Old Portsmouth Historical Walking Tour: Discover 900 Years of Dark, Humorous, and Horrifying History
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Portsmouth

Embark on a captivating historical walking tour of Old Portsmouth. Explore 900 years of dark, humorous, and horrifying history, revealing secrets and uncovering the truth about pirates, Nelson, and more!

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Landport Gate - Old Portsmouth’s only originally located entrance - dare you enter an infernal den of Diabolical Demons?
What's Included
  • Walking tour
Additional Information

Uncover over nine centuries of intrigue, humor, and terror in a unique historical walking tour like no other at the ‘Den of Diabolical Demons’, it is sure to astound and inspire both newcomers and lifelong residents alike.
Experience arguably the most striking narrations of Portsmouth, Southsea, and Old Portsmouth’s past, delivered by a Portmuthian born…

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Location
Tesco Express
Saint George's Road
On St. George's road, opposite Tesco Express bus stop is Landport Gate - your guide will meet you there.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Dsfddsfdf
Sep 11, 2025
100% recommend! - Who better to lead a local walking tour than a history teacher born and raised in Portsmouth, who not only dedicated his university dissertation to the city as part of his history degree but also went on to write a book about Portsmouth? Samuel was engaging, enthusiastic and passionate throughout, I had no idea Portsmouth was so interesting! 100% recommend!
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Vinniet2016
Aug 18, 2025
Great Tour - Great and informative tour of Old Portsmouth. Knew EVERYTHING about the area. Also had great old photos of what the area looked like years ago.
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Themachinelondon
May 4, 2025
Informative, engaging and fun - Samual was a delight to deal with whilst booking - an easy process over email. The tour itself self was Informative, engaging and fun. The size of our group was 9 people which is just right. Highly recommended.
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G6522mmjuliea
Mar 27, 2025
Fantastic tour - Great tour, highly engaging. Recommend to anyone wanting to learn more about Old Portsmouth. You will not regret it. We have been twice and enjoyed both tours.
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Rogerpg5636sv
Nov 23, 2024
A fascinating insight into Old Portsmouth. - We booked, unwittingly, for the weekend of 'Storm Bert', which whittled down the group to just four of us, plus Samuel our Guide. It was worth every minute of the blustery, wet hour and a half. A very knowledgeable and enthusiastic local historian (born and bred in Portsmouth), Samuel regaled us with fascinating, amusing and unpleasant facts, in equal measure, about the area of Old Portsmouth and the characters who lived there. We would strongly recommend this Tour.
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Axel20212021
Oct 21, 2024
Fantastic experience - We had a fantastic time. Samuel is both very knowledgeable and infectiously enthusiastic. He shared a wealth of historic information and entertaining stories about the area and about historic incidents. We all loved the experience.
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C133fewilliamr
Oct 9, 2024
Brilliant Tour of Old Portsmouth - We enjoyed Samuel's tour immensely. He was enthusiastic, enlightening and engrossing. He paints a vivid picture of the characters involved and you really get a feel for how Portsmouth was back in the day. I cannot praise more highly.
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Caroline_d
Sep 23, 2024
Samuel was a great guide,... - Samuel was a great guide, enthusiastic, interesting with immense knowledge and humorous!! Thank you!
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Barry
Sep 9, 2024
Superb , nostalgic - Our guide Samuel was superb So much information and the way it was portrayed was easy on the ears. It was far better than expected A throughly comprehensive tour of Old Portsmouth
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Curious453734
Jun 17, 2024
Most engaging and enjoyable walking tour - Had the most amazing, informative and hugely entertaining tour with the fabulous Samuel. From start to finish total enjoyment. Such a brilliant tour guide who clearly not only knows his history of the area but delighted in passing on his knowledge, Samuel was really open to questions and engaging with his audience throughout. If visiting Portsmouth this tour of Old Portsmouth is a must. Thoroughly recommend both the tour and guide.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).