Transfer from Stansted Airport to Portsmouth Portsmouth port is most popular for being the home of the Royal Navy, HMNB Portsmouth and not only, because during the centuries, starting with the Medieval Era, many picked Portsmouth Harbor as home to their fleets, because of its strategic location. Legends say that the port was impossible to…
Transfer from Gatwick Airport to Portsmouth Today, except for the Royal Navy, no other battle ships can be seen there as Portsmouth Harbor has become one of the biggest commercial ferry ports in the world, with most services coming from France. Many people from London transfer themselves to Portsmouth Harbor during summer for leisure sailing. Portsmouth…
Transfer from Heathrow Airport to Portsmouth Although in the surrounding area settlements were established even before Roman times, it is generally believed that Portsmouth was founded in 1180 by Jean de Gisors. Not long after, in 1194, Portsmouth was recognized as a city by King Richard I. At the same time the port was built…
Transfer from North Kensington (W10) to Stansted Airport Portobello Road is an important street situated in the Kensington and Chelsea Royal Borough, very close to the North Kensington district. It runs from north to south in Notting Hill and it’s almost parallel with another important street: Ladbroke Grove. The road is mainly known for the…
Transfer from Luton Airport to Southampton Apart from other interesting attractions that can be found in Southampton, the city is also a place that houses quite a few landmarks and interesting buildings. We have listed some of them bellow. The Museum of Archaeology in God’s House Tower which is actually a fortified tower dating back…
Transfer from Stansted Airport to Southampton One of the most distinctive features of Southampton are the port’s “double tides”, a phenomenon that happens only here. The typical tidal range is just about 5 feet (1.5 metres), with 17 hours per day of growing water due to the port’s “double tides”. They enable the biggest containers…
Transfer from North Kensington (W10) to Gatwick Airport Ladbroke Grove is a road located in west London, in the Kensington and Chelsea Royal Borough. Ladbroke Grove is also the unofficial name of the surrounding area. The street stretches from Kensal Green to Notting Hill and it’s entirely included in the North Kensington district. The road…
Transfer from Gatwick Airport to Southampton The expansion of Southampton came in the middle of the 19th Century, when several important people settled in Southampton. During the same period the shipbuilding industry witnessed a great expansion as well as the port that became really important mostly because of the increase in trade in the North Atlantic.…
Transfer from Heathrow Airport to Southampton The city of Southampton was founded by the Romans around the year 70 AD under the name of Clausentum. The settlement had a great strategic importance as a port, for the already important cities of Salisbury and Winchester. It became even more important after the Norman invasion in 1066.…
Transfer from Luton Airport to Bournemouth The Dorset and Hampshire areas bordering Bournemouth have been the inhabited by humans for hundreds of years. However, until 1800 Bournemouth was sole ground, untouched by human. No one resided close to the Bourne River and the only frequent guests were a some fishermen, grass cutters and gangs of…