Travel connections
By road
- The M27 connects Portsmouth and Southampton to London, Midlands and the North
- Portsmouth
offers a Park and Ride service into the city from the M275
- Connections to the Isle of Wight from Lymington, Portsmouth and Southampton
By rail
- Direct train lines to London, Gatwick, South Coast, Wales and connections across the UK
By air
- Southampton
Airport is the leading airport for Central Southern England
- Heathrow and Gatwick are only one hour away
By sea:
The Port of Southampton
- UK's second largest container terminal, handling more than 1.5m teus each year
- £150m investment underway to handle the next generation of container ships
- The Cruise Capital of Northern Europe welcoming more than 1m passengers annually
Portsmouth
International Port
- UK's premier port for the western channel and second-busiest cross-Channel ferry port
- Ferry, cruise and general cargo shipping carrying 2m passengers and 260,000 freight units
- Recent investment in its infrastructure means larger modern vessels can be accommodated
Rail freight
- Container services operate by rail from the Ports to the main UK conurbations
- The route to the Midlands and the North has been improved to carry high cube containers
- Network Rail has announced plans to upgrade a second route