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94 High Street Vault

94 High Street Vault

94 High Street Southampton SO14 2AA

Accessed via a metal spiral staircase from the High St, then two stone steps into the vault. Built around 1350, it has a fireplace, which is unusual in a wine vault where you would wish to keep it cool = perhaps a charcoal brazier stood here to keep important customers warm who came to taste the wine in winter time. Size: 18.1m x 6m x2.3m high.
All Bar One Southampton

All Bar One Southampton

All Bar One Southmapton West Quay

All Bar One Southampton is the social hub of Southampton, where it’s all-too-easy to lose track of time as you chat in our open-bar area or the ever-so-stunning sunspot that is our gorgeous terrace – all made even more irresistible once you discover our delicious menus.
Arundel Gardens

Arundel Gardens

Albion Place, Castle Way (Outside Westquay)

Southampton's newest park on top of the walls overlooking WestQuay
Belgium and Blues

Belgium and Blues

Belgium & Blues, 182-184 Above Bar Street Southampton SO14 7DW

Belgium and Blues Southampton is our original site. Coming from a desire of three friends that wanted a little more from a beer bar.. Belgium and Blues was born! ​ Set in the heart of Southampton's cultural quarter B&B is an independently owned Belgian and craft beer bar and brasserie. ​ We offer a huge range of Belgian and craft
Canute's Palace

Canute's Palace

Porter's Lane Southampton

These remains are of one of the earliest medieval houses in Southampton. The building burnt down during the Southampton Blitz in 1940.
Castle Bailey Wall

Castle Bailey Wall

Albion Place, Southampton SO14 2BN

Southampton Castle’s outer bailey wall was built in the 13th century. Behind it was the site of Southampton’s royal castle, which was sold off by the Crown in 1618 and later demolished.
Castle Hall

Castle Hall

Western Esplanade (ruin south of Castle Vault) Southampton SO14 2EQ

Castle Vault

Castle Vault

Western Esplanade Southampton

The biggest, and one of the oldest, vaults in Southampton, built to store the King’s wine at a time when the port was at the centre of the wine trade. Ships were able to offload the casks onto a quay directly outside the vault, as the water was very close to this section of the walls during the medieval period. During the Second World War the vault was used as a large air-raid shelter. Size: 17m x 6m x 4.8m high at highest point.
Dancing Man Brewery

Dancing Man Brewery

Town Quay, Southampton SO14 2AR

A 13th century warehouse that's been delightfully converted into a brew pub and restaurant. Downstairs you can watch the beer being brewed while enjoying some of Southampton’s finest craft ales and ciders and upstairs is an award-winning restaurant and event space. In 2024 Music in the City proved very popular in our garden
Gallery Grounds

Gallery Grounds

Ideas By Lunas Ltd, Unit 1 / Vincents Place Vincents Walk Southampton Hampshire SO14 1JY

Gallery Grounds is an independent non-profit contemporary art space, dedicated to collaboration, creative exchange, and meaningful cultural dialogue. It is a living, breathing space where art intersects with everyday life. With our in-house café, we create a warm and inspiring atmosphere that encourages visitors to engage with art in a way that feels both accessible and personal.
God's House Tower

God's House Tower

Town Quay Road, Southampton SO14 2NY

Heartbreakers

Heartbreakers

7-9 Hanover Buildings, Southampton SO14 1JX

Heartbreakers is able to accommodate a wide range of international touring acts as well as striving to support the fantastic local scene that Southampton has to offer. From The Last Dinner Party to Orlando Weeks, to The Magic Gang, Dry Cleaning, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Sea Girls, Working Men's Club, The Murder Capital, Willie J Healey to Our Girl and many more, Heartbreakers has hosted some of the best in the business on their way to stardom.
HMV Southampton

HMV Southampton

176-178 High St, Southampton SO14 2BY

Holyrood Church

Holyrood Church

3-5 Bernard Street Southampton SO14 3AU

The original 12th century church stood further out into the High Street. It was dismantled and moved back in 1320 to its present site. The Crusaders and men leaving for Crecy and Agincourt would all have prayed here before departing. The Holyrood church was badly bombed in 1940 and its shell now remains as a memorial to the dead of the Merchant Navy.
King John’s Palace

King John’s Palace

Blue Anchor Lane Southampton SO14 2AE

King John’s Palace is one of the finest surviving examples of Norman architecture in the country. By the 1180s, when the original house was built, Southampton was already an important port. The house was on the quayside where ships loaded and unloaded their cargoes. It was owned by wealthy merchant and Mayor John Wytegod in the 1300s. Following a French raid in 1338, the town’s sea defences were strengthened by order of King Edward III. The door and windows in the front of the house were blocked with stone or converted into gun slits, and it became part of the town’s defensive wall.
Kwackers Restaurant & Sports Bar

Kwackers Restaurant & Sports Bar

Kwackers Sports Bar, Unit 18 / Level 2 West Quay South Southampton Hampshire SO15 1DE

Founded to cater at music festivials, Kwackers really has served its amazing food to fans of all genres of music.
Lankester’s Vault

Lankester’s Vault

Corner of High & West Street Southampton SO14 2BS

Lankester's Vault gets its name from the family who ran the ironworks behind Holyrood Church across the High St. They leased the vault during the 19th century. It is built of Bembridge stone from the Isle of Wight. Many of the limestone blocks have Roman numerals carved into them to indicate the thickness of each block in inches. These blocks were probably reused from an earlier vault. Size: 11.7m x 5.9m x 2.5m high, accessed from the High St via nine steps down.
Medieval Merchant's House

Medieval Merchant's House

58 French St, Southampton SO14 2AT

The Medieval Merchant’s House is one of the oldest surviving merchant’s houses in England. It was begun in about 1290 by John Fortin, a merchant who traded with Bordeaux. Like most medieval merchant’s houses, it was a combination of home, workplace and shop. During the 1980s it was restored to its mid-14th-century appearance. It’s now been dressed with vivid replica furnishings and fittings. It stands on what was once among medieval Southampton’s most important streets, near the wall which defended the town against seaborne attacks.
O'Neill's Southampton

O'Neill's Southampton

O'Neills, 130-132 Above Bar Street Southampton Hampshire SO14 7DU

Welcome to O’Neill’s – An Original Irish Pub in Southampton A warm Irish welcome to O'Neill's Southampton, where you´ll find a pint of craic and a dash of charm. At our pub the good times flow as freely as the drinks. We offer a haven in Southampton where you can enjoy a big night, a big match or a big
Quilter's Vault

Quilter's Vault

89 High Street, Southampton

Quilter's vault opens on to the High St and is named after Eliza Quilter who owned the ancient vault, and the Royal George Hotel above it, in the late 1800s. Excavations have revealed that the vault dates back to the 1270s when the wine trade was flourishing in Southampton.
Raven & Bine

Raven & Bine

16 Carlton Place, Southampton SO15 2DY

Classy and relaxed craft ale pub in the Carlton Crescent pedestrian area with the largest beer garden in the city centre.
Retro Cafe

Retro Cafe

34 Bedford Place, Southampton SO15 2DG

room2

room2

1 Queens Terrace, Southampton SO14 3BP

room2 Southampton, the world’s first Hometel, where you can visit Winnie's. Winnie’s is your friendly neighbourhood café & bar. Join us for delicious food, snacks and zero waste cocktails.
Southampton Masonic Hall

Southampton Masonic Hall

Masonic Hall, Albion Place, Southampton SO14 2DD

The Southampton Masonic Hall is an excellent venue in the heart of Southampton for Wedding Receptions, Birthday Parties, Business Conferences and Seminars, Private Assemblies, Luncheons etc. The Hall is located 5 minutes’ walk from the West Quay shopping Centre and adjacent to the new Southampton bus hub. There is a fully stocked bar and we look forward to welcoming you.
St Joseph's Church

St Joseph's Church

48 Bugle St, Southampton

St Joseph's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Southampton on Bugle St in the old town. The church chancel was designed by Augustus Pugin and built in 1843. It was the first Catholic church founded in Southampton after the Reformation.
St Michael the Archangel

St Michael the Archangel

St Michael’s Square Bugle Street Southampton

St Michael's Square

St Michael's Square

St Michael's Square Southampton SO14 2AD

St. Michael's Square is situated off Bugle Street in the heart of the Old Town, opposite the Tudor House Museum. In Medieval times, the Fish Market (now the Tudor Merchant's Hall adjoining the Westgate) was situated in St. Michael's Square. St. Michael's Church occupies the east side of the Square and is the oldest building in Southampton - founded in 1070. It is the only church still active of the five originally in the medieval walled town and is a Grade I Listed building.
St Michael's Vault

St Michael's Vault

Vault under 11 St Michael’s Square Simnel Street Southampton SO14 2BE

Access to this vault is from Simnel St, through the Titanic Inn car park. There are steps down into the vault with a handrail. This preserved vault has floodlighting installed creating a very special atmosphere. It measures 14.6m long x 5m wide. 2.4m high at highest point.
The Cricketers Arms

The Cricketers Arms

34 Carlton Place, Southampton S015 2DX

The Cricketers Arms, Carlton place is a local, old styled pub situated in the busy pedestrian area of Southampton, with live music up to four nights a week. Great food served all week long, and with a friendly, warm and lively atmosphere.
The Loft

The Loft

21 Lower Banister Street, Southampton SO15 2EH

Live music and comedy venue (upstairs at the Social), 300 capacity.
The London Hotel

The London Hotel

The London Hotel, 2 Terminus Terrace Southampton Hampshire SO14 3DT

A Traditional pub on Oxfords street, serving food Wed to Sat Lunch time. Come down and join us for Karaoke, regular Quiz, Weekly Cabaret & DJs!
The Social

The Social

21 Lower Banister St Southampton SO15 2EH

The Undercroft

The Undercroft

38 Upper Bugle Street Southampton SO14 2BJ

The Undercroft is particularly elaborate with its vaulted ceiling, carvings of human heads and large fireplace. Traces of paint have been found in some places so the whole interior was probably once richly painted. As the wine vaults acted as showrooms as well as stores, this might have been designed to impress prospective buyers. The wine was mostly sold wholesale to the butlers of the aristocracy who were sent to Southampton by their masters to buy a cask or two at a time. Size: 10.3m x 6.7m x 3.5m high. Accessed via two flights of stone steps from Simnel St above.
The Watergate Ruin

The Watergate Ruin

Porters Lane, Southampton SO14 2NT

Also known as West or Water Gate, it was built during the medieval period around 1377 AD and served as one of the main entrances to the town of Southampton through its fortified walls.
Town Quay Park

Town Quay Park

Southampton SO14 2DY

Town Quay Park is a formal local park situated near the old city walls and other ancient monuments including the Wool House (Dancing Man Brewery), Quilter’s Vault, Canute’s Palace and the Watergate Ruin.
Weigh House & Vault

Weigh House & Vault

Weigh House French Street Southampton SO14 2AU

Weigh House is one of the best-preserved vaults in Southampton, possibly designed to be used as a shop. It is the only one to have stone benches built beneath its windows on to the street. The windows are now bricked up, but the rest of the vault is constructed out of skilfully dressed limestone blocks. Access is through the Weigh House on French St, which measures 11m x 7m with 6m high walls.