This article is about the district in Portsmouth. For other uses, see Landport (disambiguation).
Human settlement in England
Commercial Road, Landport
North East
Unitary authority
Portsmouth
Shire county
Hampshire
Country
England
Sovereign state
United Kingdom
Post town
Portsmouth
List of places
UK
England
Charles Dickens's birthplace, 393 Commercial Road, LandportLandport Gate, from whence the settlement derived its name
Landport is a district located on Portsea Island and is considered the city centre of modern-day Portsmouth, England. The district is centred around Commercial Road and encompasses the Guildhall, Civic Centre, Portsmouth and Southsea Station and Commercial Road central shopping area. The original historic old town of Portsmouth lies to the south of Landport and is now known as Old Portsmouth. The district of Portsea lies to the West; Somers Town and Southsea are to the south; Fratton lies to the East and the Kingston Crescent area to the north.
Landport is a district located on Portsea Island and is considered the city centre of modern-day Portsmouth, England. The district is centred around Commercial...
northwards from Landport Gate, which created the settlement of Landport just to the north of Old Portsmouth. A mile north from Landport Gate also gave...
born on 7 February 1812 at 1 Mile End Terrace (now 393 Commercial Road), Landport in Portsea Island (Portsmouth), Hampshire, the second of eight children...
left 3,000 homeless. Many of the city's houses were damaged, and areas of Landport and Old Portsmouth destroyed; the future site of Gunwharf Quays was razed...
Harry, while the hill now known as Mount Harry was called Lewes Beacon. Landport Bottom (TQ 397 110), near Lewes but in the Hamsey parish, was a Medieval...
– 9 August 1980) was an English singer and comedienne. She was born in Landport, Portsmouth. She first appeared on stage at the age of 12 in a local dancing...
I's reign saw yet more work on the bastions and the first bridge at the Landport gate which was constructed in about 3 years starting 1586. During this...
orchestral venue in 1975. The Church's high altar is now at St Agatha's, Landport. The statue of a king on the stone plinth in the square is Grade II listed...
August 1949) was an English first-class cricketer. Lineham was born in the Landport district of Portsmouth in April 1879. He made a single appearance in first-class...
the Grand Battery and the Landport were also strengthened. Lines of Contravallation Devil's Tower —— Inundation —— Landport & Grand Battery —— North Bastion ——...
fortified boundaries of Portsmouth. After improvements in the King James's and Landport Gates and the areas military defences, civilian building of dockside storage...
pitched battle on the hills above the town (roughly in the area of modern Landport Bottom). The king's son Prince Edward, commanding the right wing of the...
James Page of Camberley, Mackross of Cardiff, Willis Ludlow of Hull and Landport Drapery Bazaar (LDB) in Portsmouth. Only Arding & Hobbs at Clapham Junction...
shareholders was then held on 2 September 1898 at the Sussex Hotel in Landport, Portsmouth. The Sussex Hotel was actually a large Brickwoods Brewery hostelry...
transport slowly ceased to operate. Today, Catbalogan City is a major landport terminal and stopover for interisland bus lines coming and going between...
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