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- The Bargate - a medieval gatehouse sat slap bang in the middle of the shopping centre. The top floor is now a Heritage Visitor Centre
- The Central Parks - established in the 19th century and listed Grade II on English Heritage's Register of Historic Parks, they benefited in 2001 from a £4.5m Heritage Lottery grant
- The yearly Southampton Boat Show

Things to Do:
- Visit the South's leading Theatre ‘The Mayflower Theatre’, to catch a show, with performances ranging from blockbuster musicals, which in recent years has included, Les Miserables, Miss Saigon and Starlight Express to leading drama and dance.
- Take a walk on Southampton Common - 326 acres of grass and woodland, including an Urban Wildlife Centre, paddling pool, play area and fishing lake. Very busy during summer months, and a popular afternoon hang out for students
- Walk the walls - follow the signposted original course of the historic town walls, gatehouses and towers, which are amongst the most complete in England. Around half of the original one mile circuit still survives, including the famous Bargate
- Watch a football match - Southampton FC play at the new St Marys Stadium. The derby matches with neighbouring Portsmouth have plenty of fire
- Take a ride on the Hythe Ferry from Town Quay to Hythe Pier, viewing the shipping in the docks.

By Car
From the North - Exit the M3 at Junction 13 following the signs for M27 West and Southampton Docks.

From the West or East - Exit the M27 at Junction 3 (M271) Southampton West and Docks. Follow the brown English Tourist Board sign - WestQuay and Waterfront.

Continue to follow the sign marked Dock Gates 4-10 and brown English Tourist Board sign to WestQuay and Waterfront. Continue through one set of traffic lights, keeping to the outside lane. Bear right at a set of traffic lights on to the A33 and follow the signs to Dock Gates 4-8, WestQuay and Waterfront. Drive through a series of traffic lights until you reach the Mayflower roundabout with the De Vere Grand Harbour Hotel on the left and the Holiday Inn on the right. Take the right hand lane, follow the sign marked Dock Gate 4 Waterfront, and you will find Red Funnel'`s Terminal 1 on the right, signposted Red Funnel Dock Gate 7.

By Coach - National Express operate an extensive UK coach service from Southampton Coach Station (near the rail station). There are regular coach services to Heathrow, Central London, Brighton, Bournemouth, Exeter, Plymouth, Penzance, Salisbury, Bath, Bristol, Oxford, Birmingham, Stoke on Trent, Liverpool, Sheffield and the North. From the nearby rail station the free CityLink shuttle bus can take you to the ferry terminal

By Rail - Arriving by train, Southampton Central is served by rail services from all parts of the UK, from where the free CityLink shuttle bus will drop you outside Red Funnel terminal.

From London; South West Trains operate frequent services between Waterloo (via Clapham Jct, Woking, Basingstoke, Winchester, Southampton Airport) and Southampton Central taking a little over an hour. Convenient connections, including Eurostar services to and from Brussels, Paris and Lille, are available at London Waterloo. .

Virgin Cross Country Trains operate from Scotland, the North, Midlands and Birmingham; Wessex Passenger Trains run from South Wales through Bristol and Salisbury; South West Trains run services from Weymouth, Poole and Bournemouth and Connex provide services to Portsmouth and Brighton. Source: www.AFerry.to