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| Spinnaker Tower, September 2010 |
On Sunday May 27th, Clare and I were at the Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth, on the way back from visiting my father on the Isle of Wight. The haziness of the early weekend had cleared quite a bit, and I couldn't resist giving the Spinnaker Tower another visit. It has stunning views over Portsmouth Harbour, Portsmouth, Gosport, and across the Solent.
I highly recommend the Gunwharf Quays complex in general. While its general thrust is to cater for shopping, eating and entertainment, it offers a varied range (we always have lunch there on the way to the Isle of Wight) and is a stylish and sympathetic redevelopment of defunct admiralty dockland that nevertheless retains its use as a busy harbourside.
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Sorry if the colours are a trifle funny; the thick glass has an intense cyan cast, and I've had to do my best at correcting it.
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| Returning, May 2012 |
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| looking 100m (328ft) down through glass floor panel |
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| View Deck with that glass floor |
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| View Deck 2: 'Cafe in the Clouds' |
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View east over Gunwharf Quays, canal, East Side
Plaza Tower ("The Lipstick") and Southsea |
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| View south over The Camber car ferry dock and Old Portsmouth (top right) |
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| Old Portsmouth with Isle of Wight car ferry |
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| View approx. S, Portsmouth Harbour entrance |
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| Fort Blockhouse, Gosport side of harbour entrance |
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| View approx. SW: Gosport Marina, Seaward Tower, Haslar Lake, Solent, and Isle of Wight on horizon |
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| Gosport: ferry terminus, Ferry Gardens, town centre |
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| Gosport, view approx. NW: Burrow Island, Royal Clarence Marine, Priddy's Hard |
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| Gosport: Burrow Island, Priddy's Hard |
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| View approx. N: Portsmouth Dockyard, with HMS Warrior (foreground) and HMS Victory (centre) |
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| Detail: Portsmouth Dockyard with HMS Victory |
- Ray
Its great to see some higher quality photos from the inside of the tower, its a great attraction to Portsmouth giving great views and this is a really nice preview for those thinking of visiting. It shows it really is worth the trip alongside all of the other great things to do around Portsmouth.
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Thanks, Adam; I'd normally delete comments with commercial links as spam, but I think the Gunwharf Quays area is brilliant - a prime example of how redevelopment can be done - so you're welcome if the link helps you any.
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