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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| V Bar |
25 Guildhall Walk, Landport, PO1 2RY |
| 023 9282 2010 |
  This grand old Victorian pub has been much abused by the pub companies in recent years. It sadly lost its proper identity in 1995 after having survived 98 years as the Yorkshire Grey. The pub once sported a fine glazed tiled mural at the rear of the bar, as well as other ornate bar fittings. These have since been either covered up or removed as the pub has undergone three name changes, including a five-year spell as part of the pseudo-Irish pub chain O'Neill's.
By 2000 the pub was rebranded as the Walk Inn and before long had metamorphosed into its present identity, the V Bar. As with most of the pubs on Guildhall Walk, they cater mostly for young crowds each night, with each bar's sound system competing with the others from across the street. One single bar can be found inside, with the usual overpriced lagers and bottled cocktails on sale.
It's sincerely hoped that the name Yorkshire Grey shall once again adorn the facade of this grand old pub again one day.
| Pub Operator: Net Bar Services |
Colour photographs,clockwise from top left:
19th September 2004
date unknown (courtesy of the Inn Sign Society/Ray Scarfe)
January 2004 (by Ray Scarfe); 11th May 1989 |
Licenced Opening Hours:
Mon Tue Wed Sun 10:30 'til 02:00
Thu Fri Sat 10:30 'til 03:00 |
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| The Victory |
32 The Hard, Portsea, PO1 3DT |
| 023 9283 0723 |
    This corner pub was built in 1976 and has tended to be the poorer relation to the other pubs that can be found on The Hard. Originally a Whitbread house, the pub was purchased by Ushers Brewery in the mid 1990s and given a much needed refurbishment.
Part of pub was converted to a fast food outlet in the late 2000s.
The pub has had a number of different licensees in the intervening years and has undergone at least two further refurbishments between sporadic periods of closure - the latest being in mid-2011. The Victory tends to attract a predominentally local clientele, with a limited amount of passing trade. The pub no longer sells cask ale - the handpumps having been removed during the most recent refurbishment.
| Pub Operator: unknown |
Photographs, left to right:
March 1999 (by Ray Scarfe)
30th September 2006; 11th May 1989
matchbox label kindly supplied by Ray Scarfe |
Licenced Opening Hours:
Mon-Sat 10:00 'til 23:30;
Sun 12:00 'til 22:50 |
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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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