Hovercraft Museum, Lee-on-the-Solent

Name: Hovercraft Museum
Address: 44-45 Marine Parade W, Lee-on-the-Solent, PO1 3 9, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 23 9255 2090

#1 among attractions in Lee-on-the-Solent

Top attraction, Specialty museum, Maritime museum, Museum

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The Hovercraft Museum, in Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, England is a museum run by a registered charity dedicated to hovercraft. ()

Established: 1988 (36 years ago)Coordinates: 50°48'28"N, 1°12'35"W

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44-45 Marine Parade WLee-on-the-Solent PO1 3 9 United Kingdom

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+44 23 9255 2090

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Day trips

Hovercraft Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Fareham Shopping Centre, Titchfield Abbey, Fort Brockhurst, Westbury Manor Museum.

3.4 miNE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Fareham Shopping Centre, Fareham
88 min walk • Fareham Shopping Centre is at the heart of the centre of the medium-sized Hampshire town of Fareham. Built in two phases between 1975 and 1981, the centre contains many well known retailers and is quite large for a town of its size.
3.5 miN
Historical place, Monastery
Titchfield Abbey, Fareham
90 min walk • Titchfield Abbey is a medieval abbey and later country house, located in the village of Titchfield near Fareham in Hampshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1222 for Premonstratensian canons, an austere order of priests.
2.4 miE
Museum, Military museum, History museum
Fort Brockhurst, Portsmouth
63 min walk • Fort Brockhurst is one of the Palmerston Forts, in Gosport, England and a Scheduled Ancient Monument. It is now an English Heritage property.
3.3 miN
History museum, Museum
Westbury Manor Museum, Fareham
85 min walk • Westbury Manor Museum is the main town centre museum located at 84 West Street, Fareham, Hampshire, England. It features a variety of exhibits on local history, such as the use of Fareham red bricks in the construction of the Royal Albert Hall.
3.6 miNE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham
93 min walk • Ashcroft Arts Centre is a performing arts venue in Fareham, Hampshire. It is named after Dame Peggy Ashcroft, and opened by her in 1989, after being refurbished from its original use as a school.
1.6 miE
Museum
Little Woodham, Portsmouth
42 min walk • Little Woodham, also known as "The Living History Village of Little Woodham" or "The Seventeenth Century Village", is a living museum dedicated to recreating life in a rural village in the mid-17th century. It is situated in ancient woodland in Rowner, on the Gosport peninsula, Hampshire.
1.4 miE
Park
West of the River Alver, Portsmouth
36 min walk • West of the River Alver is an 11.6-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Gosport in Hampshire. It is owned and managed by Gosport Borough Council.
1.4 miE
Park
The Wild Grounds, Portsmouth
36 min walk • The Wild Grounds is a 28.2-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gosport in Hampshire. It is also a Local Nature Reserve, which is owned and managed by Gosport Borough Council.
2.4 miN
Forts and castles
Fort Fareham, Fareham
62 min walk • Fort Fareham is one of the Palmerston Forts, in Fareham, England. After the Gosport Advanced Line of Fort Brockhurst, Fort Elson, Fort Rowner, Fort Grange and Fort Gomer had been approved by the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom a decision was made to build...
2.8 miSE
Beach
Stokes Bay, Portsmouth
73 min walk • Stokes Bay is an area of the Solent that lies just south of Gosport, between Portsmouth and Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire. There is a shingle beach with views of Ryde and East Cowes on the Isle of Wight to the south and Fawley to the south west. The settlement of Alverstoke is close by.
2.1 miSE
Forts and castles
Browndown Battery, Portsmouth
54 min walk • Browndown Battery, also referred to erroneously in some sources as Browndown Fort, is a former military coastal defence fortification and base on the Southern shoreline of England in the county of Hampshire. First erected in the mid-1840s, the battery was continuously modified until disarmed in 1905/6.

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When is Hovercraft Museum open?

Hovercraft Museum is open:

Monday closed
Tuesday closed
Wednesday closed
Thursday closed
Friday closed
Saturday 10 am - 4 pm
Sunday closed