Map sources for Portchester at grid reference SU6105

View of Portchester from Portsdown Hill; castle keep on left, Portsmouth harbour and city in background

Portchester is a small suburb to the northwest of Portsmouth, England. It is part of the borough of Fareham in Hampshire. Once a small village, Portchester is now a busy part of the expanding conurbation between Portsmouth and Southampton, England, on the A27 main thoroughfare. Its population according to the 2001 Census was approximately 17,000 residents. Image File history File links Dot4gb. ... Image File history File links Gb4dot. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3200x1800, 1426 KB) Aerial view of Portchester showing the castle to the left, Portsmouth across the water, the main shopping precinct in the bottom right I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3200x1800, 1426 KB) Aerial view of Portchester showing the castle to the left, Portsmouth across the water, the main shopping precinct in the bottom right I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify... Portsdown Hill is a long chalk hill overlooking Portsmouth, in Hampshire, England, offering good views over Portsmouth, The Solent, Hayling Island and Gosport, with the Isle of Wight beyond. ... Portsmouth is a city of about 189,000 people located in the county of Hampshire on the southern coast of Great Britain. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... This article is about the English city of Portsmouth. ... Fareham is a local government district and borough in Hampshire, England. ... Hampshire (abbr. ... A conurbation is an urban area comprising a number of cities or towns which, through population growth and expansion, have physically merged to form one continuous built up area. ... This page discusses the English city of Southampton. ... The A27 near Southwick The A27 is a major road in England. ... 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...

Portchester Castle is arguably the finest example of a Roman castle in Western Europe. It continued in use over the next sixteen centuries, and the Roman walls enclose a Norman keep and a church. The name Portchester is of partly Roman origin, from Latin portus (a harbour) and Old English ceaster (Roman town or castle). Portchester Castle (Latin name: Portus Adurni) is a Roman Channel Fort, considered by many as one of the finest Roman fortifications remaining in Europe. ...

As well as the castle and the abundance of historic houses in Castle Street, this suburb is well placed for a multitude of waterfront leisure activities, being only a short distance from the UK's third largest marina at Port Solent (which is home to Europe's second largest gym and health club, including a large outdoor pool) and a short journey from the historic city of Portsmouth and the market town of Fareham. Portsmouth is a city of about 189,000 people located in the county of Hampshire on the southern coast of Great Britain. ... Map sources for Fareham at grid reference SU581063 Arms of Fareham Borough Council The market town of Fareham lies in the south east of Hampshire, between the cities of Southampton and Portsmouth, roughly in the centre of the South Hampshire conurbation. ...

Transport

Portchester also has its own train station and sits between junctions 11 and 12 of the M27. dominic and jamie live here too! so bk off u grovers M27 is: A major road in England: M27 motorway Messier object 27, or the Dumbbell Nebula This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

See also

• Portchester Community School

Coordinates: 50°50′N 1°07′W Portchester Community School is a co-educational comprehensive school for 11-16 year olds. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...