Plan Your Visit

Looking for places to stay in Southampton? How to get to the cruise terminal? Or even how to get to Southampton? - Let’s help you get started with a visit to our amazing city!

The links below will give you information on all the information you need to know to plan your travels. Find out where to stay, how to get here, how to get around, accessibility, public transport as well as some useful information for those visitors joining us from a cruise or leaving Southampton on a cruise. 

For ideas and inspiration, pick up a copy of the new Welcome to Southampton Guide from outlets around the city or browse through a copy here.

 

Our latest blog posts

Must-try award-winning restaurants in Southampton

  • 4 min read

If on your Southampton to-do list is to sample some of our award-winning restaurants, then you’ve found the best place! Whether you are here for a shopping trip, a pre-cruise stay or you are a foodie at heart, we have several fine dining and critically acclaimed restaurants in Southampton. Here, we…

History and Heritage

Southampton celebrates 90 years of the Spitfire

  • 6 min read

Southampton, birthplace of the iconic Spitfire, will mark the British fighter aircraft’s 90th anniversary with a series of commemorative events, exhibitions and flypasts in 2026. Designed in the city by local engineer R. J. Mitchell, the prototype Spitfire - known simply as K5054 - made its maiden…