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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We loved a side trip to Portsmouth.  Nelson's flagship the HMS Victory is there, as well as the HMS Warrior (a 19th c. ironclad), which can both be toured.  They're right next to the Mary Rose Museum, where they have the remains of the only Tudor ship ever recovered, along with some amazing artifacts that were preserved in the wreck. You can also take a boat tour of the harbor. We took the train and spent one night there, and we wished we had stayed longer. [/quote]

Since you’re already in Hampshire, Portsmouth isn’t too terribly far from Winchester, which also boasts tons of history. It was once the capital of a newly unified England under King Alfred the Great. Henry VIII’s reconstruction of the famous Round Table hangs at the Great Hall, and you can walk amongst the ruins of Wolvesey Castle. Most famously, there is Winchester Cathedral, where the remains of Norman/Anglo-Saxon kings and queens are interred, as well as 17th century writer/conservationist Izaak Walton, a saint, and none other than Jane Austen herself. [/quote]

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