Hertha Ayrton
Hertha Ayrton is a memorial in Portsmouth, England. Hertha Ayrton is situated nearby to the historic building Victory Gate, as well as near the community center John Pounds Corner.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include HMS Victory and Cathedral of St John the Evangelist.
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 2,700 feet west of Hertha Ayrton.
Cathedral of St John the Evangelist
Church
Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.
The Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Portsmouth, England. It is the mother church of the Portsmouth diocese and seat of the Bishop of Portsmouth, currently the Right Reverend Philip Egan. Cathedral of St John the Evangelist is situated 960 feet east of Hertha Ayrton.
HMS Warrior
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 2,600 feet west of Hertha Ayrton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southsea and Gosport.
Southsea
Suburb
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.
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.
Buckland
Suburb
Buckland is a residential area in the city of Portsmouth in the English county of Hampshire.
Hertha Ayrton
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “Hertha Ayrton, engineer, physicist and inventor. First woman to be nominated as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Suffragette and vigorous supporter of Women’s rights. Born in Portsea on the site of this building in 1854.”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.79974° or 50° 47′ 59″ northLongitude
-1.09835° or 1° 5′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C2WQWX2+VMOpenStreetMap ID
node 13923991616OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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