How to get to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

South West Trains

If you are travelling to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard make it a GroupSave day where 2 pay - 4 travel! South West Trains (bookings and timetables)

For timetable details please visit National Rail Enquiries

Stagecoach buses

Download your Stagecoach bus voucher from here www.coastliner700.co.uk and hand it into our Visitor Centre with a valid bus ticket on the day of travel and receive 20% off an adult, senior or child Historic Dockyard ticket.

National Express

Log onto the National Express website www.nationalexpress.com and you will see we have a number of promotions taking place with them

Greyhound Coaches

As a Portsmouth Historic Dockyard customer, register to the Greyhound website, sign in and enter the promotional code 'dockyard' and you will receive 25% off your ticket everytime you book.

Want to travel from Portsmouth to London Victoria?

Show your Historic Dockyard ticket to the Greyhound coach driver parked on The Hard in Portsmouth and you will receive a 25% discount off the walk-up ticket price reducing it from £10 to £7.50.

Condor Ferries

Show your Condor Ferry boarding pass and receive 20% off an adult, senior or child ticket. Offer is valid until 30th June 2010

RAC Route Planner or The AA (recommended)

The Historic Dockyard is less than 5 miles from Junction 12 of the M27. Follow the brown Historic Waterfront signs from the M275 into Portsmouth. Car parking is available on-site, or if the car park is full an alternative car park is available within a 5 minute walk. Please see our car parking page for more information.

For those using satellite navigation devices, the post code of the Historic Dockyard car park is PO1 3LA.

To download a map of Portsmouth, please click here.

Before you travel, we recommend checking for any delays to ensure you avoid any major hold ups. Visit the Traffic England website for the latest traffic and travel, tune into Traffic Radio or, if you have a passenger, get them to check the latest information on the free iPhone app. You can also call the Traffic Control Centre on 08700 660 115. (Calls from BT landlines to 0870 numbers will cost no more than 8p per minute; mobile calls usually cost more.)

Save on Saturday's new Park and Ride!

A new Saturday Park and Ride service  will operate on Saturdays and Public Holidays.  Shoppers and visitors to Portsmouth will be able to park at Lakeside North Harbour and travel to the City Centre and Gunwharf Quays/the Historic Dockyard on the park and ride bus. It will cost only £2.50 for a car and up to 7 passengers! The first bus will start at 9am and the last bus will leave the Hard at 6pm. From the site, buses take about seven minutes to get to the city centre. The next stop, about five minutes later, is Gunwharf Quays, for the Spinnaker Tower and the Historic Dockyard. Users can hop between the two stops as much as they like.

Click here to download a pdf about the Park and Ride service.

The Park & Ride service will also be operating for all 3 days of Navy Days from the 30th July - 1st August 2010. The first bus will depart Lakeside North Harbour at 9am and the last bus will depart from The Hard at 7pm.