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SOUTHAMPTON CITY CENTRE MASTERPLAN & ACTION PLAN NEWS!
SOUTHAMPTON - THE TITANIC CITY
TITANIC EVENTS COMMEMORATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY
SOUTHAMPTON'S WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT
OUR LAST EVENT:
SOUTHAMPTON CHRISTMAS IS LAUNCHED IN STYLE!
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING IN SOUTHAMPTON
CHRISTMAS PANTOS in SOUTHAMPTON
NEW YEAR FUNFAIR AT BARGATE
CHRISTMAS 2011 IN SOUTHAMPTON CITY CENTRE - the fun starts at 6pm on Thursday 17 November!
30 RAGAS in 30 DAYS ACROSS SOUTHAMPTON, the full schedule from 1 October to 31 October 2011
Southampton Food and Home Festival 2011
WESTQUAY VINTAGE FAYRE 2011, Wednesday 3rd & Thursday 4th August 2011 
SATURDAY 6th & SUNDAY 7th AUGUST 
CLASSIC CARS came to the BARGATE on 7th AUGUST
WORLD CLIPPER RACE 2011/12 started from Southampton
The Cunard Queens & Titanic Honour and Glory Exhibition at the Bargate Shopping Centre
Southampton celebrates the Chinese New Year - The Year of the Rabbit 2011
Southampton Mela Festival 2011: Hoglands Park, Saturday 16 July 2011. Fantastic event was held at Hoglands Park on Saturday 16 July and City Centre Management teamed up with Hampshire Chamber of Commerce to be on hand to advise on all things Southampton! Our colleagues at SMTC Markets kindly donated two gazebos for our use at the Mela. 
For more on plans for 2012 Mela, call Art Asia on 023 8022 6212 or Email: admin@artasia.org.uk or click here for more details.
ABOUT SOUTHAMPTON
- Southampton City Centre is a cosmopolitan cultured modern city centre with high quality shopping, cafes, bars, restaurants and attractions - there is something for everyone.
TRAVELLING TO SOUTHAMPTON?
- How to get to Southampton by road: click here
- How to get to Southampton by rail: click here
- How to get to Southampton by bus: click here for Bluestar, First Group, Uni-Link, and Hants & Dorset.
- To find your way around our City, click onto our friendly visitor map here.
- For car parking in the city centre, please click here.
SHOPPING:
Southampton has over 500 shops and businesses - for our complete listing, click here.
Markets every Friday and Saturday (and monthly Arts and Crafts Events on Sundays), Specialist markets together with shopping in East Street, High Street, Queensway, London Road, Bedford Place and Oxford Street. There is also great shopping at Marlands Shopping Centre (Into Marlands), WestQuay Shopping Centre, Bargate Shopping, East Street Centre, West Quay Retail Park and Above Bar pedestrianised precinct.
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE:
Southampton itself is a vibrant SeaCity that mixes the very best in maritime heritage and history with 21st Century cosmopolitan commerce, business, investment, living and leisure.
STAY, SHOW, SAIL:
The busiest "Cruise and Ferry Capital" of Europe is complemented by an international airport conveniently located to road and rail networks. The City and City Centre directly benefits from the very best in urban city life, with excellent high quality theatres (The Mayflower Theatre and The Nuffield Theatre), hotels and guest houses; as well as being just 15 minutes from The New Forest and wider attractions. Southampton really is England's Capital of the South and that makes it the perfect base to explore the vibrant City Centre, the surrounding coastline and countryside.
Don't forget you can plan your own itinerary and find out the latest on Cruises using Cruise Southampton.
THE SEAT OF LEARNING:
Southampton is the place for learning, training and development with three leading learning institutions: University of Southampton, Southampton Solent University, Southampton City College, and a host of other schools and colleges.
CONFERENCE CAPITAL:
Thinking of holding a conference or need a venue? Then you've come to the right place. Southampton is perfect for conferences. There is a wide range of conference venues available, but best start your search by clicking here.
THE BUSINESS CAPITAL:
Hampshire Chamber of Commerce has a Southampton Branch which brings your business the combined strength and expertise of the county's three largest and most influential business networks. Chamber also provides you with services and events that help you add value, grow and develop your business forming alliances and links with all major stakeholders, organisations and sector-specific businesses.
Business Solent is an independent business led organisation that provides an influential united voice for businesses within the city region. We aim to further Southampton as the major city of excellence for business and economic growth on the South Coast.
HERITAGE AND HISTORY:
Southampton's and its City Centre story is one that takes you through from the Stone Age to the present day encompassing centuries of maritime and medieval exploits, civic and community achievements. Sections of the City Walls remain accesible and make for a very interesting tour around the old City. With 'Titanic' connections, the City remains associated with its past whilst creating a present ambience and dynamic future. A programme of commemorative events has been arranged for 2012 marking the 100th anniversary.
TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR GLORIOUS CITY:
To discover and visit Southampton: http://www.discoversouthampton.co.uk/ and www.visitsouthampton.co.uk
A warm welcome awaits you in the UK's SeaCity...