Southampton - "the Gateway to the World"
128 kilometres from London lies the world-famous international port of Southampton, a veritable maritime hub known in Victorian times as the Gateway to the Empire and now called the Gateway to the World.
The earliest settlements in the Southampton were seen in the Stone Age. The Romans, having conquered Britain, established the coastal defence settlement and trading port of Clausentum. In the 400s the Anglo-Saxons founded a new settlement near Clausentum, named Hampton from which deserves the name "the Country of Hampshire".
The reign of Queen Victoria was the period when Southampton really began to expand. As the railway to London became work in 1840 and in 1842 was opened the city's first business dock owned by the Southampton Docks Company.
Today, Southampton has an estimated population of approximately 251,565 inhabitants. Reaching it by public transport is easy: it's just one hour and nineteen minutes from London by train. The fastest jouney by bus from London Heathrow Airport to Southampton takes two hours and 15 minutes.
Since the eastern expansion of the EU and the appearance of migrant people, particularly from Poland, Southampton has a new nickname: Warsaw on Sea.
It's true that the city is an interesting place for English football fans. They can watch a match at Southampton Football Club's St. Mary's Stadium. Prominent Polish players such as goalkeeper Artur Boruc, defender Jan Bednarek and striker Grzegorz Rasiak have played in red and white in Southampton.
This place has plenty to offer: historic buildings, excellent shopping facilities and a lot of pubs. Only 14 kilometers west of Southampton is the New Forest National Park, an area of idyllic natural beauty encompassing one of southern England's largest areas of forest and pasture.
The earliest settlements in the Southampton were seen in the Stone Age. The Romans, having conquered Britain, established the coastal defence settlement and trading port of Clausentum. In the 400s the Anglo-Saxons founded a new settlement near Clausentum, named Hampton from which deserves the name "the Country of Hampshire".
The reign of Queen Victoria was the period when Southampton really began to expand. As the railway to London became work in 1840 and in 1842 was opened the city's first business dock owned by the Southampton Docks Company.
Today, Southampton has an estimated population of approximately 251,565 inhabitants. Reaching it by public transport is easy: it's just one hour and nineteen minutes from London by train. The fastest jouney by bus from London Heathrow Airport to Southampton takes two hours and 15 minutes.
Since the eastern expansion of the EU and the appearance of migrant people, particularly from Poland, Southampton has a new nickname: Warsaw on Sea.
It's true that the city is an interesting place for English football fans. They can watch a match at Southampton Football Club's St. Mary's Stadium. Prominent Polish players such as goalkeeper Artur Boruc, defender Jan Bednarek and striker Grzegorz Rasiak have played in red and white in Southampton.
This place has plenty to offer: historic buildings, excellent shopping facilities and a lot of pubs. Only 14 kilometers west of Southampton is the New Forest National Park, an area of idyllic natural beauty encompassing one of southern England's largest areas of forest and pasture.
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