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Name:Portsea Island
Hill number:19109
Height:8m / 26ft
Parent (Ma):none
RHB Section:42: South-East England & the Isle of Wight
County/UA:Portsmouth
Island:Non Tump island
Class:SIB
(SIB)
Grid ref:SU647019 (est)
Drop:8m
Col:Sea
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 196
(1:25k) OL3 OL29E 119
Comments:numerous alternative summits
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 47 users)ByDate of Ascent
Walked and drove round various possible high points. All very flat with no sense of what was the highest. Settled on St Mary's Church as others have. Walked round the church yard a bit. Pleasant enough spot, but hardly felt like a summit.Lazylizzie18/08/2023
Walked around various possible high points.Minto15/01/2023
Virtual BlagBrotherOzwin02/01/2023
Quick loop round likely spots; brutal wind and rain so couldn't stop to admire the no doubt extensive views (ha!). Kingstone Crescent felt higher than the church to me but given the conditions I didn't feel much like hauling out the old theodolite!wheresthepath19/02/2022
Stopped various locations on Kingston Cres.Basingstone28/05/2021
Found Charles Dickins' birthplace on the way! With Evan.Dangerous Dave04/10/2020
A walk around the sites of Portsmouth in miserably cold, wet and windy weather. Resisted two Wetherspoon's but with the onset of exposure weakened at Morrisons for a warming hot chocolate and somewhere to eat our sandwiches in the dry. Visited St Mary's church built on the site of oldest church on the island so a reasonable chance of being the island high point. Hovercraft to IoW having problems with the wind and waves but eventually escaped the beach. Probably didn't see Portsmouth at its best.RichardM16/02/2020
We had an extensive wet and windy walk around the streets of Portsmouth, but the HP is elusive ( or is it just flat?)The location of the Hill-bagging mark is at a new Latter Day Saints church and not convincing; more satisfying was the entrance to St Mary's Church- whose founders in the 6th C would have been less distracted by nearby buildings? This appears to be supported by the old maps.Denise 16/02/2020
Drove to St Mary's church and walked around the churchyard.Herbert Anchovy04/09/2019
visit to Dickens Housearranc24/09/2018
Just a local walkBuck01/10/2017
On a family holidayPilotralph 04/08/2017
Parked up and tour a good few churches on Portsea Island.Dugswell207/09/2016
With Alan Holmes, visited all nine of the 8m spot heights marked on 1:10k map. Ironically highest point seems to be the main church ie St Marys, with benchmark at entrance having a ground level of 7.92m and church at highest point, ground level c.8.5m. The one outlier to SE by naval museum is on old road s of recreation ground, accessible. Details to followRHW26/02/2016
With Lesley (& Betty the Jack Russel) passing over 'high point; and house where Charles Dickens lived whilst walking the 2 miles from our car parked on a side street to the ferry for a 2 day attempt to backpack around the coast of I of W ( only made it half way in roasting sun).Chris Pearson02/05/2013
Approx date of visiting Biscoes Solicitors on south side Kingston Crescent.jonglew17/11/2010
With: hb sb ab;Ian Baines28/12/2008
With: ib sb ab; Helen Baines28/12/2008
Bell-ringing at St Mary's church.richtea504001/07/1978
done while serving in the Royal Navy 1965-1972 date est;joseph mitchell20/07/1967
Tony J24/10/2023
DC11main23/07/2022
Ben Rinnes04/12/2021
Matt27/06/2021
rhalstead03/10/2020
SteveG03/08/2020
Alan Whatley24/03/2019
dickiewren09/08/2018
andrew brown03/08/2016
Sherlock26/02/2016
clique01/01/2016
stevent080917/10/2015
Swindon Bagger22/09/2015
moylj109/09/2015
Adrian05/09/2015
bellminsterboy28/12/2014
griefmiester06/09/2012
Coxswain10/10/2008
Sainesy01/03/2008
matthewgibbs11/11/2000
mnixon03/01/2000
AndyS01/08/1980
chriswatson01/05/1971
kanderson02/01/1955
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