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Port Solent is the commercial business name of a housing and leisure development located in the
Port Solent is the commercial business name of a housing and leisure development located in the Paulsgrove
Paulsgrove is an area of northern Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Initially a small independent hamlet for many centuries, it was admitted to the city limits in 1920 and grew rapidly after the end of the Second World War.
History
Paulsgrove exi ...
suburb of the English city of Portsmouth
Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is administered by Portsmouth City Council.
Portsmouth is the most dens ...
, Hampshire
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire ...
, comprising a marina, a housing estate
A housing estate (or sometimes housing complex or housing development) is a group of homes and other buildings built together as a single development. The exact form may vary from country to country.
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, shopping and leisure facilities.
The Port Solent development was built during the late 1980s on reclaimed land
Land reclamation, usually known as reclamation, and also known as land fill (not to be confused with a waste landfill), is the process of creating new land from oceans, seas, riverbeds or lake beds. The land reclaimed is known as reclamati ...
taken from the east side of Paulsgrove Lake in Portsmouth Harbour
Portsmouth Harbour is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Portsmouth and Gosport in Hampshire. It is a Ramsar site and a Special Protection Area.
It is a large natural harbour in Hampshire, England. Geographically it ...
, specifically between the north of Horsea Island
Horsea Island was an island located off the northern shore of Portsmouth Harbour, England; gradually subsumed by reclamation, it is now connected to the mainland. Horsea falls within the city of Portsmouth and was wholly owned by the Ministr ...
and the shoreline of Paulsgrove Quay in Paulsgrove
Paulsgrove is an area of northern Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Initially a small independent hamlet for many centuries, it was admitted to the city limits in 1920 and grew rapidly after the end of the Second World War.
History
Paulsgrove exi ...
.
Facilities for residents and visitors include a multiscreen cinema
Cinema may refer to:
Film
* Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography
* Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of a moving image
** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking
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, health club, and restaurants and shops along a precinct known as The Boardwalk
A boardwalk (alternatively board walk, boarded path, or promenade) is an elevated footpath, walkway, or causeway built with wooden planks that enables pedestrians to cross wet, fragile, or marshy land. They are also in effect a low type of brid ...
. The marina is owned and managed by Premier Marinas
Premier Marinas Limited, owned by the Wellcome Trust, is based in Hampshire. It owns and manages nine coastal marinas and boatyards in England. Premier’s marinas are situated on the south coast at Falmouth in Cornwall; Noss on Dart in Dartmo ...
.
Port Solent was officially opened on 29 July 1988 by H.R.H. Anne, The Princess Royal.https://www.welcometoportsmouth.co.uk/port%20solent%20shopping.html The first boat to use Port Solent was the 36-foot cutter ''Lively Lady'', sailed by Sir Alec Rose (1908-1991).
Port Solent is politically within the Paulsgrove electoral ward and the Portsmouth North UK Parliament constituency.
The main entrance road junction into the Port Solent development is built almost exactly over the site of the former Paulsgrove Quay shoreline.
Land Reclamation
The land for the residential section of Port Solent and the nearbyM275 motorway
The M275 is a long, dual three-lane motorway in Hampshire, southern England. It is the principal road route for entering and leaving Portsmouth. It continues as the A3 into Portsmouth, and meets the M27 at its northern terminus. From the mo ...
spur was reclaimed during the 1970s by draining the marshland and the eastern mudflat sections of the ''Paulsgrove Lake'' water channel within Portsmouth Harbour. The present-day grassy southern section of the development is a former Portsmouth City Council owned rubbish dump
A landfill site, also known as a tip, dump, rubbish dump, garbage dump, or dumping ground, is a site for the disposal of waste materials. Landfill is the oldest and most common form of waste disposal, although the systematic burial of the waste ...
, which bridged the northern side of Horsea Island
Horsea Island was an island located off the northern shore of Portsmouth Harbour, England; gradually subsumed by reclamation, it is now connected to the mainland. Horsea falls within the city of Portsmouth and was wholly owned by the Ministr ...
to the former ''Paulsgrove Lake'' area and was covered with grass turf when filled. There are many methane
Methane ( , ) is a chemical compound with the chemical formula (one carbon atom bonded to four hydrogen atoms). It is a group-14 hydride, the simplest alkane, and the main constituent of natural gas. The relative abundance of methane on Ea ...
gas outlets situated to the south and at the southern edge of the site, allowing the gases occurring from the decomposing
Decomposition or rot is the process by which dead organic substances are broken down into simpler organic or inorganic matter such as carbon dioxide, water, simple sugars and mineral salts. The process is a part of the nutrient cycle and is e ...
waste beneath the site to escape.
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