Car
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is located less than 5 miles from Junction 12 of the M27. Follow the brown and white signs to ‘Historic Dockyard,’ which will guide you to our official 295-space car park, just 400 yards from the entrance at Victory Gate. Please note, there is a height restriction of 2.1m for the car park. If this car park is full, additional parking is available nearby at Gunwharf Quays and Havant Street. Please do not attempt to enter the dockyard via Trafalgar Gate.
Disabled parking spaces are also available within the car park, along with four electric vehicle charging points. Unfortunately, these cannot be prebooked, so it will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
Get Directions
If you are using a Sat Nav device, our car park postcode is PO1 3GW (Admiralty Road). Be aware that satnavs may direct you to the centre of the naval base. Please follow tourism signs for Portsmouth Historic Dockyard once you’ve entered Portsmouth.
Gosport Museums
Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower
Free car parking is available at this attraction. If using a satnav device, please use this address: Heritage Way, Priddy’s Hard, Gosport PO12 4LE.
Royal Navy Submarine Museum
Free car parking is available at this site. The car park closes at 4.45pm – please be aware that cars left in the car park after this time risk being locked in.
If using a satnav device, please use this address: Haslar Road, Gosport, PO12 2AS.
Park and Ride
The Portsmouth Park and Ride is conveniently located just off Junction 1 of the M275. The PR1 service runs daily, with buses every 15 minutes, taking only 11 minutes to reach The Hard Interchange. From there, it’s a short walk to the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
The service includes:
- Comfortable, modern buses
- Convenient ways to pay – First Bus app, RingGo app, or pay the bus driver
- Day tickets £4. Other options for frequent travellers start at £2
- Flexipass and smartcard options for regular users
- Hop on, hop off, all day
- Dedicated parking spaces for blue badge holders
- Parent and child parking
- 2 x electric vehicle charge points
- Terminal building with seating
- Please note there is a maximum headroom at the site of 2.1m
More information about park and ride.
Ferries
Ferry services operate regularly from France, Spain, the Isle of Wight, and Gosport, provided by the companies below. These services offer convenient access to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, making it easy to travel to our attraction by water.
- Wightlink Ferries
- Gosport Ferry
- Brittany Ferries
- Hovertravel
By Coach, Bus or Rail
Portsmouth Harbour Station and The Hard Interchange coach and bus station are conveniently located just a few minutes’ walk from Victory Gate.
Coaches
For coach parking information, please contact our Advanced Sales Department at 02392 839766 (option 3) or email enquiries@historicdockyard.co.uk. Most national coach services to Portsmouth stop at the Hard Interchange, located right next to the entrance to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
Bus
Several local and regional bus services stop at The Hard Interchange, just beside our Victory Gate entrance. For the latest routes and timetables, please visit First Bus, Stagecoach, or Bluestar Bus.
Rail
South Western Railway operates regular trains from London Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour, with a journey time of only 90 minutes. Southern Railway run regular services through from Brighton and Victoria. There are also frequent services from Southampton Central, offering links to the South West and the West Country. Portsmouth Harbour station is just 200 yards from the entrance to the dockyard.
