Historic Dockyard triumphs in online poll
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard remains the most popular place for Portsmouth residents to show off their city to visitors, according to an online poll.
The historic dockyard, which welcomes almost 500,000 paying customers a year, recorded 22% of the 600 votes from Portsmouth area people who took part in the national Pride of Place poll.
The dockyard, which includes HMS Victory, the Mary Rose, HMS Warrior 1860, the Royal Naval Museum and Action Stations, had 6% more votes than the runner-up Spinnaker Tower. Old Portsmouth finished third with 13%.
The poll was launched on October 15, and the voting ended last Friday.
Some 648 votes were received in Portsmouth – 1.76% of the 36,814 votes cast to 87 local authority areas nationally. Portsmouth had the 17th highest number of votes.
Jacquie Shaw, Public Relations Manager for the Historic Dockyard, said: “The Historic Dockyard is the beating heart of the City and we are thrilled that Portsmouth residents are proud to have such a world famous tourist attraction on their doorstep."
Portsmouth City Council listed ten choices on its website for people to vote. They were, with their percentage of the overall vote:
· Charles Dickens Birthplace Museum, 6%
· City Museum, including Conan Doyle Exhibition, 7%
· Cultural trail, taking in both cathedrals and theatres, 6%
· D-Day Museum, 5%
· Gunwharf Quays, including Aspex Gallery, 11%
· Old Portsmouth, 13%
· Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, 22%
· Southsea Seafront (incl Southsea Castle, Blue Reef and Royal Marines Museum), 10%
· Southsea Shopping, 4%
· Spinnaker Tower, 16%
The Pride of Place poll was part of the government’s ‘Connect to your Council’ campaign, which aimed to encourage citizens to access their local authority services online – anytime, anywhere.
