Southampton is a city in the United Kingdom. The city is in Hampshire. It is about in the middle of the south coast of England. Southampton is the largest city on the south coast.[6]
It is an important port. It is the nearest city to the New Forest. In 1912, the RMS Titanic sailed from there as was common with most ocean liners at the time. It contains several memorials and museum exhibitions related with the doomed ship.
Places in Southampton
Bargate
The Bargate
Southampton has lots of landmarks, of which one is the Bargate. This is the old main gate of the city wall of Southampton, and nowadays is used as the beginning of the guided tour of Southampton, Walk the Walls.[7] In medieval Southampton, a bell was rung at dusk every day to tell people that the gates would shortly be locked.
The Queen Mary 2 on Southampton Water, with Hythe Ferry in front
Southampton is home to many cruise ships and ocean liners, including the Queen Victoria and the Queen Mary 2.
There is also a regular ferry service to Hythe (a small village on the other side of Southampton Water), which leaves every half hour.[10]
Sport
Southampton has a football team Southampton F.C., which is nicknamed "The Saints". In 2001, the team moved stadiums, from "The Dell", to St. Mary's Football Stadium.[11] The club was founded in 1885, and has been playing ever since.
↑"British urban pattern: population data"(PDF). ESPON project 1.4.3 Study on Urban Functions. European Union – European Spatial Planning Observation Network. March 2007. pp. 120–121. Archived from the original(PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
↑Neighbourhood Statistics. "Lead View Table". Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 12 January 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
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