HMS Excellent
HMS Excellent is a shore establishment. This one is within Portsmouth’s built-up area. A short trip away is HMS Victory, 2.1 km off, the first of 83 within 15 km.
Museum in Portsmouth
Inside Portsmouth
HMS Excellent is inside Portsmouth’s built-up area, with 43 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The seasons here
The warmest stretch in Portsmouth is May to September, at 18–23°C in the afternoon.
HMS Excellent
There are Wikipedia articles on it in 5 languages.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 5 languages
- Town
- in Portsmouth
Its place on the map
The numbers show what else is near HMS Excellent, in the order listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Portsmouth’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Bases for a visit
By population, Portsmouth leads the 4 with 223,324. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.
Portsmouth
Gosport
Fareham
Waterlooville
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where HMS Excellent is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth | It’s in town | 223,324 | 64 |
| Gosport | 2.4 km west of it | 70,120 | 57 |
| Fareham | 4.7 km northwest of it | 42,633 | 20 |
| Waterlooville | 4.8 km northeast of it | 34,766 | 11 |
Also within reach
2 historic ships, 2 cathedrals and a museum are among the 83 within 15 km.
Historic shipHMS Victory2.1 km away2
MuseumMary Rose2.3 km away3
Historic shipHMS Warrior2.5 km away4
Castle · English HeritagePortchester Castle2.4 km away5
AttractionSpinnaker Tower2.8 km away6
Historic house · English HeritageOsborne House14 km away7
CathedralCathedral of St John the Evangelist2.1 km away8
CathedralPortsmouth Cathedral3.2 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Your questions on HMS Excellent
Where is HMS Excellent?
HMS Excellent is in Portsmouth, Hampshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is HMS Excellent?
Shore establishment.
When is the best time to visit HMS Excellent?
May to September are the warmest months in Portsmouth, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near HMS Excellent?
Within 15 km: HMS Victory (2.1 km), Mary Rose (2.3 km), HMS Warrior (2.5 km) and Portchester Castle (2.4 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- HMS Victory: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Rose: Mary Rose Trust, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- HMS Warrior: geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Portchester Castle: Matthew Folley from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Spinnaker Tower: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Osborne House: Humac45, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of St John the Evangelist: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Portsmouth Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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