A table with four chairs, set for two, with a white linen tablecloth. The ocean can be seen in the background through a floor to ceiling window.

Closeup of a bunch of light pink tulips in a clear glass vase. Sunshine is coming from the upper left part of the frame.

A selection of lovely nibbles presented on a traditional three tiered plate. Items include sandwiches with the crusts cut off, a scone with a pot of jam and one of clotted cream, small cakes and macarons. Other diners can be seen in soft focus against a backdrop of large glass windows and blue sky.

A closeup of one of the macarons. It is purple in colour and said to be lavender and lilac flavour. Next to the macaron on the plate, parts of a raspberry, a blueberry, and the edge of a cupcake can be seen.

High Tea at Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth this afternoon. (VERY high, indeed!) Bonus: they offer a gluten-free version of tea. So appreciated!

#travel #spinnakertower #portsmouth #tea #hightea #oceanview #foodie #glutenfree #uk #unitedkingdom #england #tulips #macaron #travelphotography

Sunrise behind the Spinnaker Tower

Calshot, Hampshire, UK this morning (March 2nd) The Sun rising behind the Portsmouth Spinnaker Tower (about 10 miles away) between the Calshot NCI Tower and Calshot Castle
#sunrise #calshot #SpinnakerTower #NewForest #CalshotCastle

Black-and-white photo of the view looking up at the Spinnaker Tower, its sweeping curves and vertical concrete form rising against a pale sky, framed by sharp, angular steel beams.

#MonochromeMonday #MonochromeArchitecture
#BlackAndWhiteArchitecture #BnWArchitecture
#ArchitecturalPhotography #ArchitectureLovers
#UrbanArchitecture #MinimalArchitecture
#LinesAndShapes #ShadowAndLight #spinnakertower #spinnaker #spinnakers

Basking in December’s unnatural warmth. No need to say where!

13.12.2025

#Portsmouth #SpinnakerTower #2025Images

The old and the new - Old #Portsmouth #SquareTower with the much newer #SpinnakerTower in the background
With a little bit of blue sky for #BlueskyMonday
📷 #HogaGCFN
🎞️ #KodakGold200
#Photography #Photographer #BelieveInFilm #120Photography

The sun hasn't quite risen above the far horizon but the sky there is burning orange and lighting up the patchy clouds low down. It won't be long. The glow pales to a light blue then darkens further up the image as the sun prepares to chase the night away. We're on the water in a harbour, slowly and quietly coming in past a city. The skyline is in silhouette and is mostly low-lying with only a few office blocks offering jagged relief. Central, however, there is a tall tower behind a small pier against which a ferry can just be seen. The tower has a distinctive shape: it has a single tall, tapering column forming a spike; from a quarter of the way down two arching beams bow out to the right and reach down to cross over and stretch down to the ground behind to the left. Horizontal struts between the middle tower and the arching beams form a rib-like cage structure and the overall shape is that of a huge, skeletal spinnaker sail.

#FotoVorschlag: An der Schwelle zum Tag

Photo theme: At the dawn of day

I wasn't sure we were ever awake to see a sunrise but remembered a few occasions and one of them was sailing back into Portsmouth aboard the now-scrapped cruise ship Astoria in 2018 […]

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#Uk #Portsmouth #Paysage #Seascape #Architecture #Tower #SpinnakerTower #Nikon #Nikonfr #NikonD300s

The photograph captures the harbour side of Portsmouth, taken from the opposite side, namely from Gosport. The delicate-looking Spinnaker Tower stands out in white against the blue sky. On the green waters of the Solent, small sailing boats are making their way, with one prominently featured in the centre of the image, its sail unfurled.

A view of Portsmouth's #skyline, featuring the #iconic #Spinnaker Tower, as seen from #Gosport. I captured this #photograph in 2015, just like the previous two.

#Photography #blueskyartshow #SpinnakerTower #Portsmouth #Solent #England #GreatBritain #Sky

Looking at #SpinnakerTower from #PortsmouthHarbour station 22/08/25

Well today was fantastic! A talk (or three) at the top of Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth where the view was as incredible as the staff that were there.
#spinnakertower #hampshire #portsmouth #shipwrecks #solent #richardmjones #talks #author #books #royalnavy #museums #view

Join me today at the very top of #SpinnakerTower in #Portsmouth where I will tell tales of shipwrecks and sea collisions in the Solent area.
#shipwrecks #solent #events #hampshire #author #richardmjones

Nightfall scene of Portsmouth waterfront with the Spinnaker tower and building windows illuminated all around Gunwharf Quays.

Portsmouth at Dusk

#Photography #Monochrome #Portsmouth #Waterfront #SpinnakerTower #UrbanScapes

We're standing on the waterfront of a large harbour with a short, rocky foreshore leading to the calm, deep blue water. A spit of land emerges a few hundred metres back to the right on which there are buildings and boats docked alongside. Dominating the skyline is a white tower with curved, skeletal struts looping out from it like billowing sails from a ship's mast. The sky is a mix of blue patches and thin sheets of white cloud.

We've had a pleasant few hours down Spice Island commemorating the life of our friend's wife. Always lovely to meet up with various friends and family for this annual event although that heatwave of the last week vanished in a hurry down by the water. Quite a […]

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It's early evening on a clear day and we're cruising out of a city's port, passing by the naval dockyard where the main view is that of an aircraft carrier. The vessel has a jump ramp on its port side forward which is nearest to us, and the overall standard grey paint is glowing almost golden with the light of the setting sun hitting it side-on. Behind the aircraft carrier is the sprawling dockyard area and in the distance to the left there's a tower block while the distinctive shape of a tall tower in the shape of a skeletal spinnaker sail marks the exit to the harbour far back to the right.

For #SchiffsSamstag here's HMS Prince of Wales, the fleet flagship of the Royal Navy, at her home port (and ours) of Portsmouth. This was taken as we cruised out aboard Scarlet Lady in 2021 and it was a great experience to see all the naval and historic vessels […]

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Smooth #sailing across the #EnglishChannel, isn’t it?

#Caen #Portsmouth #Travel #Ship #Beer #Ferry #WhaleIsland #SpinnakerTower #sorry #pubquiz #selfDeprecation #JukeboxBingo #IsleOfWight #Southsea #OldPortsmouth #RoundTower #PointBattery #HMSVictory

Reach for the sky at Spinnaker Tower!🏙️

 Enjoy breathtaking views of Portsmouth and the Solent, experience the glass Sky Walk, and learn about the city's history. ➡️ https://spinnakertower.co.uk/

#spinnakertower #portsmouth #views #familyfun #hampshire #hantstopdaysout

Portsmouth is set to host UK Pride this June, and the Spinnaker sporting a rainbow is a brilliant reminder of what’s to come.

We’re proud to be part of a city that champions inclusivity and community.

#DeliveredSocial #UKPride #PortsmouthPride #SpinnakerTower

Help raise £1500 to help Toucan Diversity's vital work. They champion Social Inclusion for Disabled People, by Disabled People. – JustGiving Crowdfunding Iʼm raising money to help Toucan Diversity's vital work. They champion Social Inclusion for Disabled People, by Disabled People.. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

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Any donation, big or small, will make a huge difference in the work we do, so thank you!

#AbseilForInclusion #SpinnakerTower #DisabledLedTraining #SocialInclusion

Help raise £1500 to help Toucan Diversity's vital work. They champion Social Inclusion for Disabled People, by Disabled People. – JustGiving Crowdfunding Iʼm raising money to help Toucan Diversity's vital work. They champion Social Inclusion for Disabled People, by Disabled People.. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

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Any donation, big or small, will make a huge difference in the work we do, so thank you!

#AbseilForInclusion #SpinnakerTower #DisabledLedTraining #SocialInclusion

A mostly overcast day although some blue peeks through the thinner sheets of cloud in the sky, but it feels fairly warm. We're on the sea and with a small bit of wake present to the bottom right on the calm, green-blue water's surface we can tell we're at the aft of boat heading away from the land we're looking back at. That land is low-lying with a shallow beach on the right backed up by medieval stone fortifications around ten metres high with a couple of slightly larger towers on them, the leftmost of which is very round. The shoreline then becomes a wall of boulders for flood and erosion protection from the sea and this continues left almost fully before disappearing back on itself behind the spit of land here. An eclectic range of townhouses line the shore there, some up to five storeys in height. In the distance to the left there is a tall tower in white with a sharp spire and glass-fronted viewing areas high up. It bulges out with a skeletal white framework that represents billowing sails. Leftmost of all in the distance we can see masts rising up from an old sailing ship that's docked.

For #MeerMittwoch here's a view of #Portsmouth from the sea, showing the historic waterfront with the Round Tower and Hot Walls to the right then the Spinnaker Tower and HMS Warrior to the left beyond Spice Island. Taken from the paddle steamer Waverley in 2022 […]

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Spinnaker Tower.

#portsmouth #portcity #bridgecamera #dslr_photography #monochrome #walking #streetphotography
#hampshire #photography #photographs
#blackandwhitephotography
#spinnakertower
#cannonphotography
#gunwharfquays
#portsmouthphotography
#architecturephotography
#architecture

An Image of the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth. The large white tower reaches into the blue skies and large white clouds. The blue water in the foreground frames the image.

I've been to Portsmouth. Things are going to get a bit Pompey heavy over the next few days which is all a bit difficult for a Janner like me #COYG #PAFC

#Photography #seascape #scape #SpinnakerTower #Portsmouth #Pompey #StreetPhotography #Art #Blueskies #Coast #Southsea #LandscapePhotography

We're standing at the base of a tall tower looking up at it so that its main shaft starts at the bottom right of view and its peak is about two thirds up the image. It's a bright, sunny day with most of the sky a deep blue and just a few puffy clouds at the bottom as we look. The tower is gleaming white. The main part of it appears as a tapering spike but crossing over themselves are two great curves of metal connected to the main tower and each other by struts that almost look like a great rib cage. It's actually supposed to represent the billowing sails of a spinnaker ship.

Local law prohibits visitors to Gunwharf from not taking a photo of the Spinnaker Tower and posting it online. Technically, I obeyed this law when I posted it on an Instagram story yesterday but I see no reason not to share it here too.

#Portsmouth […]

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The Spinnaker Tower from the top of Portsdown Hill.

Gear: Nikon D780 / Nikkor f/1.2 135mm.

Photo location: 50.85524522373192, -1.0873438212471187

#landscapephotography #photography #nikon #icyasballs #spinnakertower #fog #hampshire #spinnakertower #portsmouth

The sun is shining, and we’re almost at the weekend… but first, a day of creativity, big ideas, and making things happen from our Portsmouth office!

With a view like this, who wouldn’t feel inspired?

#PortsmouthViews #DeliveredSocial #CreativeMarketing #SpinnakerTower #DigitalExperts

My tiny Portsmouth Bandstand & Spinnaker tower pencil & needlepoint pen art. I used a photo I took last year for reference. Always love going there❤️. Something a little different but really fun to draw👩🏻‍🎨❤️

Tiny art today,Of the bandstand in Portsmouth/Southsea. Something a little different,but always fun🌊🏖 #portsmouth #Southsea #bandstand #spinnakertower #spinnakertowerportsmouth #littleart #tinyart #pencil #pen #artist #artistonbluesky #myart

Portsmouth this morning. Gorgeous winter sunshine. I think it's a really cool city, which doesn't get enough attention.

#portsmouth #spinnakertower #gunwharfquays

Mitchell Starc (commentating for Channel 7 Australia): "Without a doubt, Sydney is the best city in the World"

We shall be the judge of that, Mitch! #Portsmouth in #Hampshire / #SouthEngland has the #SpinnakerTower

Image Credits:
Sydney - Sky Sport 4 (New Zealand)
Portsmouth (UK) - TripAdvisor

Spinnaker Tower in my home city of Portsmouth England #Portsmouth #PortsmouthEngland #Pompey #Spinnakertower #RoyLlowarch #Photo #Photography #England 😎