Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is located within Portsmouth Naval Base with entry through Victory Gate at the corner of Queen Street and the Hard.
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.
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
Portsmouth Harbour Station / Hard Interchange coach and bus station is a few minutes walk from Victory Gate.
Rail
London Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour is only a 90 minute journey and these run frequently. There are also regular services to and from Southampton Central with links to the South West and the West country.
SOUTH WEST TRAINS OFFER
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
Coaches
Coach parking - for further information about coach parking please contact our Advanced Sales Department on 023 9283 9766 or e-mail us. The majority of national coach services to Portsmouth stop at the Hard Interchange (adjacent to Historic Dockyard entrance).
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.
Bus
Many local and regional bus services stop at the Hard Interchange (adjacent to Historic Dockyard entrance). Please visit First Bus, Stagecoach or Bluestar Bus services for the most up to date routes and timetables.
Ferry services operate from France, Spain, the Isle of Wight and Gosport on a regular basis.
Links
P&0 Portsmouth Ferries
Wightlink Ferries
