Tudor to 1860s era naval living history
as part of the Royal Navy's Navy Days event at
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Victory Gate, H.M. Naval Base, Portsmouth PO1 4LJ. Tel: 023 9283 9766.
*Plus limited living history on Friday 30th
Historic and modern ships & boats - living history - displays - entertainments - lots to see and do!
Enjoy a fantastic 3 day
Navy Days event including on Saturday and Sunday, multi-era
historical displays and entertainments at
perhaps the world's most famous
dockyard, which first began building and
refitting ships for the English navy over 800 years ago. Discover the past,
present and future of the Royal Navy, clamber over ships and meet the crews of
the modern fleet, and experience the sights and sounds of life at the
dockyard down the centuries whilst being thrilled by the navy of today.
EventPlan is arranging and co-ordinating excellent Tudor to 1919 re-enactors and displays at this amazing event. Enjoy arena and living history displays throughout each day, including crewmen on board HMS Victory, HMS Warrior and HMS Monitor M33, as well as Nelsonian sailors out in the harbour, rowing a launch and firing their bow gun.
Royal Navy ships include Type 45 HMS Daring and HMS Dauntless; 2 type 23s; RFA Argus; HMS Gleener, and others. Other displays include a wartime MTV boat, the Royal Navy Historic Flight; Black Cats; 2 parachute teams; field guns; bands, Police dogs and PT displays.
All the usual dockyard displays, museums, facilities, shops and catering will be open as normal.
Historical performers (so far!)
Tudor: The Tudor Group*, Tudor jolly boat* and Farthingale
C18th: Senior Service
Nelsonian:
The Historical
Maritime Society (with23 foot
launch), Victory Rigger, The Hartlepool Marines
and HMS Loire
Victorian: The Fort Cumberland Guard and the Alabama Crew **
WWI: The Bluejackets*
* Also performing on Friday
** The latter booked direct by HMS Warrior
Living history groups and other performers interested in taking part in our events are invited to contact us for further details and click the link for our Standard terms and conditions for participation.
Admission prices
Adult (16-59) £17.50p; Child (5-15) £14.50p; Senior Citizen (60+) £14.50p;
Family £50.00p. Please click to
book on line via the historic dockyard.
Appropriate traders were in abundance. Click for further details of trading opportunities at other EventPlan events.
Visiting Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Even when there isn't an even on, the dockyard represents a truly amazing day out! Click for
details including of course the Mary Rose museum, Action Stations, The Royal Naval Museum and Dockyard Apprentice Exhibition. Please note that the Mary Rose Ship Hall is currently closed.How to get there
Portsmouth
Historic Dockyard is located within Portsmouth Naval Base with entry through
Victory Gate at the corner of Queen Street and the Hard.
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to view the site map, or to download the visitor map in .pdf format click hereNote: If you do not already have Adobe Reader you will need it to view a .pdf file. Please click here to download the latest version of this program from the Adobe website (opens in new window).
By Road: RAC Route Planner or The AA (recommended)
Parking: There are various car parks within a short walk of the dockyard.
By Coach, Bus and Rail: Portsmouth Harbour Station / Hard Interchange coach and bus station is a few minutes walk from Victory Gate.
Rail: London Waterloo Station to Portsmouth Harbour Station is only a 90 minute journey and these run frequently. There are also regular services to and from Southampton Central with links to the South West and the West country. For timetable details please use these links: National Rail Enquiries
Coaches: Coach parking - to be confirmed. The majority of national coach services to Portsmouth stop at the Hard Interchange (adjacent to Dockyard entrance).
Bus: Many local and regional bus services stop at the Hard Interchange (adjacent to Dockyard entrance). Please visit First Bus,
Stagecoach or Solent Blue Line bus services for the most up to date routes and timetables.By Sea:
Ferry services operate from France, Spain, the Isle of Wight and Gosport on a regular basis: P&0 Portsmouth Ferries
Wightlink FerriesIf you have any further queries regarding getting to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, please telephone the Tourist Information Centre on 023 9282 6722.
A brief history of re-enactment
Interested in how and why re-enactment has become so popular in recent years? Click on the link to read a history of re-enactment.
Other events 2010
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Updated 19 May 2010