Welcome to Visit Hilsea Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Hilsea
Visit Hilsea places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Hilsea places to visit. A unique way to experience Hilsea’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Hilsea as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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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. When you visit Hilsea, Walkfo brings Hilsea places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Hilsea Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Hilsea
Visit Hilsea – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 75 audio plaques & Hilsea places for you to explore in the Hilsea area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Hilsea places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Hilsea with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Hilsea places with Walkfo Hilsea to hear history at Hilsea’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Hilsea has 75 places to visit in our interactive Hilsea 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 Hilsea, 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 Hilsea places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Hilsea & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 75 audio facts unique to Hilsea places in an interactive Hilsea map you can explore.”
Walkfo: Visit Hilsea Places Map
75 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Hilsea places to visit
Hilsea has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Hilsea’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Hilsea’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 .
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 .
Fort Widley
Fort Widley is one of the forts built on top of Portsdown Hill between 1860 and 1868. It was designed to protect Portsmouth from attack from the rear.
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.
Portus Adurni
Portus Adurni was a Roman fort in the Roman province of Britannia. It is the best-preserved Roman fort north of the Alps. It was later converted into a medieval castle known as Portchester Castle.
Visit Hilsea plaques
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here Hilsea has 9 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Hilsea plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Hilsea using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Hilsea plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
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