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Living in the Portsmouth Area

Finding a Home in Portsmouth

The city offers a diverse range of accomodation including modern waterfront appartments, terraced housing, council and housing assocation stock, as well as a large number of B&Bs and hotels for visiting family and friends. The surrounding region also provides extensive options with a more town or countryside flavour. Portsmouth's average house price in June 2007 was £161,800.

Using the links on the right you can find further information about the following: 

• Housing services (information on housing options, private sector housing, supporting people, corporate initatives and community alarm services)
• About My Place (find details of house prices in different areas of Portsmouth) 
• Right Move (a view of current house prices and details of what is available in Portsmouth)
• Homecheck (a free web site which enables anyone to check a neighbourhood by simply entering a postcode)
• The National Association of Estate Agents (advice on buying and selling a house and a list of member agents in the Portsmouth area) 

Education in Portsmouth

Portsmouth is a city focused on life-long learning. The city has an extensive offering of nursery and childcare facilities, 54 primary schools, 10 secondary schools and a number of private and special schools. The city and surrounding region have a variety of 16+ colleges with a diverse range of specialisations, and the city boasts a world-class university which continues to heavily invest in the city and grows annually.

Using the links on the right you can find further information about the following:

• Child registration in Portsmouth
• About My Place (see primary and secondary schools on an interactive map of Portsmouth)  
• Local schools in Portsmouth  
• Welcome to Portsmouth - Education (FE colleges)
• University of Portsmouth

Sports & Leisure

With almost 50km of waterfront, Portsmouth residents enjoy lots of water-based activities on the Solent, but the city also boasts numerous gyms and sport centres, a gymnastics centre, indoor tennis centre and several swimming pools. The Mountbatten Centre is one of the largest sport facilities in the city and is currently undergoing a £20million redevelopment which will include a new 50m pool. This will be the only one of its kind on the south coast of England, and the city is currently bidding to host pre-olympic games camps in 2012. With a successful Premiership football club, there are lots of aspiring individuals that are involved in many teams of all levels of ability across Portsmouth. The city also offers a golf course, outdoor centre, bowling alleys and skate park.

Portsmouth caters for all tastes with two theatres, five cinemas, an art gallery, libraries, markets, music venues, museums, restaurants, cafes, as well as lots of tourism attractions and festivals from which local residents benefit.

Using the links on the right you can find further information about the following:

• Sports & Leisure
• Visiting

Shopping in Portsmouth

Portsmouth has a great retail offer with the main high-street names in the City Centre, boutique and independent traders in Southsea and an enourmous factory-outlet offering at Gunwharf Quays. The City Centre is also undergoing a £350 million redevelopment which will result in Portsmouth being in the top 15 shopping destinations in the country. Alongside all of this, there are several district shopping centres as well as local shops and the main supermarkets and retail parks.

Using the links on the right you can find further information about the following: 

• Shopping in Portsmouth  
• Southsea
• Gunwharf Quays