Southampton, England
Titanic Departures & Retail Parks
"We Also Have Other Boats"
Official Coat of Arms
A shield bearing a shopping trolley rampant against a field of grey drizzle, flanked by two container cranes and a spectral outline of the Titanic sailing quietly off the edge. Above, a banner reads 'Nos Partimus, Vos Manetis' — 'We Leave, You Stay'.
TripAdvisor Review
★★★☆☆ 3/5
"Came for the cruise terminal, stayed because my ferry was delayed four hours and there's genuinely nothing to do near West Quay except walk laps of the same three department stores. The Bargate is nice for a photo but then you realise it's just sitting in the middle of a road junction like it's confused about how it got there. Ocean Village had a nice enough view of container ships if that's your thing. Would give it another star if the seagulls weren't so openly hostile."— Barry Fenwick, Portsmouth (obviously)
Property Listing
Stunning city-centre living just moments from THREE major shopping centres, world-class cruise terminal access (for other people's holidays), and a rich maritime heritage best described as 'ships that sank or left'! Southampton offers unrivalled connectivity — to literally anywhere else, via the M27.
Twinned With
Southampton New York — Both spend their entire identity on being 'the departure point for something more glamorous than themselves'.
Supporting Evidence
Southampton has more shopping centre floor space per capita than almost anywhere else in the UK, largely because the city was so extensively rebuilt after WWII bombing that the council apparently decided the answer was 'more Next stores'.