These pages feature details and photographs of all pubs currently known to be trading throughout the Portsea Island districts of Portsmouth. Further entries are listed on the Mainland Pubs page.
Some pubs may also be listed with additional information on one or more of the following pages:
Pub Architecture, Pub Crawls, Pub Reviews, Best Ale Houses
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| The Jameson Arms |
122 Church Road, Fratton, PO1 1QE |
| 023 9281 6406 |
    Built in 1934 for the Mew & Co Brewery, this small Cogswell-designed house replaced an earlier pub on the same site. Originally a two bar tavern, the Jameson has since been knocked through into one larger bar room, as was the fate of many such pubs at the hands of the big brewers during the 1980s and '90s.
The pub is now used almost exclusively by a local clientele.
A planning application in August 2007 to close the pub and convert the premises to flats has been thrown out by the city's planning department. The Webmaster would like to thank visitors to this site who forwarded objections to the council in support of the pub's retention.
| Pub Operator: Enterprise Inns |
Licenced Opening Hours:
Mon-Sun 10:00 'til 01:30 |
| Photographs, left to right: 18th March 2008; 9th July 2007; 18th February 1990 |
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   Housed in the former Victory Hall, this was the third J D Wetherspoon house to open on Portsea Island. In typical JDW style, everyone knows exactly what to expect at these establishments. Sadly, the company has recently seemed fit to install televisions in many of their pubs, though thankfully the volume is kept to a minimum at most times. Beware however, that despite the attraction of serving high quality real ales, this pub does have a down side - there is a small minority of undesirables who use the pub on occasions, which hopefully the management has since cracked down on.
| Pub Operator: J D Wetherspoon |
Licenced Opening Hours:
Mon Tue Wed Thu Sun 07:00 'til 01:30
Fri Sat 07:00 'til 02:00 |
| Photographs, left to right:
November 2002 (by Ray Scarfe);
19th September 2004; 22nd July 2007 |
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| The Jolly Sailor |
54 Clarence Parade, Southsea, PO5 2EU |
| 023 9282 6139 |
  Once known as the Westfield, the name Jolly Sailor was adopted in 1948. The pub was originally part of the Portsmouth United Breweries estate, later becoming the property of Whitbread and more recently, Enterprise Inns. In 2007 the pub received a rather unnecessary and gimmicky prefix to its name, trading as Marina Jaks @ Jolly Sailor, as seen in two of the photographs of the pub and inn sign here. By late 2008 the pub was struggling to survive financially following the closure of the local nightclubs that the Jolly Sailor shared much of its trade with.
   The pub stood closed and boarded during the first half of 2009 until planning permission was granted to convert twelve rooms on the upper levels to bed & breakfast accommodation. The pub reopened as the oddly-named Stranded Bar (not to be confused with the nearby Strand Bar!) in early July 2009 and was refurbished with a modern, minimalist style bar on the upper level, with a separate restaurant downstairs. By early 2011 the pub had thankfully reverted to its proper name.
| Pub Operator: Enterprise Inns |
Photographs, clockwise from top left:
19th May 2011; 19th May 2011; 13th July 2009
April 1999 (by Ray Scarfe)
April 1999 (by Ray Scarfe);
June 2003 (by Ray Scarfe)
13th July 2008; 11th May 1989
13th July 2008; 6th August 2005 |
Licenced Opening Hours:
Mon-Sat 10:00 'til 23:30; Sun 12:00 'til 22:50 |
| see the Pub Reviews page for a detailed description of this pub (July 2009) |
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| The Jolly Taxpayer |
2 Eastbourne Road, Copnor, PO3 6LN |
| 023 9264 3113 |
   Originally an A E Cogswell designed pub in 1914, the Jolly Taxpayer reopened in 1929 following extensive alterations by architect J Walmisley.
Hidden away in a residential area and therefore making it one of Portsmouth's least-known pubs, this former Brickwoods house (see bottom right-hand photograph) is very much a locals' local. The pub is now owned by national pubco Enterprise Inns after having been sold off by former brewing giant Whitbread in the 1990s (Whitbread having acquired the pub as part of their takeover of Brickwoods in the 1970s).
threedartboards - all of which are used! A pool table and television can also be found here. Even more remarkably, the pub's original 'bottle and jug' off-sales counter is still intact, complete with separate entrance, where people young and old still pop in for drinks, tobacco and even sweets! Service is friendly and the pub is well worth a visit. Two cask ales are sold.
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Pub Operator: Enterprise Inns |
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Photographs:
Top Row: 13th July 2008; 4th February 2007
Middle Row: 11th August 2011 (x3)
Bottom Left: 28th April 1991 |
Licenced Opening Hours:
Mon Tue Wed 11:00 'til 00:00;
Thu Fri Sat 11:00 'til 00:30 Sun 12:00 'til 23:30;
Bank Holiday extensions |
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| Please note that the Licenced Opening Hours stated are the hours for which each premises has a licence to open its doors to the public. The hours for sale of alcoholic liquor may well be shorter than the Licenced opening hours. Some pubs may choose to open for shorter hours than their licence allows. Therefore it is always adviseable to check ahead to ensure that the premises shall be open at the time of your planned visit. |
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