Mobile tyres fitting service in Portsmouth Hampshire
We offer the lowest priced tyres and a mobile tyres
fitting service for Portsmouth Hampshire. See our tyres price
check comparison. No call out charge. All leading brands
of car tyres, van tyres, 4X4 tyres & run-flat tyres. We
fit tyres at your place of work or home driveway. Tyres
fitting and balancing is fully guaranteed. Also car
batteries. Our low prices for tyres and car batteries
are fully inclusive, no hidden extras. We don't have
expensive tyres depots so our prices are always low.
We offer a complete range of tyres backed up by our
efficient and cost effective mobile tyres fitting
service for Portsmouth Hampshire. So, rather than having to
travel to a traditional tyre depot to have tyres fitted,
you remain at home or at work and we come to you. This
is much more convenient… and, it also greatly reduces
our operating costs so we are able to slash our selling
prices of tyres by up to 40%.
Unlike many companies selling tyres on-line we have a
head office call centre. This provides advice and
technical information on all aspects of tyres. Also, for
those who prefer to place their order for tyres by
telephone, rather than by buying tyres on-line, we have
a freephone facility (0800 028 9000).
We are proud of our Customer service record, and we
fully guarantee our work. Please feel free to call our
freephone telephone number if you would like personal
help and service, we are always ready and willing to
explain the choices and make sure you are happy with our
sales and service for car tyres and car batteries.
More about Portsmouth Hampshire
Portsmouth is a city of about 196,000 people located
in the county of Hampshire on the southern coast of
Great Britain. The administrative unit itself forms part
of the wider Portsmouth conurbation, with an estimated
population of 442,252 residents within its boundaries,
making it the 11th largest urban area in England. A
significant naval port for centuries, it is home to the
world's oldest dry dock still in use and to many famous
ships.
Portsmouth has declined as a military port in recent
years but remains a major dockyard and base for the
Royal Navy. There is a commercial port serving
destinations on the continent for freight and passenger
traffic.
The Portsmouth Urban Area covers an area with a
population of about twice that of the city of Portsmouth
itself, and includes Fareham, Portchester, Gosport,
Havant, Lee-on-the-Solent, Stubbington and
Waterlooville.
Although there have been settlements in the area since
before Roman times, mostly being offshoots of
Portchester, Portsmouth is commonly regarded as having
been founded in 1180 by John of Gisors (Jean de Gisors).
Most early records of Portsmouth are thought to have
been destroyed by Norman invaders following the Norman
Conquest. The earliest detailed references to Portsmouth
can be found in the Southwick Cartularies.
In the Domesday survey there is no mention of
Portsmouth. However settlements that later went on to
form part of Portsmouth, primarily Buckland, Copnor and
Froddington (later Fratton) were listed. At this time it
is estimated the Portsmouth area had a population not
greater than two or three hundred.
While in the primary manor of Portsea there was a small
church prior to 1166 (now St Mary's at Kingston)
Portsmouth's first real church came into being in 1181
when John of Gisors granted an acre (4,000 m?) of land
to Augustinian monks at the Southwick Priory to build a
chapel dedicated to Thomas Becket. This chapel continued
to be run by the monks of Southwick Priory until the
Reformation after which its possession was transferred
to Winchester College. The modern Portsmouth Cathedral
is built on the original location of the chapel.
The city was bombed extensively during WW2. While most
of the city has since been rebuilt, developers still
occasionally find unexploded bombs.
Southsea beach and Portsmouth Harbour were military
embarkation points for the D-Day landings on June 6th
1944. Southwick House, just to the north of Portsmouth,
had been chosen as the headquarters for the Supreme
Allied Commander, General Eisenhower during D-Day.
Most of the city of Portsmouth lies on Portsea Island,
located where the Solent joins the English Channel,
making it the United Kingdom's only island city. The
island is separated from the mainland to the north by a
narrow creek, bridged in places to make it - in
appearance - a peninsula. The sheltered Portsmouth
Harbour lies to the west of the island and the large
tidal bay of Langstone Harbour is to the east. Portsdown
Hill dominates the skyline to the north and to the south
are the waters of the Solent with the Isle of Wight
beyond.
Most of Portsmouth's tourist attractions are related to
its naval history. In the last decade Portsmouth's
Historic Dockyard has been given a much needed
face-lift. Among the attractions are the D-Day museum
(which holds the Overlord embroidery) and, in the
dockyard, HMS Victory, the remains of the Mary Rose
raised from the sea-bed in recent years, HMS Warrior and
the Royal Naval Museum.
The much-troubled millennium project to build the
Spinnaker Tower at Gunwharf Quays was finally completed
in 2005. The tower is 165 m tall, features viewing decks
at sea level, 100 m, 105 m, and 110 m. A high speed
internal lift runs up one leg, and a panoramic external
glass lift runs up the outside of the opposite leg.
Other tourist attractions include the birthplace of
Charles Dickens, the Blue Reef Centre (formerly Sea Life
Centre), Cumberland House (a natural history museum),
and Southsea castle.
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