Museum · Portsmouth · Hampshire

Mary Rose

Mary Rose is a 1511 carrack warship. The built-up area of Portsmouth includes it. It is on the official list as a protected shipwreck (Section 1).

Photo: Mary Rose, Mary Rose Trust (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Portsmouth

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 1%

#72 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Museum in Portsmouth

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#72 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (34 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Portsmouth

Mary Rose is inside Portsmouth’s built-up area, with 47 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Protected shipwreck (Section 1)

On the official list of protected heritage; Portsmouth has 490 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather through the year

The warmest afternoons in Portsmouth run May to September, at 18–23°C.

Jan9° / 3°86 mm

Feb9° / 3°60 mm

Mar12° / 4°50 mm

Apr15° / 6°53 mm

May18° / 8°43 mm

Jun21° / 11°50 mm

Jul23° / 13°46 mm

Aug23° / 13°60 mm

Sep20° / 11°58 mm

Oct16° / 9°88 mm

Nov12° / 6°90 mm

Dec10° / 3°89 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Portsmouth, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Portsmouth. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Portsmouth’s full climate →

About

Mary Rose

34 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. Within 15 km there are 103 more places to visit, starting with HMS Victory (300 m).

Portsmouth’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Protected shipwreck (Section 1)
Wikipedias: Covered in 34 languages
Town: in Portsmouth
Official site: maryrose.org

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Getting to Mary Rose

Orange is Mary Rose; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

Portsmouth is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (223,324 people). The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in town

Portsmouth

223,324 people · 64 places to visit

2 · 800 m west of it

Gosport

70,120 people · 57 places to visit

3 · 6.5 km northwest of it

Peel Common

263 people · 12 places to visit

4 · 7.8 km west of it

Lee-on-the-Solent

24,307 people · 21 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Mary Rose is	People	Places to visit
Portsmouth	It’s in town	223,324	64
Gosport	800 m west of it	70,120	57
Peel Common	6.5 km northwest of it	263	12
Lee-on-the-Solent	7.8 km west of it	24,307	21
Southwick	8.5 km north of it	703	9
Fareham	8.7 km northwest of it	42,633	20
Stoke	9.2 km east of it	1,267	8
Ryde	9.4 km southwest of it	24,094	28

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

Among the 103 within 15 km are 2 historic ships, 2 cathedrals and an attraction.

Historic shipHMS Victory300 m away 2

Historic shipHMS Warrior200 m away 3

AttractionSpinnaker Tower500 m away 4

CathedralPortsmouth Cathedral1 km away 5

Castle · English HeritagePortchester Castle4.2 km away 6

CathedralCathedral of St John the Evangelist900 m away 7

Historic house · English HeritageOsborne House13 km away 8

MuseumRoyal Naval Museum300 m away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions about Mary Rose

Where is Mary Rose?

Mary Rose is in Portsmouth, Hampshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Mary Rose?

1511 carrack warship.

When is the best time to visit Mary Rose?

May to September are the warmest months in Portsmouth, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Mary Rose a listed building?

Yes: protected shipwreck (Section 1).

What else is there to see near Mary Rose?

Within 15 km: HMS Victory (300 m), HMS Warrior (200 m), Spinnaker Tower (500 m) and Portsmouth Cathedral (1 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 (9)

Mary Rose: Mary Rose Trust, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
HMS Victory: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
HMS Warrior: geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Spinnaker Tower: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Portsmouth Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Portchester Castle: Matthew Folley from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cathedral of St John the Evangelist: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Osborne House: Humac45, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Royal Naval Museum: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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