Southampton

Southampton

Southampton, River Test, Terminal, sailing

What to see
You’ll find accounts of Southampton’s tourist attractions, additional information, shopping, eating out etc at Visit Southampton. Links to local sites include:

God’s House Tower
John Hansard Gallery
Medieval Merchant’s House
SeaCity Museum
Showcase Gallery
Solent Sky Museum
Southampton City Art Gallery
Southampton Town Walls
Steamship Shieldhall
Tudor House

Southampton, Southampton City Art Gallery, Edward Burne-Jones, Story of Perseus, pre-Raphaelites
Burne-Jones: telling the Perseus story until December 2021 at the City Art Gallery

Towns of Two Halves extracts:
“God’s House Tower presents the history of Southampton in a particularly imaginative way – plus some gallery space – set in a spectacular corner of the city walls.”
“While you’re here [SeaCity Museum], make a point of going to the loo. They’re located in old cells. Some of the original doors provide a sense of menace, and the white tiles are cold, but the rooms and fittings are otherwise luxurious.”
“The Southampton Pocket Guide is bright, superficially attractive…[with] full colour, lively layout, creative but disciplined typography… and the proof-reading is hopeless.”
These are taken from the 2020-updated Southampton chapter of Towns of Two Halves, published in 2018. To buy a copy, email info@townsof2halves.co.uk.