Don’t miss out on the Ultimate Summer Holiday Experience ⚓🌊
Coming for the day?
Check out our family itinerary
Let us take the stress out of your visit with a plan for your day out.
10am
Arrive at our friendly Visitor Centre and use or buy an Ultimate Explorer ticket (don’t forget to buy a Guidebook)
10.00 – 10.15am
Stroll through the dockyard – what can you see? Cannons? Figure heads? Enormous ships…
10.30 - 12.30
You’ve arrived at the Mary Rose. Enjoy an interactive slice of Tudor life, meet Hatch the dog, dress up as a Tudor and go on an underwater 4D cinema adventure
12.30 - 13.00
Stop for a bite to eat in the Mary Rose café – delicious snacks and drinks available with the best views!
13.00 - 14.00
Explore HMS Victory – be amazed by the ship’s sheer size, wander under the hull, step on board and experience life at sea over 200 years ago
Step onboard a real submarine! Meet a submariner, peek through a periscope and make your own jolly roger
3.45 – 4.00
Waterbus and ice cream break
4 – 5.30
Now you’ve got your sea legs on visit HMS Warrior an iron marvel. Find out more about the ships amazing history by chatting to an officer, a stoker or even Queen Victoria!
This is just a snapshot of what you can see. If you’ve bought an Ultimate Explorer you can come back as many times as you like in a year.
Get hearts racing by adding an adrenaline-pumping game of laser tag to your visit. Inside Action Stations, players aged 6 and above can battle for ultimate supremacy in this exhilarating and interactive adventure.
Built over two thrilling floors, you’ll find yourself in a hijacked shipping container, fighting it out in a pirate stronghold. No need to book ahead—just pop by Action Stations anytime during your visit and pay on the day for an action-packed experience!
Discover the world of Tudor archery and uncover the amazing facts about archers' life aboard the Mary Rose, their weaponry and lethal skills, while you explore the museum, with a behind the scenes guided tour.
Learn how a Tudor arrow was made and handle real and replica artefacts from the Museum’s collection.
This is a unique and unforgettable experience exploring archery in the 16th century, led by one of our expert guides and archers, and is perfect for history lovers, archers and archery fans.
Saturday 21 September 13.00 - 16.00
£30 with a valid Ultimate Explorer or Mary Rose ticket
Become an Ultimate Explorer today and enjoy a full year of nautical adventures with unlimited visits to all our attractions, plus other on-site benefits.
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is jointly operated by The National Museum of the Royal Navy and the Mary Rose Trust
The National Museum of the Royal Navy, charity number 1126283 and company limited by guarantee number 06699696 registered in England with offices at HM Naval Base, Portsmouth PO1 3NH.
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