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Portsmouth Historic Quarter Marks 80 Years Since VE Day with a Spectacular Celebration

10:00 – 16:00

Boathouse 4 & Boathouse 5

Free entry with a Historic Quarter Pass or your Ultimate Explorer Ticket

This full-day event will transport visitors back to 1945 with live music, dance, historic vessels, costumed interpreters and family-friendly activities, all commemorating eight decades since Victory in Europe Day.

Firepower at the Fort - Marking the 80th anniversaries of VE and VJ Day.

Join us for a FREE big bang weekend to celebrate and commemorate the 80th anniversaries of VE and VJ Day.

Get ready for two days full of noise, flames and smoke as a range of artillery from the Second World War, including anti-tank guns, field artillery and anti-aircraft guns, are fired.

This is a free event.
Please pre-book an arrival time and feel free to stay and make a day of it.

Firepower at the Fort - Marking the 80th anniversaries of VE and VJ Day.

Join us for a FREE big bang weekend to celebrate and commemorate the 80th anniversaries of VE and VJ Day.

Get ready for two days full of noise, flames and smoke as a range of artillery from the Second World War, including anti-tank guns, field artillery and anti-aircraft guns, are fired.

This is a free event.
Please pre-book an arrival time and feel free to stay and make a day of it.

To mark Myalgic Encephalomyelitis /Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Awareness Week 2025 

Organised by Fatigue Services Hampshire and IOW Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. 

Drop in to learn about us, meet others, ask questions, and learn about resources, including some alternative well-being practices that some find helpful. 

Who is this for? 

Stretch and Relax is a donation-based yoga course which takes place every Wednesday morning, from 7 May – 24 September 2025, at Victoria Park (Anglesea Rd, Portsmouth, PO1 3HJ). Sessions are run by Kat Waters. All abilities are welcome. We meet next to the new greenhouse outside in the park for a 10am start, finishing at 11am.

This is a great way to try yoga for the first time, and an opportunity to spend more time outdoors, in the peaceful surroundings of the park.

Stretch and Relax is a donation-based yoga course which takes place every Wednesday morning, from 7 May – 24 September 2025, at Victoria Park (Anglesea Rd, Portsmouth, PO1 3HJ). Sessions are run by Kat Waters. All abilities are welcome. We meet next to the new greenhouse outside in the park for a 10am start, finishing at 11am.

This is a great way to try yoga for the first time, and an opportunity to spend more time outdoors, in the peaceful surroundings of the park.

Stretch and Relax is a donation-based yoga course which takes place every Wednesday morning, from 7 May – 24 September 2025, at Victoria Park (Anglesea Rd, Portsmouth, PO1 3HJ). Sessions are run by Kat Waters. All abilities are welcome. We meet next to the new greenhouse outside in the park for a 10am start, finishing at 11am.

This is a great way to try yoga for the first time, and an opportunity to spend more time outdoors, in the peaceful surroundings of the park.

Stretch and Relax is a donation-based yoga course which takes place every Wednesday morning, from 7 May – 24 September 2025, at Victoria Park (Anglesea Rd, Portsmouth, PO1 3HJ). Sessions are run by Kat Waters. All abilities are welcome. We meet next to the new greenhouse outside in the park for a 10am start, finishing at 11am.

This is a great way to try yoga for the first time, and an opportunity to spend more time outdoors, in the peaceful surroundings of the park.

Stretch and Relax is a donation-based yoga course which takes place every Wednesday morning, from 7 May – 24 September 2025, at Victoria Park (Anglesea Rd, Portsmouth, PO1 3HJ). Sessions are run by Kat Waters. All abilities are welcome. We meet next to the new greenhouse outside in the park for a 10am start, finishing at 11am.

This is a great way to try yoga for the first time, and an opportunity to spend more time outdoors, in the peaceful surroundings of the park.

Stretch and Relax is a donation-based yoga course which takes place every Wednesday morning, from 7 May – 24 September 2025, at Victoria Park (Anglesea Rd, Portsmouth, PO1 3HJ). Sessions are run by Kat Waters. All abilities are welcome. We meet next to the new greenhouse outside in the park for a 10am start, finishing at 11am.

This is a great way to try yoga for the first time, and an opportunity to spend more time outdoors, in the peaceful surroundings of the park.