Visit Fratton Places

Welcome to Visit Fratton Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Fratton

  

Fratton Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Fratton

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Fratton history

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The name Fratton was once Froddington, a Saxon name which originally meant “Frodda’s Farm” or “frodd a’s village” A pub on Fratton Road is still named “The FroDDington Arms”

You can visit Fratton places with Walkfo Fratton to hear history at Fratton’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Fratton has 125 places to visit in our interactive Fratton map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Fratton, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Fratton places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Fratton & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 125 audio facts unique to Fratton places in an interactive Fratton map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Fratton Places Map
125 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Fratton tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Fratton

  

Best Fratton places to visit

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Fratton has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Fratton’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Fratton’s information audio spots:

The Bridge Shopping Centre (Portsmouth) The Bridge Shopping Centre is a small shopping centre located in Portsmouth, England . The centre was opened in May 1989 on land which was formerly home to Portsea Island Central Premises Co-Op .

Portsmouth Block Mills The Portsmouth Block Mills were built during the Napoleonic Wars to supply the British Royal Navy with pulley blocks . They started the age of mass-production using all-metal machine tools and are regarded as one of the seminal buildings of the British Industrial Revolution .

Tipner Tipner is a residential district of Portsmouth, located on the north western corner of Portsea Island . It includes a housing estate, built during the 1930s, that used to function as married quarters for the Royal Navy . It is bounded to the north and west by the M275 motorway and Tipner Lake .

Hilsea Hilsea is a district of the city of Portsmouth in the English county of Hampshire. Located at the northern end of Portsea Island, for most of its history Hilsea was a small hamlet on the Portsmouth to London road. The name “Hilsea” probably means ‘holly island’ The last working farm in Portsmouth was located in the area up to the 1990s.

Hilsea Lines Hilsea Lines are a line of 18th- and 19th-century fortifications built at Hilsea to protect the northern approach to Portsea Island, an island off the southern coast of England. They are now used as a greenspace and leisure area, also known locally as Foxes Forest.

Mountbatten Centre The Mountbatten Centre is a leisure centre in Portsmouth, England, which opened in 1979. It is located in Hilsea, an area in Portsmouth.

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is an area of HM Naval Base Portsmouth which is open to the public. It contains several historic buildings and ships. It is managed by the National Museum of the Royal Navy.

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