Southsea

 
The resort of Southsea is now a popular residential suburb of Portsmouth. It has a 3mi/5km long promenade, from which there is a fine view across to the Isle of Wight. Southsea was where Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was practicing as a doctor when he wrote the first Sherlock Holmes novel "A Study in Scarlet".

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The lighthouse on Southsea Castle in Portsmouth.The lighthouse on Southsea Castle in Portsmouth.
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