Lion Gate

Lion Gate is an university building in Southsea, Portsmouth, England. Lion Gate is situated nearby to the community center John Pounds Corner, as well as near the historic building Victory Gate.

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 2,800 feet west of Lion Gate.

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 1,100 feet northeast of Lion Gate.

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 2,500 feet west of Lion Gate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Southsea and Gosport.

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.

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.

Lion Gate

Type: University building
Address: Portsmouth, PO1 3HF
Categories: building and education
Location: Southsea, Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.79892° or 50° 47′ 56″ north

Longitude

-1.09841° or 1° 5′ 54″ west

Levels

Operator

University of Portsmouth

Open location code

9C2WQWX2+HJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 32394440

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

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