Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

What a great place to visit. you need the whole day as lots to explore. be prepared it's very expensive, but worthwhile as there is so much to see and learn about. definitely will be back. i missed the boat trip to the submarine museum. i'm definitely coming back. i hear the harbour tour is very good.

I love coming to the dockyard on my day off. the price may feel a bit expensive, but over the past 8 months of my current ultimate explorer ticket, i've used it enough for each exhibit to be about £3 each! my favourite exhibit is the mary rose - an amazing museum and some really poignant displays - but i also love the hms alliance. if you park at the submarine museum, you can get the water taxi across to the main site and save quite a bit of money on parking. there is far more than can be seen in one visit, so if you're not local, you should carefully plan your day to get the most out of it.

Had a really fantastic day here with my partner, seeing several of the attractions. due to the way the ticketing is priced, you can pay separately to visit individual attractions, or get a ticket for all the attractions that are part of the dockyard that's good for a year, and it felt pretty easily cost effective to do that. so not only did we have a wonderful day learning a lot, we've got one or two more day trips here to look forward to in the future. there's so much to see, presented in very high quality, and helpful and friendly staff all through.

Nice place with obvious history on hand both with past and current events lots of walking meant around walked 4 miles on just one exhibit (great for getting your steps in) and the dockyard tour on the boat/ferry is very nice and informative and saw some ships hadn’t seen before. as with most places these days though the cafe was very expensive with only 2 of us costing just shy of £20 for two drinks, 2 muffins and 1 sandwich. fortunately the food was quite nice! good day but picnic required.

Great visit. i chose to visit the royal navy museum and hms warrior. the rn museum has a lot about admiral nelson and lots about the rns sailing ships. plus some interesting stuff on the modern navy. there are guides soon dressed in uniform or period costume throughout the museum and they were friendly and helpful. hms warrior built in 1861 was huge. you are able to go from the main deck all the way down to the engine room and furnaces. again there are various guides in period dress/uniform who were friendly and helpful. all very interesting. allow 2hrs for the museum - longer if you stop and watch all the videos and interactive stuff. and about 1 to 2 hrs for hms warrior. you will not be able to get round everything in one day. your best bet for tickets is to get the ultimate explorer pass online as you don't have to pay anything extra for the main attractions and the pass is valid for as many visits as you want for 12 months (at the same price as a 3 attraction ticket and there's way more than 3 attractions)