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Buckland, Portsmouth Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Buckland, Portsmouth

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Buckland, Portsmouth history

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Buckland, then known as Bocheland, was one of the three settlements on Portsea Island mentioned in the Domesday Book. The area was extensively bombed during the Second World War. Large parts of the area were demolished and replaced with social housing built in the 1950s and ’60s.

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129 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Buckland, Portsmouth places to visit

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