Alexandra Park
Alexandra Park, Portsmouth, was opened in 1907 and was a place of recreation for the people of Portsea Island. It provided lawns, flowers beds, paths and seats; it was an area to escape the toils of inner city life in the early twentieth century.- Type: Recreation area
- Description: 1907 park serving Portsea Island in Portsmouth, England, UK
- Also known as: “Alexandra Park, Portsmouth”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mountbatten Centre and Hilsea Lines.
Mountbatten Centre
Sports venue
The Mountbatten Centre is a leisure centre in Portsmouth, England, which opened in 1979, and was extended with a pool under a waveform roof in 2009. The "Mountbatten Centre" is located in Hilsea, an area in Portsmouth. Mountbatten Centre is situated 1,300 feet southwest of Alexandra Park.
Hilsea Lines
Archaeological site
Photo: Vodex, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Hilsea Lines are a line of 18th- and 19th-century fortifications built at Hilsea to protect the northern approach to Portsea Island, an island off the southern coast of England which forms the majority of the city of Portsmouth and its key naval base. Hilsea Lines is situated 3,000 feet northeast of Alexandra Park.
UTC Portsmouth
School
Photo: FraserWhieldon1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
UTC Portsmouth is a university technical college which opened in September 2017 in Portsmouth, England. UTC Portsmouth specialises in teaching STEM subjects with a particular focus on Mechanical and Electrical Engineering disciplines. UTC Portsmouth is situated 2,500 feet northeast of Alexandra Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North End and Buckland.
North End
Suburb
North End is a district in the city of Portsmouth, located on Portsea Island in Hampshire. The area developed rapidly as a part of the city after a horse-drawn tram route was opened between Portsmouth and Cosham.
Buckland
Suburb
Buckland is a residential area in the city of Portsmouth in the English county of Hampshire.
Copnor
Suburb
Photo: Basher Eyre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Copnor is an area of Portsmouth, England, located on the eastern side of Portsea Island. The population of Copnor 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.
Alexandra Park
- Categories: park, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.8278° or 50° 49′ 40″ northLongitude
-1.08021° or 1° 4′ 49″ westOpen location code
9C2WRWH9+4WOpenStreetMap ID
way 30636942OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=recreation_groundWikidata ID
Q4720720
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