Southampton

Southampton is a vibrant, modern city which offers a warm welcome to visitors from all over the world.

Southampton is a city rich in heritage from its time as a Roman seaport to today's modern, bustling, vibrant cosmopolitan city.

Southampton's Old Town, one of the gems of England. A place, with some unique features, that has played its part in the country's history and that, for diverse reasons, attracted the interest of William The Conqueror, Henry V, William Shakespeare, the Pilgrim Fathers, Isaac Watts and Jane Austen.

Walk in their footsteps seeing buildings that span centuries of time, be captivated by the spell of very impressive medieval town walls that rival any to be found in England and wonder at The Bargate, one of the country's finest medieval town gates.

Southampton’s importance as a seafaring port has always been true and today the Southampton Water leading to the Solent and English Channel is still exceedingly busy. The docks have the huge container ships and car transporters.

Many famous ships have operated from Southampton the Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, Mauretania and more recently, Canberra, were a constant sight on the waterfront skyline. Southampton is today firmly established as the UK's number one cruise port and the city has seen an unprecedented number of ship namings in recent years, with Arcadia, Oriana and most spectacularly, Queen Mary 2.

Today the new Queen Victoria arrives prior to the official launch and preparation to enter service