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Southampton Tourist Guide and Travel Information
outhampton City is located ships, including the QE2. The
on the South coast of city has a good network of bus
England, 80 miles South services with access to all the
West of London. Historically local amenities.
Southampton has been an important
port and this still applies The history of the city can be
today. The city has a population tracked back to the Romans who
of about 250,000 and is the established the first permanent
closest city to the New Forest. settlement and port. The
settlement known as Clausentum
The M3 and M27 Motorways are the was the main trading port for
main road links between London Winchester and Salisbury, both
and Southampton. The drive takes large Roman towns. The town was
about one hour and forty minutes moved to its current location by
putting the city within easy the Anglo-Saxons some time later.
reach of London’s major Southampton became an important
international airports. A regular trading port with wool being a
train service is operated by major cargo in the 13th century.
Southwest Trains between
Southampton Central and London After the city was sacked by the
Waterloo train stations. French in 1338 the Southampton
City walls were built, part of
Southampton Airport hosts flights which still stand today. In 1623
to many local destinations as the Pilgrim Fathers set sail from
well as to over 47 European Southampton, aboard the Mayflower
destinations. There are no longer on route to Plymouth in present
any international ferry services day Massachusetts. Famously the
operating out of Southampton RMS Titanic also set sail from
docks, but the port is home to a Southampton on her ill fated
growing number of luxury cruise first voyage. Many of her crew
came from Southampton and a total the visitor miles of peaceful
of 549 city residents perished walks through ancient woodland
when the ship sank. and heath land. Alternatively the
forest can be explored on bicycle
With the advent of air travel, or horse back. There is an
traffic through the ports abundance of wildlife and the
declined. However this trend is forest is home to the famous New
now changing with more luxury Forest ponies. There are a number
cruise ships setting sail from of villages in the New Forest
Southampton. each with their own secrets to
uncover.
With such a rich history there is
an abundance of things to see and The city has a number of museums.
do in and around the city. There The Museum of Archeology, which
are a number of historic is housed in God’s House Tower,
buildings. These include the City has a collection of artifacts
Wall built in 1338, St Michaels which tell the story of
Church built in 1070, God’s House Southampton from the Stone Age to
Tower built 1417 and the 12th the present day. The Solent Sky
century Red Lion Pub where the Museum has a large display of
Southampton plotters were tried aircraft and aims to educate the
and sentenced to death. visitor on the rich history of
aviation in the Solent area.
Southampton is located on the Located a short drive to the
door step of the New Forest. This north of the city is the Intech
is a large national park of about Science Center, an Interactive
570 km2. The New Forest was science and technology centre for
created by William the Conqueror the whole family.
in 1079 as a Royal Hunting
Ground. The Forest today offers The West Quay Shopping Centre is
one of the largest shopping in the UK and is the only City to
centers in the UK and hosts a operate a geothermal power
number of major shopping brands. station.
The city has a vibrant night life
with a number of night clubs, Make Southampton one of the
restaurants and pubs. cities you visit – it has a long
and vibrant history, an abundance
In a recent survey by British Gas of activities and is a gate way
Southampton was ranked as one of to exploring the South Coast.
the lowest carbon emitting cities
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