HMS Vernon Figurehead

HMS Vernon Figurehead is a work of art in Portsmouth, England. HMS Vernon Figurehead is situated nearby to the health club Sweat, as well as near the casino Grosvenor.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include HMS Victory and Portsmouth Harbour railway station.

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 2,600 feet north of HMS Vernon Figurehead.

Portsmouth Harbour railway station

Railway station

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Portsmouth Harbour railway station serves the city of Portsmouth, in Hampshire, England. It is situated in Portsmouth Harbour, between the Gunwharf Quays shopping centre and the Historic Dockyard. Portsmouth Harbour railway station is situated 850 feet northwest of HMS Vernon Figurehead.

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 1,400 feet northwest of HMS Vernon Figurehead.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gosport and Southsea.

Gosport

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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 1½ miles northwest of HMS Vernon Figurehead.

HMS Vernon Figurehead

Type: Work of art
Artwork type: sculpture
Category: tourism
Location: Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.79487° or 50° 47′ 42″ north

Longitude

-1.10653° or 1° 6′ 24″ west

Open location code

9C2WQVVV+W9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12216644333

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

OpenStreetMap attribute

artwork_type=sculpture

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