2026 Events

IN PERSON Guided Walk Ann’s Hill Road, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 3RL Join Jim on a guided walk around this cemetery, learning about the Victorian history of the site, and much more besides… On this Cemetery tour, you’ll hear about the meaning of symbology on the headstones and what it tells us about the Victorians and […]

IN PERSON Guided Tour Gosport Museum & Art Gallery, 19 Walpole Road, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 1NS Explore this Grade II listed building, designed in the Art Nouveau style. You’ll learn about the architecture of the building but also it’s use, which in its early years was a library and school… The building that houses Gosport […]

IN PERSON  Illustrated Talk Gosport Museum & Art Gallery, Robert’s Room, Walpole Road, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 1NS ‘Keys’ and ‘Trains of thought’: both are easy to lose. But to lose a whole castle? That’s a much bigger challenge… Enjoy this illustrated talk by Alex Bennett at Gosport Museum and Art Gallery. Built as part of […]

IN PERSON Guided Tour   The Gosport Shed, c/o St Vincent College, Drill Hall, Mill Lane, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 4QA Visitors will be given a guided tour of a 19C naval gunnery drill shed which has been sympathetically converted into one of the most attended Men’s Sheds in the country. The tour will show how […]

IN PERSON Guided Walk Royal Clarence Yard, By the Pump House (previously a café), Cooperage Green, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 1AX Enjoy a guided walk of Royal Clarence Victualling Yard, the former supply base for the Navy… Hear about how this victualling yard developed over time from the mid-1700s, with a focus on the supply of […]

IN PERSON Guided Tour St Marks Road, Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 2DA A guided tour around the cemetery, highlighting information of some of the interesting local Gosport families who have been interred therein… The guided tour will cover the influence of Robert Cruickshank in the building of St Mark’s church as part of his development […]

IN PERSON Talk Gosport Museum and Art Gallery (GMAG), Robert’s Roon, Walpole Road, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 1NS Join Collections Volunteer, Pam Braddock, to hear about and handle some fascinating artefacts… Settle in for an informative talk as Pam describes a selection of fascinating objects held in Gosport Museum. These artefacts will all represent an element […]

IN PERSON Guided Tour Gosport Museum and Art Gallery (GMAG), Collections Store, Walpole Road, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 1NS A rare chance to see inside the Collections Store at Gosport Museum. Collections Volunteer, Pam Braddock, will take you beyond the locked green doors, to see the wealth of Gosport artefacts which lay within… Join Pam, as […]

IN PERSON  Guided Walk St Luke’s Church, Haslar, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 2FB Follow the footsteps of 1850s Ottoman sailors on this guided walk. Discover their journey from naval training to care at Haslar Hospital, hear rarely told stories of local encounters, explore historical documents, and visit their final resting place. This guided walk traces the […]

In Person Guided Tour Institute of Naval Medicine, Crescent Road, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 2DL An introduction to the history of INM and the Historic Collections displayed in Monckton House, a Grade II listed building. After a brief presentation, you will see displays of heritage materials related to the history and practice of naval medicine. Monckton […]

IN PERSON Guided Tour Powder Monkey Brewery , 67 Heritage Way, Priddys hard, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 4FL Visit this unique brewery, housed in a historic gunpowder store, and learn the story behind Powder Monkey… We will take you through the ingredients that make up beer, and an outline of the process, while sampling some different […]

IN PERSON Guided Walk Main Gate of Haslar Hospital site (Guides will direct you to St Lukes Church), Haslar Road, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 2FB Learn of Haslar Hospital’s history and current-day development on this tour of the grounds and Church. Royal Haslar Hospital was the first naval hospital in the country, receiving its first patients […]

IN-PERSON Guided Tour Meeting point is at the North gate to the Marina, that’s the one by the pier.  A guide will be there to meet you. Take a tour of HMS Medusa, built in 1943 and now the last original and seagoing of 464 in this class. Medusa was navigational leader for Omaha beach […]

In Person Guided Tour St. Marys Church Alverstoke, Green Road, Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 2ET Guided tours of the historical church and churchyard of St Mary’s Alverstoke with origins from at least 1122. Now a beautiful Victorian Gothic church, at the heart of our local community, with well-detailed architecture and extensive history. Whether a regular […]

In Person Guided Tour Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 3BY Enjoy a guided tour around one of the Palmerston Forts, built to defend Portsmouth from a possible French invasion… Visit the Tunnels, Caponiers, haunted Keep, and Fort Museum within the grounds of the Royal Navy training establishment HMS Sultan. Family-friendly but children must be fully supervised. Not […]

In Person Guided Tour HMS Sultan, Military Road, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 3BY Enjoy a guided tour around the different aircraft used for training at HMS SULTAN. Explore the types that represent the different aircraft flown by the Royal Navy from the 1960s. Although many are no longer in active service, they still have a valuable […]

In Person Guided Tour HMS Sultan, Military Road, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 3BY Explore this fascinating museum within the grounds of HMS Sultan. The Airfield Museum gives the history of the surrounding area used as an airfield from 1909-1956. Learn about the world’s first “Top Gun” establishment 1917-19, and how the ‘Gosport’ method of flying training […]

In Person Guided Tour HMS Sultan, Military Road, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 3BY Explore this fascinating museum within the grounds of HMS Sultan with displays spanning 120 years of naval engineering. This fantastic collection is only available to the general public during HODs… The Marine Engineering Museum shows the history of marine engineering in the Royal […]

IN PERSON Guided Tour Crescent Garden, Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 2DH Crescent Garden is a 1.3 acre historic garden that was developed in 1828 as part of Angleseyville. You’ll hear about the history of the Garden and the Crescent; also learn about the heritage trees, shrubs and plants in the Garden… The history TALK will […]

IN PERSON Self-led Tour St. Marys Church, 32 High Street, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 1DF Step inside St Mary’s Church and discover the rich story of a Catholic parish shaped by faith and history, including a rare stained-glass window by Ninian Comper. St Mary’s warmly invites you to explore its history as part of Heritage Open […]

IN PERSON Self Led Trail Holy Trinity Church, Trinity Green, Haslar Road, Gosport, PO12 1HL We will provide tours around the Bastion share stories about the people that would have served and why it was called Tragedy Bank. Walking guides available. Information about the Bastion its role as part of the defensive ring around the […]

IN PERSON Guided Walk 51 Clayhall Road, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 2BB Learn about how funerals were conducted in the past (dead man’s lane or mile) and the great comparisons to today, and view photos displayed in the Cemetery Mortuary Chapel, plus information that visitors can take away with them. Then be guided on an informative […]

IN PERSON Talk Holy Trinity Church, Trinity Green, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 1HL Royal Navy Clearance Diver training in the 1970s and 1980s was an infamously grueling. Former Royal Naval clearance diver, James Carlin, gives a fascinating look into the nitty-gritty of how you trained for this dangerous work… Training to be a RN Clearance Diver […]

IN PERSON Self led Tour St. Faiths Church, Victoria Square, Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, PO13 9NF Pop into what is probably the best example of Art Deco on the Gosport peninsular, and you decide for yourself. Is this the best example of Art Deco in Gosport? Don’t be fooled by appearances. The exterior of St Faith’s Church […]

Shore Leave Haslar: A Garden Haven for Veterans – Sowing the Seeds for Recovery IN PERSON Show / Display The Memorial Gardens, Haslar Hospital, Haslar Road, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 2FA Shore Leave Haslar is set within the historic Memorial Garden of the former Royal Hospital Haslar. Come and see the work we do to provide […]

In Person Show / Display The Royal British Legion, 145 Brockhurst Road, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 3AX From its inception in 1921 to the present day, told through personal stories and photographs. This year commemorates 105 years of the Gosport & Alverstoke Branch, join us in celebrating and find out what the Legion stands for. Learn […]

IN PERSON Show / Display Presentation The Ballroom, Thorngate Halls, Bury Road, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 3PX Come and see the pipes and play the organ .. The Compton Cinema Organ has been in the Ballroom at Thorngate Hall since 1981 but was originally built to provide music and sound effects for Silent Films. Built in […]

IN PERSON Show / Display Fort Brockhurst, Gunners Way, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 4DS Fort Brockhurst, is one of several forts built in the 1850-60s to protect Portsmouth and its vital harbour against a possible French invasion. Visit to to discover more about its history, and enjoy the activities… Enjoy this multi-period reenactment weekend at Fort […]

IN PERSON  Show / Display Fort Brockhurst, Gunners Way, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 4DS Step Back in Time with the Victorian Explorers! Discover history like never before at our immersive, outdoor living-history encampment, within the grounds of Fort Brockhurst. Peek inside an authentic historical Bell tent and meet our costumed guides, ready to share tales of […]

IN PERSON Show / Display The Hovercraft Museum, Marine Parade West, Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, PO13 9NS A great visit for serious enthusiasts and families who just want to have fun! An ideal base for a day out, with views of the Solent and the Isle of Wight. An extensive collection of Hovercraft, including the World’s Largest […]

IN PERSON  Illustrated Talk Holy Trinity Church, Trinity Green, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 1HL There are pockets of Gosport where wildlife are not only clinging on, but also thriving! Jon will talk to you about this wildlife wonderland, aided by his fantastic photographs… Get a closer look at the wildlife life that calls Gosport its home. […]

IN PERSON    Holy Trinity Church, Trinity Green, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 1HL Local artist Neil Marshall shares artwork inspired by Gosport and its rich past. Join us for a detailed presentation by local artist Neil Marshall. Giving an insight in to how local scenes of the past have been recreated and the cameos that feature […]