Southampton

Southampton is a city in the United Kingdom. The city is in Hampshire. It is about in the middle of the south coast of England. Southampton is the largest city on the south coast.

It is an important port. It is the nearest city to the New Forest. In 1912, the RMS Titanic sailed from there as was common with most ocean liners at the time. It contains several memorials and museum exhibitions related with the doomed ship.

 Places in Southampton 
 Bargate 
150px|left|thumb|The BargateSouthampton has lots of landmarks, of which one is the Bargate. This is the old main gate of the city wall of Southampton, and nowadays is used as the beginning of the guided tour of Southampton, Walk the Walls. In medieval Southampton, a bell was rung at dusk every day to tell people that the gates would shortly be locked.

Today, the Bargate Shopping Centre is nearby.

 The Mayflower 
Named after The Mayflower, which set sail from Southampton to the "New World" (via Plymouth), the Mayflower is the theatre in Southampton. It was built in 1928.

 Docks 
150px|thumb|The Queen Mary 2 on Southampton Water, with Hythe Ferry in frontSouthampton is home to many cruise ships and ocean liners, including the Queen Victoria and the Queen Mary 2.

There is also a regular ferry service to Hythe (a small village on the other side of Southampton Water), which leaves every half hour.

 Sport 
Southampton has a football team Southampton F.C., which is nicknamed "The Saints". In 2001, the team moved stadiums, from "The Dell", to St. Mary's Football Stadium. The club was founded in 1885, and has been playing ever since.

 Twinned Cities 
Southampton is twinned with:
 Le Havre, France (since 1973)
 Rems-Murr-Kreis, Germany (since 1991)
 Miami, USA

Southampton is also sister cities with
 Hampton, Virginia
 Qingdao, China (since 1998)

 References 

Category:Unitary authorities

Category:Port cities and towns of England