Spinnaker Tower
Spinnaker Tower is a sightseeing tower in Portsmouth, Hampshire. 105 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by HMS Victory (700 m). Wikipedia covers it in 18 languages.
Attraction in Portsmouth
One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#269 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (18 Wikipedias). About ↓
Inside Portsmouth
Spinnaker Tower is inside Portsmouth’s built-up area, with 47 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.
When to go
The warmest stretch in Portsmouth is May to September, at 18–23°C in the afternoon.
Spinnaker Tower
Sightseeing tower in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.
In Portsmouth, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Attraction
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 18 languages
- Town
- in Portsmouth
- Official site
- spinnakertower.co.uk
Locating Spinnaker Tower
Orange: Spinnaker Tower.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Numbers: the places near it, as listed below. The dashed line is Portsmouth’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The nearest towns to Spinnaker Tower
Portsmouth is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (223,324 people). Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.
Portsmouth
Gosport
Peel Common
Lee-on-the-Solent
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Spinnaker Tower is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth | It’s in town | 223,324 | 64 |
| Gosport | 500 m west of it | 70,120 | 57 |
| Peel Common | 6.6 km northwest of it | 263 | 12 |
| Lee-on-the-Solent | 7.8 km west of it | 24,307 | 21 |
| Ryde | 8.9 km southwest of it | 24,094 | 28 |
| Southwick | 8.9 km north of it | 703 | 9 |
| Fareham | 9 km northwest of it | 42,633 | 20 |
| Pondwell | 9 km south of it | 470 | 20 |
Pair Spinnaker Tower with these
Among the 105 within 15 km are 3 historic ships, 2 cathedrals and a museum.
Historic shipHMS Victory700 m away2
MuseumMary Rose500 m away3
Historic shipHMS Warrior300 m away4
CathedralPortsmouth Cathedral600 m away5
Castle · English HeritagePortchester Castle4.7 km away6
Historic house · English HeritageOsborne House12 km away7
CathedralCathedral of St John the Evangelist1.1 km away8
Historic shipHMS Holland 11.2 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Good to know about Spinnaker Tower
Where is Spinnaker Tower?
Spinnaker Tower is in Portsmouth, Hampshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Spinnaker Tower?
Sightseeing tower in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.
When is the best time to visit Spinnaker Tower?
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 Spinnaker Tower?
Within 15 km: HMS Victory (700 m), Mary Rose (500 m), HMS Warrior (300 m) and Portsmouth Cathedral (600 m).
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)
- Spinnaker Tower: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- Portsmouth Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Portchester Castle: Matthew Folley from UK, CC BY 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
- HMS Holland 1: Flickr user "zongo69" : https://www.flickr.com/photos/zongo, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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