Gunwharf Road

Street guide, Portsea

Gunwharf Road provides the principal vehicular access to the Gunwharf Quays development and takes its name from the historic gun wharf that occupied this site for centuries. The gun wharf was a facility for the storage and maintenance of naval ordnance, and the name preserved in the modern road and retail complex is a direct link to this military past. The road runs from The Hard into the Gunwharf Quays complex and is primarily used by delivery vehicles, taxis and those accessing the car parks. Pedestrian access to Gunwharf Quays is more commonly from The Hard itself or from the waterfront promenade. The road sits between the Gunwharf Quays development and the approaches to Portsmouth Harbour station, making it part of the busy transport corridor that defines this part of Portsea.