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Royal Garrison Church – Southsea Castle loop from Southsea

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Royal Garrison Church – Southsea Castle loop from Southsea

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4.7

(3)

135

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Royal Garrison Church – Southsea Castle loop from Southsea

01:35

6.29km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 19, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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394 m

The D-Day Story Museum

Highlight • Monument

Very detailed and insightful museum into D-Day 1944. There is much original equipment in the museum and a landing craft outside that took part in the invasion. You have to pay to go in to the museum and onto the landing craft, but you can look at and get close to the landing craft from the pavement.

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419 m

Statue of Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

Highlight • Monument

The famous British WW2 commander who was one of the leaders of D-Day in 1944.

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548 m

Landing Craft LCT 7074, Portsmouth

Highlight • Monument

Landing Craft LCT 7074:
a D-Day veteran
LCT 7074 is the last surviving "Landing Craft Tank" from the D-Day landings in World War II.
It carried ten tanks across the English Channel to Gold Beach in Normandy.

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1.52 km

Clarence Pier

Highlight • Structure

Fun for the whole family

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2.10 km

Royal Garrison Church

Highlight • Other

In 1933 the church came into the care of the Office of Works, but a firebomb raid in 1941 destroyed the nave. The nave ruins now stand divided from the intact chancel by a modern screen wall. Although the nave was badly damaged in a 1941 firebomb raid on Portsmouth, the chancel is still roofed and furnished. It was this partial destruction which has given the Royal Garrison Church its distinctive look.
Fine 20th-century stained-glass windows now depict scenes from the Second World War and from the church’s own history. The oak stalls of the 1870s are dedicated as memorials to the nation’s most famous sailors and soldiers, beginning with Horatio Nelson and the Duke of Wellington.
visitportsmouth.co.uk/things-to-do/royal-garrison-church-p45113

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5.61 km

Southsea Castle

Highlight • Viewpoint

Southsea Castle was built in 1544 as part of a series of fortifications constructed by King Henry VIII to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire. Soon after the fort was completed, Henry stood inside and watched his flagship, the Mary Rose, sink at the Battle of the Solent against the French in July 1545. These days, the fort is a popular tourist attraction. For more information, visit: southseacastle.co.uk.

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5.68 km

Brian Kidd Way, Portsmouth

Highlight • Cycleway

There are new flowers and beds planted a couple of times per year and some fountains to run through and play in at the end. Which are turned on in warmer weather.

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5.91 km

Southsea Beach

Highlight • Beach

6.29 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.10 km

1.84 km

1.58 km

685 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.84 km

2.61 km

642 m

121 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 11 July

28°C

17°C

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Royal Garrison Church – Southsea Castle loop from Southsea

The D-Day Story Museum

Statue of Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

Landing Craft LCT 7074, Portsmouth

Clarence Pier

Royal Garrison Church

Southsea Castle

Brian Kidd Way, Portsmouth

Southsea Beach

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