Few villagers returned after the war ended, even when a fish-processing plant was built, and the population steadily declined. Its last male resident, Henry Piggott, died in , and with that Portsmouth's last two residents, Elma Dixon and Marian Babb, finally left. Now only the mosquitoes inhabit it.
Portsmouth Island now belongs to the Cape Lookout National Seashore, which has stabilized and preserved the old buildings. As you debark at the dock at Haulover Point, you'll be able to look over the harbor from whence wharves, warehouses and lighters once served the merchant ships anchored inside the inlet. For a short tour, proceed southeast down the road. The first house on the right is the Salter-Dixon House, built around This house is open as a visitor center, regularly in the summer months and intermittently in the spring and fall.
Displays and more information, as well as restrooms, are available inside. Down the main road you'll see a fence on the right and then a collapsed house. This is the Henry Babb house, built before The small white building south of the Salter-Dixon house is the former post office. This was more or less the center of the village in its day.
About 40 yards west of it is the community cemetery, the largest in the village, with about 40 graves. From the crossroads, follow the footpath south across the marsh to the former schoolhouse. Now go back to the post office and proceed down the main road eastward. If you stop on the first little bridge and look to the north across the creek you will see a now yellow-painted cottage formerly owned by Henry Piggott.
Continue across the second little bridge. To your left you will now see the Methodist Church. The city is itself an island, thanks to the narrow Portsea Creek separating it from the mainland. This makes it the UK's only island city. Southsea is one of Portsmouth's main tourist hotspots - and has been for some decades.
It's situated on the southern tip of Portsea Island, right in the middle. Within Southsea you'll find hotels, pubs, bars and guest houses, as well as beaches and the acre Common. Getting to Portsmouth is easy by road, rail or even sea.
The M27 motorway runs past the top of the city, providing easy access to roads that take you to Southampton, Brighton, London and beyond. Portsmouth is also on a number of main rail lines, meaning there are direct services to and from London, Cardiff, Winchester, Southampton, Brighton, Chichester, Gatwick Airport and all points in-between.
There's also the international ferry port with regular services to Cherbourg, Le Havre, Santander and more. Visitors heading to and from the Isle of Wight are also blessed with choice, as there's the car ferry, Fastcat or Hovercraft. Portsmouth occupies a land area of approximately 10 square miles, situated on Portsea Island, bordered on the south by The Solent, on the west by Portsmouth Harbour and on the east by Langstone harbour.
Both Portsmouth and Langstone harbours are what is known as a ria. A ria is a submergent coastal landform, often known as a drowned valley or drowned river valley.
Rias are almost always estuaries. That is, not all. Just to be a bit pendantic, Portsmouth is not an island, to be an island, it has to be completely surrounded by water, and Portsmouth definately isn't. Ok go on google a type portsmouth, then go on the google map thing, zoom in a few times and then try telling me its not surrounded by water Just to be even more pedantic - Portsmouth is on Portsea Island which IS an island there's a clue in the name, Lonnie.
As I say, whichever one of the three road links or one rail link you take out of it, you have to cross over water. Having finally found how to get on to the page Lonnie is trying to link to, I find it says: Portsea Island Portsmouth is an Island, what you didn't know that either, Yes, it is totally surrounded by water be it only a small moat to the north of the island.
OK, the author's grammar is less than perfect, but you get the gist. Still, what do I know?
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