Watts Park, Southampton

Name: Watts Park
Address: Southampton, United Kingdom

#31 among attractions in Southampton

Park, Relax in park

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Watts Park, also known as West Park, is an urban park in the city of Southampton. It is named in honour of Isaac Watts, the Congregationalist minister and hymn writer who was born in the city. It was built between 1854 and 1866, and in 1995 was designated Grade II* on Historic England's register of historic parks and gardens. ()

Elevation: 66 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 50°54'34"N, 1°24'24"W

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Southampton Itchen (Bargate)Southampton United Kingdom

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Watts Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Westquay, The Marlands, St Mary's Stadium, Red Lion Inn.

0.4 miS
Shopping, Shopping centre
Westquay, Southampton
11 min walk • Westquay is a shopping centre in Southampton, United Kingdom. It has an area of 95,600 m² of retail and leisure space and contains around 130 shops, including major retailers such as, John Lewis and Partners, Marks and Spencer, Zara, Schuh, Waterstone's, Hollister Co. Apple, and others.
~1290 ftS
Shopping, Shopping centre
The Marlands, Southampton
7 min walk • The Marlands Shopping Centre was opened on 5 September 1991. At the time, the Marlands Shopping Mall was the largest shopping centre in Southampton and the first significant shopping centre in the city, however it is now dwarfed by Westquay, which opened in 2000.
0.7 miE
Arenas and stadiums, Football, Sport venue
St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
19 min walk • St Mary's Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Southampton, England, has been the home stadium of Premier League club Southampton F.C. since 2001.
0.7 miS
Nightlife
Red Lion Inn, Southampton
19 min walk • The Red Lion Inn is a Grade II* listed pub, built in the late 15th/early 16th century, at 55 High Street, Southampton, Hampshire SO14 2NS. It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.
0.6 miSE
Music venue
The Joiners, Southampton
15 min walk • The Joiners is a small music venue in a former pub on St Mary Street, St Mary's, Southampton, England. It has played host to many up-and-coming bands. The pub started having live acts in the back room in 1968. The maximum capacity is 200 people.
~550 ftSW
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
SeaCity Museum, Southampton
3 min walk • The SeaCity Museum is a museum in Southampton, England, which opened on 10 April 2012 to mark the centenary of RMS Titanic's departure from the city. It is housed within a part of the Grade II* listed civic centre building which previously housed the magistrates' court and police station.
~520 ftNE
Monuments and statues
Titanic Engineers' Memorial, Southampton
3 min walk • The Titanic Engineers' Memorial is a memorial in East Park, Southampton, United Kingdom, to the engineers who died in the Titanic disaster on 15 April 1912.
~1650 ftS
Church
Above Bar Church, Southampton
8 min walk • Above Bar Church is an evangelical church in Southampton, affiliated to the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches. The building is on the corner of Above Bar Street and Ogle Road in Southampton City Centre, with shops on the ground level and the auditorium and other rooms above them.
0.6 miS
City wall
Old Walls, Southampton
16 min walk • Southampton's town walls are a sequence of defensive structures built around the town in southern England. Although earlier Roman and Anglo-Saxon settlements around Southampton had been fortified with walls or ditches, the later walls originate with the move of the town to the current site in the 10th century.
0.6 miS
Forts and castles
Southampton Castle, Southampton
16 min walk • Southampton Castle was located in the town of Southampton in Hampshire, England. Constructed after the Norman conquest of England, it was located in the north-west corner of the town overlooking the River Test, initially as a wooden motte and bailey design.
0.7 miSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Mary's Church, Southampton
18 min walk • St. Mary's Church, Southampton is a Church of England parish church, and the largest church in the port city of Southampton on the south coast of England.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Watts Park?

Nearby attractions include The Cenotaph, Southampton (2 min walk), Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton (2 min walk), Titanic Musicians' Memorial, Southampton (3 min walk), Titanic Engineers' Memorial, Southampton (3 min walk).

How to get to Watts Park by public transport?

The nearest stations to Watts Park:

Bus

Art Gallery • Lines: U2, U2B (2 min walk)
Cenotaph • Lines: U1A, U2, U2B (2 min walk)

Train

Southampton Central (10 min walk)
St Denys (31 min walk)

Ferry

Red Jet (27 min walk)