Getting here
Are you planning your visit to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard? Find everything you need right here!
Click on the link below to learn more about our essential guides for all our exciting attractions.
You can also discover details about a range of travel options. Find what’s most convenient for you, whether it be by boat, bus or train.
If you’re driving, make sure you enter through Victory Gate on Queen Street, once on the M275. Don’t follow your SATNAV, as it can get confused! Instead, follow the brown tourism signs to make your journey as easy as possible. Don’t enter via Trafalgar Gate.
Why not go green
One of the easiest ways to get to us is by setting sail on our Waterbus service! For convenient travel between Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, and Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower, choose our Waterbus.
Our schedule varies depending on the time of year, so make sure you check our timetable before you travel! During the summer season (April-October), our Waterbus runs from Wednesday to Sunday. However, during the winter season (November-March), the Waterbus only runs on weekends.
Additionally, during the Hampshire School Holidays year-round, our Gosport attractions are open daily. What’s more, our Waterbus service extends to 7 days a week to ensure that we can continue to stimulate your children’s minds while they’re on holiday!
The Waterbus is subject to availability and prevailing weather conditions, and its availability cannot be guaranteed. Catch our Waterbus leaving from the jetty alongside HMS Warrior.
Check out our table below for the Waterbus departure times:
Map of our attractions
National Museum of the Royal Navy
10:00 am – 5:15 pm
Duration: 1.5 HR
Accessibility: Partial
Explore
Waterbus
The times underlined above indicate a pick-up-only service, due to attraction closing times.
Included in our Ultimate Explorer ticket, our Waterbus service is perfect for those looking to visit one of our Gosport sites. It is subject to availability and weather conditions. This complimentary service has limited capacity (max 50) and places cannot be guaranteed. Don’t hesitate to ask a team member about alternative ways to visit our Gosport attractions.
Only umbrella fold stroller pushchairs are permitted on the Waterbus. Due to the jetties and steps on the Waterbus being unsuitable for pushchairs, buggies and wheelchairs, they are not allowed on this service. However, we do have buggy parks available at Boathouse 4, the Warrior jetty and on the pontoon to assist you and your family.
HISTORIC DOCKYARD TO ROYAL NAVY SUBMARINE MUSEUM
- 10:30
- 11:30
- 12:00
- 12:30
- 13:30
- 14:00
- 14:30
- 15:30
- 16:00
ROYAL NAVY SUBMARINE MUSEUM TO HISTORIC DOCKYARD
- 10:45
- 11:45
- 12:15
- 12:45
- 13:45
- 14:15
- 14:45
- 15:45
- 16:15
HISTORIC DOCKYARD TO EXPLOSION MUSEUM OF NAVAL FIREPOWER
- 11:00
- -
- -
- -
- 13:00
- -
- -
- 15:00
- -
EXPLOSION MUSEUM OF NAVAL FIREPOWER TO HISTORIC DOCKYARD
- 11:15
- -
- -
- -
- 13:15
- -
- -
- 15:15
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Onsite Facilities
Food & Drink
With spectacular views, great shops and mouth-watering food, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard has a selection of shopping outlets, as well as a variety of eating and drinking establishments. We also have outdoor picnic areas so that you can enjoy the sun and the sea.
Shop
Lower your anchors and enjoy a delicious hot lunch, coffee, or a refreshing cold drink with some tasty home-made treats at one of our cafés.
Toilets and Baby change stations
Looking for the perfect gift or memento of your time with us? With three distinctly unique shops to choose from, we’re sure you’ll find exactly what you’re searching for.
Discover everything that the National Museum of the Royal Navy has to offer with shops in Portsmouth and Gosport locations. Find the Mary Rose shop just inside the museum for an incredible range of Tudor-inspired gifts. Or perhaps a copper salvage piece from Nauticalia is more your style?
Latest Offers
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FAQs
Click here to discover bite-sized answers to all of your burning questions. Everything from planning your visit, opening times, how to get here and more, we’ve got you covered.