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Portsmouth

Portsmouth
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About Portsmouth

Portsmouth is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Most of Portsmouth is located on Portsea Island, off the south coast of England in the Solent, making Portsmouth the only city in England not located primarily on the mainland. The city is located 22 miles (35 km) south-east of Southampton, 50 miles (80 km) west of Brighton and Hove and 74 miles (119 km) south-west of London. With a population last recorded at 208,100, it is the most densely populated city in the United Kingdom. Portsmouth forms part of the South Hampshire urban area with Gosport, Fareham, Havant, Eastleigh and Southampton.

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The Earl of Sandwich's first choice of title was Portsmouth, but there was already a Lord Portsmouth, so we could all be eating egg and crest Portsmouth today.

from No Such Thing As An Egg And Cress Portsmouth · read transcript

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Coordinates: 50.8058, -1.0872

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