associated with the railway, being the site of a large railway works that at one time was the major employer in the area.
Southampton
Latitude
50.9167° or 50° 55′ northLongitude
-1.3833° or 1° 23′ westPopulation
254,000Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)Abbreviation
“STH”Open location code
9C2WWJ88+MMGeoNames ID
3333196
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Southampton” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ساوثهامبتون”
- Armenian: “Սաութգեմփթոն”
- Azerbaijani: “Sauthempton”
- Belarusian: “Горад Саўтгемптан”
- Bulgarian: “Саутхамптън”
- Burmese: “ဆောက်သမ္ပတန်မြို့”
- Chinese: “南安普敦”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ساوثهامبتون”
- Greek: “Σαουθάμπτον”
- Hebrew: “סאותהמפטון”
- Hindi: “साउथहैंपटन”
- Japanese: “サウサンプトン”
- Kazakh: “Саутгемптон”
- Korean: “사우샘프턴”
- Latin: “Hantonia”
- Latvian: “Sauthemptona”
- Lithuanian: “Sautamptonas”
- Marathi: “साउथहँप्टन”
- Mazanderani: “ساوتهمپتون”
- Narom: “Hantonne”
- Panjabi: “ਸਾਊਥਹੈਂਪਟਨ”
- Persian: “ساوتهمپتون”
- Russian: “Саутгемптон”
- Serbian: “Саутхемптон”
- Thai: “เซาแทมป์ตัน”
- Ukrainian: “Саутгемптон”
- Western Panjabi: “ساؤتھمپٹن”
- Yue Chinese: “修咸頓”
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