In Sherlock's Footsteps - The Guided Walk of Conan Doyle's Portsmouth

Event information

Matt Wingett invites strong walkers to tread the streets that young Arthur Conan Doyle walked 140 years ago. You’ll meet at the A Bar, Old Portsmouth and take a walk through Old Portsmouth to Southsea. On the way Matt will tell you some of his adventures in the town and you’ll discover:

- where he got into a bout of fisticuffs on his first day
- the site where the real Dr Watson once lived
-why he was involved in real deaths, a stabbing and disasters in the city
- the pub where he attended an inquest
- how the town gave him place names for his characters
- the place where he met his wife to be
- how tragedy threw him and his first wife together
- the place where he met his “Platonic mistress”
- where he spent his last night before leaving the town in 1890

GUIDED WALK INFO:
Your route: Camber Docks, Cambridge Junction, Pembroke Rd, Grand Parade, doubling back to Pembroke Road, Western Parade, Osborne Road, Ashburton Road, Kent Road, St Jude's Church, Woodpath, Bush Villas, Castle Road, Great Southsea Street, finishing at the Barley Mow pub. This is a long walk that will take around 2 to 2.5 hours.

DATE: 15th February 2025
Meeting point: Outside The A Bar, 58 White Hart Road, PO1 2JA
When: 2pm
Tickets: £15