Guidebook for Southampton

Susanna & Simon
Guidebook for Southampton

Food Scene

There's a bar, outside seating that's great in bright weather and a good restaurant. Best to book.
Ceno
119 Highfield Ln
There's a bar, outside seating that's great in bright weather and a good restaurant. Best to book.
Coffee and other drinks (including alcohol) plus a selection of food. Good breakfasts.
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Trago Lounge
190-192 Portswood Rd
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Coffee and other drinks (including alcohol) plus a selection of food. Good breakfasts.
Good Indian restaurant with large, varied menu and a comfortable, well furnished ambience. The U6H bus passes here.
Jehangir Restaurant
347 Winchester Rd
Good Indian restaurant with large, varied menu and a comfortable, well furnished ambience. The U6H bus passes here.
Burgers.
Burger King
238 Burgess Rd
Burgers.
Come here for a freshly cooked traditional English breakfast. Has WiFi.
Kate's Café Lounge
227 Portswood Rd
Come here for a freshly cooked traditional English breakfast. Has WiFi.
This street is Southampton's restaurant district, with many choices
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Oxford Street
Oxford Street
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This street is Southampton's restaurant district, with many choices
It may not look much but it's a good place for authentic thai food.
273 Thai Eatery
273 Portswood Rd
It may not look much but it's a good place for authentic thai food.
Excellent burgers, pretty good (and large) cocktails in a calculatedly grungy setting. Gets busy at peak times. Happy Hour all the time except after 7 Friday and Saturday.
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7Bone Burger Co. Southampton
29 Portswood Rd
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Excellent burgers, pretty good (and large) cocktails in a calculatedly grungy setting. Gets busy at peak times. Happy Hour all the time except after 7 Friday and Saturday.
Spacious and relaxed branch of a growing national chain. They have a range of pre-prepared food and a great coffee. Sit here with your laptop if you need to get out of the house!
Coffee#1 Portswood
203-205 Portswood Rd
Spacious and relaxed branch of a growing national chain. They have a range of pre-prepared food and a great coffee. Sit here with your laptop if you need to get out of the house!

Drinks & Nightlife

Everyone's favourite traditional pub, with great food at reasonable prices.
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The Crown Inn
9 Highcrown St
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Everyone's favourite traditional pub, with great food at reasonable prices.
Live music venue, mostly rock and pop. Lots of cover bands but the occasional touring gem as well.
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The Brook
466 Portswood Rd
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Live music venue, mostly rock and pop. Lots of cover bands but the occasional touring gem as well.
Relaxed but decent quality restaurant with a great range of beers. Best to book.
Brewhouse and Kitchen - Southampton
47 Highfield Ln
Relaxed but decent quality restaurant with a great range of beers. Best to book.

Arts & Culture

Eclectic range of quality music performances. Mostly classical but jazz and world music too.
Turner Sims Concert Hall
Building 52 Salisbury Rd
Eclectic range of quality music performances. Mostly classical but jazz and world music too.
Includes a large Titanic exhibit
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SeaCity Museum
Havelock Road
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Includes a large Titanic exhibit
We love the excellent Burne-Jones exhibit of his drawings of the Perseus myth. And it's free to enter.
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Southampton City Art Gallery
Commercial Road
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We love the excellent Burne-Jones exhibit of his drawings of the Perseus myth. And it's free to enter.
Imaginative programme of professional theatre productions, with the occasional London transfer
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Nuffield Southampton Theatres City
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Imaginative programme of professional theatre productions, with the occasional London transfer
The new, much more central location of one of Southampton's hidden gems. Avant garde art and performances.
John Hansard Gallery
144 Above Bar St
The new, much more central location of one of Southampton's hidden gems. Avant garde art and performances.

Sightseeing

A nicely landscaped modern campus. The bus interchange is here.
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University of Southampton
University Road
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A nicely landscaped modern campus. The bus interchange is here.
The square by the Westgate has Southampton's best-preserved mediaeval area. The West Gate was used by the soldiers of Agincourt as well as by the pilgrims departing on the Mayflower.
Westgate Street
Westgate Street
The square by the Westgate has Southampton's best-preserved mediaeval area. The West Gate was used by the soldiers of Agincourt as well as by the pilgrims departing on the Mayflower.
Iconic gateway to Southampton. Take the Walk The Walls trail to see it all - ask us for a map.
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Bargate
High Street
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Iconic gateway to Southampton. Take the Walk The Walls trail to see it all - ask us for a map.
One of seven memorials to the Titanic. See if you can find the rest! (Ask us for a trail map!)
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Titanic Engineers' Memorial
London Road
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One of seven memorials to the Titanic. See if you can find the rest! (Ask us for a trail map!)
An imposing memorial marks the spot from which the Pilgrims left aboard the Mayflower and Speedwell to start what would be known as Plymouth Colony.
Mayflower Pilgrims Memorial
Town Quay
An imposing memorial marks the spot from which the Pilgrims left aboard the Mayflower and Speedwell to start what would be known as Plymouth Colony.

Shopping

Huge supermarket, has everything you could want including clothing, housewares and computers
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Sainsbury's
224 Portswood Rd
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Huge supermarket, has everything you could want including clothing, housewares and computers
This small store has every hardware item you can imagine. Get the battery, screw, hook, washer, chain or other item you need here.
Portswood Hardware
197 Portswood Rd
This small store has every hardware item you can imagine. Get the battery, screw, hook, washer, chain or other item you need here.
Electronics store with a wide variety of components, electrical and computer supplies.
Maplin
46-48 Bevois Valley Road
Electronics store with a wide variety of components, electrical and computer supplies.

Essentials

Quality groceries.
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Waitrose & Partners Southampton
121-131 Portswood Rd
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Quality groceries.
Large store offering halal foods, Asian branded groceries and exotics fruits and vegetables.
International Foods Ltd
164-168 Portswood Rd
Large store offering halal foods, Asian branded groceries and exotics fruits and vegetables.

Everything Else

In case of an emergency, this is the closest accident and emergency unit. The U6H bus goes here.
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Southampton General Hospital
Tremona Road
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In case of an emergency, this is the closest accident and emergency unit. The U6H bus goes here.
This is the nearest medical doctor offering NHS service.
Mulberry House Surgery
7 St Denys Rd
This is the nearest medical doctor offering NHS service.
This is the nearest post office.
University Sub Post Office
Burgess Road
This is the nearest post office.
Public library. Has internet terminals.
Portswood Library
Portswood Road
Public library. Has internet terminals.
Also has currency exchange desk
Portswood Post Office
Also has currency exchange desk