![]() The passenger terminal is easily accessible from London by both rail and road. ![]() Portsmouth cruise port is located near the Historic Naval Dockyard. Nearby is the Southsea (resort and premium residential area) featuring a pier-located amusement park. Portsmouth Harbour's waterfront is dominated by Spinnaker Tower (one of the UK's tallest / 560 ft / 170 m). By a GBP 100 million contract were redeveloped naval port's facilities in order to be able to support both new aircraft carriers. QE first berthed on August 16, 2017, POW - on November 16, 2019. UK's ever largest warships (building cost GBP 6,2 billion for both units) dock at Portsmouth Naval Base's Princess Royal Jetty. Here is also homeported UK's new aircraft carriers HMS Queen Elizabeth/QE and HMS Prince of Wales/POW. Portsmouth is the homeport of the British Royal Navy, having here around 3/4 of UK's fleet. Its population is around 205,000 (metro around 1,55 million). The city is located approx 70 mi (110 km) southwest of London and approx 19 mi (31 km) southeast of Southampton. Portsmouth is a large ferry port located on Portsea Island in Hampshire (England UK).
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