Quay House

Quay House is a memorial in Portsmouth, England. Quay House is situated nearby to the building Portsmouth Round Tower, as well as near the pub Spice Island Inn.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include HMS Victory and Portsmouth Cathedral.

HMS Victory

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HMS Victory 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. HMS Victory is situated 3,800 feet north of Quay House.

Portsmouth Cathedral

Church

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The Cathedral Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, commonly known as Portsmouth Cathedral, is an Anglican cathedral church in the centre of Old Portsmouth in Portsmouth, England. Portsmouth Cathedral is situated 1,000 feet east of Quay House.

HMS Warrior

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HMS Warrior 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. HMS Warrior is situated 2,500 feet north of Quay House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gosport and Southsea.

Gosport

Photo: Julian Colander, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Southsea

Suburb

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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 to the south of Portsmouth's inner city-centre.

Hardway

Suburb

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Hardway is a suburb of the town of Gosport, in the Gosport district, in Hampshire, England. The suburb is made up of a few industrial estates, residential housing and a port. The suburb sits on the side of Portsmouth Harbour opposite to the naval base. Hardway is situated 2 miles northwest of Quay House.

Quay House

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “Quay House (formerly Wightlink House) The original Art Deco building was built in 1930s as an office, but during the Second World War in June 1944 was used as the D-Day Embarkation Area Headquarters for Portsmouth. [...]”
Category: historic site
Location: Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.79147° or 50° 47′ 29″ north

Longitude

-1.10835° or 1° 6′ 30″ west

Open location code

9C2WQVRR+HM

OpenStreetMap ID

node 10717528379

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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